Overview
- A light-up C-3PO head used during The Empire Strikes Back sold at Propstore for $1,058,400, far above the $350,000 to $700,000 estimate.
- Propstore described the piece as the only known C-3PO head from the 1980 film to reach the collector market, highlighting its rarity.
- The head is screen-matched and features working illuminated eyes, with original on-set wiring retained in one eye and thin fiberglass construction with neck bolts and an antenna.
- Coverage differs on provenance, with Propstore citing a crew member’s family as the source while at least one outlet reported it was offered directly by C-3PO actor Anthony Daniels.
- The auction also saw strong results for other film artifacts, and the sale tracks with recent seven-figure Star Wars benchmarks such as a $3.6 million Darth Vader lightsaber and Tom Jung’s $3.9 million poster art.