This combination of images released by Heritage Auctions show the light saber used on screen by Mark Hamill's character Luke Skywalker in the 1980 "Star Wars" sequel "The Empire Strikes Back." (Heritage Auctions via AP)
This combination of images released by Heritage Auctions shows boxing boots worn by Sylvester Stallone in the 1982 film "Rocky III." (Heritage Auctions via AP)
This combination of images released by Heritage Auctions shows a top hat from the 1971 film "Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory," left, and a witch hat worn by Margaret Hamilton in "The Wizard of Oz." (Heritage Auctions via AP)
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A lightsaber with Luke Skywalker's severed hand from “The Empire Strikes Back” that is expected to sell for seven figures headlines an upcoming auction of valuables from movies, music and other corners of pop culture.
The Hollywood & Entertainment Signature Auction presented by Heritage Auctions announced Tuesday and held July 13-17 also includes hats from and hoverboards from rugs from and a pair of boxing boots.
A major artifact will also be up for sale: handwritten lyrics for “If I fell,” written on the back of a Valentine card while he was in New York for the Fab Four's first appearance on “The Ed Sullivan Show” in 1964. The bidding for it will open at $500,000.
The lightsaber, used onscreen by Mark Hamill in the climactic Cloud City fight in the 1980 sequel, where Darth Vader declares “I am your father,” includes a severed hand effects rig. It’s never been up for auction before and bidding opens at $1 million.
Bidding starts at $100,000 for a Wicked Witch of the West hat worn by actor Margaret Hamilton in 1939's “The Wizard of Oz” and at $50,000 for the brown top hat worn by Gene Wilder as the title character in 1971's “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.”
The auction will also include a pair of boxing boots worn by in “Rocky III.” Stallone wears the showy boots featuring tassels and a Nike swoosh in the opening montage of the 1982 film. Bids will begin at $100,000.
Also up for sale are the two rugs that are essential to the plot of “The Big Lebowski,” including the rug belonging to the Dude that is soiled at the beginning of the 1998 film that “really tied the room together,” and the other that he takes from his wealthy namesake. Bidding on them opens at $15,000 apiece.
“This auction represents the full spectrum of entertainment history, from Hollywood’s Golden Age to modern blockbuster cinema and the most influential moments in popular music,” Joe Maddalena, executive vice president of Heritage Auctions, said in a statement.
Many other items including a Paul Newman hockey jersey from “Slap Shot,” a necklace worn by the title character in “The Bride of Frankenstein” and the inflatable “Otto the Autopilot” from “Airplane” will be up for auction.
The Associated Press
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