Star Wars Light Saber Shines at Auction!

From Yahoo!:

Luke Skywalker's light saber has been on Star Wars fans' Christmas lists for more than 30 years.

Yesterday, one fan spent $240,000 to get the real thing: the prop that Mark Hamill used in the first two movies in the original "Star Wars" trilogy.

The light saber highlighted several Hollywood memorabilia sold at an auction in Los Angeles by Profiles in History. The auction house said it sold about $3.5 million in memorabilia.

The droid helmet worn by Anthony Daniels to play C-3PO sold for $120,000, and the costume Marlon Brando wore in the "Superman" movie went for $72,000.

The first British edition of "You Only Live Twice" inscribed by Ian Fleming sold for $84,000. Roald Dahl's handwritten screenplay for the film of the same title sold for $96,000.

Here's an itemized list of some of the more notable from Profiles in History:

- $120,000 Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi original "C-3PO" droid helmet
worn by Anthony Daniels
- $96,000 Second Draft Original Handwritten Manuscript of You Only Live Twice Signed
by Roald Dahl
- $96,000 Full-Sized Animatronic "Joe" From Mighty Joe Young
- $90,000 Signature "Wolverine" black leather battlesuit from X-Men
- $84,000 First British Edition of You Only Live Twice Inscribed By Ian Fleming To
The Real James Bond
- $78,000 Original 82-inch diameter hero "United Planets Cruiser C-57D" flying
saucer filming miniature from Forbidden Planet
- $72,000 Custom-built "1937 Mercedes" German staff car from Raiders of the Lost Ark
- $72,000 Marlon Brando complete signature "Jor-El" costume from Superman: The Movie
- $66,000 Original screen-used "Santa Jack" stop-motion puppet, dog "Zero" puppet,
skeleton Reindeer puppet and Jack's prop trashcan with presents from A Nightmare
Before Christmas
- $39,000 Jim Carrey complete signature "Riddler" costume from Batman Forever
- $39,000 Original Harry Potter Art By Thomas Taylor For The Back Cover of Harry
Potter And The Philosopher's Stone
- $21,600 Greta Garbo portrait by Clarence Sinclair Bull from Inspiration
- $19,200 Screen-Used Animatronic "Gizmo" Puppet from Gremlins 2: The New Batch

Note: All prices include a Buyer's Premium.

(Photo from Profies in History via AP/Yahoo!)