A C-3PO head owned by Anthony Daniels, the actor who played the droid, has sold for $843,750.
The piece of movie memorabilia from 1983’s Return of the Jedi commanded the six-figure sum through the auction house on Tuesday Propstore auction, TMZ reported Wednesday.
Propstore officials told the outlet that the head was shown on camera in several scenes in the third installment of the film franchise, which was directed by Richard Marquand and written by Lawrence Kasdan and George Lucas.
The auction house said the head, made of fiberglass, was the last one for sale in a lot Daniels supplied, according to the outlet, and it was not immediately clear who made the winning bid.
The head of the protocol droid with excessive caution lights up, according to Propstore, and is composed of three separate parts that lock together.
A C-3PO head owned by Anthony Daniels, the actor who played the droid, has sold for $843,750
Daniels said of moving on from things: ‘I had all this stuff, almost everything was in cupboards, drawers and in attics. Nobody looked at it, nobody appreciated it, if you will. And it was too good to throw away.’ Pictured last year in Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, England
Daniels chatted earlier this month with The Hollywood Reporter about the emotional components of parting with the sentimental object.
“It’s not only the prop I wore, but it was also a prop I would use in interviews to identify myself,” Daniels told the paper. ‘It’s very much, “You don’t know my face, but you know this face.”
He said that during a photo shoot promoting the item, he ‘had a little wobble’ when it came to letting go of the head and other pieces of memorabilia he is selling through the auctioneer.
Daniels said he asked himself, ‘Am I right to go ahead’ by selling the items he has owned for decades.
“I’ve lived with these things for 50 years, some of them, and I have very mixed feelings,” he said.
Daniels added: ‘I had all these things, almost everything was in cupboards, drawers and in attics. Nobody looked at it, nobody appreciated it, if you will. And it was too good to throw away.’
The auction house estimated in a listing for the C-3PO head that the final sale price would land between $500,000 – $1,000,000.
The head was featured in several scenes in Return of the Jedi during the Rebel Alliance’s battle at Endor, where they are stationed at the end of the film amid the collapse of the Empire.
Propstore officials told the outlet that the head was shown on camera in several scenes in the third installment of the film franchise
The auction house said the head, made of fiberglass, was the last one for sale in a lot Daniels supplied
It was not immediately clear who submitted the winning bid
The head of the excessive caution protocol droid lights up, according to Propstore
The head is composed of three separate parts that lock together, Propstore said
The auction house, in a listing for the C-3PO boss, estimated the final sale price to land between $500,000 – $1,000,000
Among the scenes, according to Propstore, ‘include when Luke reunites with the group after the speeder bike chase and when the Rebels scout out and approach the shield reactor.
‘It matches through clear markings on the right side of C-3PO’s outer perimeter ring.’
Propstore said the Star Wars droid ‘stands as one of the most recognizable cinema designs of all time’ as ‘this screen-matched C-3PO costume head, with direct provenance to the production, is one of the most significant artifacts from original Star Wars -film comes on the market.’