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Light-Up C-3PO Head From ‘Empire Strikes Back’ Sells for $1.06 Million at Propstore

The price signals how rare, well-documented Star Wars props continue to draw intense demand from collectors.

Overview

  • The screen-used, light-up C-3PO production head, which sold Wednesday during day one, beat its $350,000 to $700,000 estimate to reach $1,058,400 including fees.
  • Propstore says the piece is believed to be the only original head from the 1980 film on the collector market, with provenance traced to a crew member’s family.
  • The sale ranked as the top lot of the opening session, helping push day-one results to $6.5 million across more than 250 film and TV items.
  • Other highlights included Jaws’ Quint harpoon gun at $327,600, The Lord of the Rings Shards of Narsil at $252,000, and Cast Away’s Wilson volleyball at $189,000.
  • Recent auctions show a pattern of high Star Wars prices, including a Darth Vader item that realized $3.654 million in September 2025.