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- Stormtrooper Helmet from "Star Wars, Episode IV: A New Hope" Sells for Over $250,000 at Comic-Con Museum Auction</p>
<p>Angela Andaloro July 29, 2025 at 6:55 PM</p>
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<p>Stormtrooper in Tattooine in "Star Wars, Episode IV: A New Hope" -</p>
<p>Julien's Auctions and Turner Classic Movies teamed up for the "Echoes from the Galaxy" event</p>
<p>The event saw an auction of the world's largest collection of Star Wars artifacts after days on display for fans</p>
<p>Props from the first film brought home some of the biggest bucks at the auction, held Sunday, July 27</p>
<p>Someone paid a pretty penny for a piece of Star Wars history.</p>
<p>On Sunday, July 27, Julien's Auctions and Turner Classic Movies (TCM) concluded their "Echoes from the Galaxy" event held at Comic-Con Museum in San Diego with an auction of the world's largest collection of Star Wars artifacts from renowned collectors, fans and insiders of the epic franchise.</p>
<p>The top seller, a Stormtrooper helmet from Star Wars: Episode IV — A New Hope, sold for $256,000. This original stunt helmet was used in the production and is believed to have been featured in scenes on Tatooine as a "Sandtrooper" helmet.</p>
<p>The helmet is one of only six stunt helmets known to have survived and been accounted for in private collections.</p>
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<p>Courtesy of Julien's Auctions x Turner Classic Movies</p>
<p>"Star Wars, Episode IV: A New Hope" Stormtrooper helmet</p>
<p>The helmet was previously exhibited at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library's 2024 exhibition "Defending America and the Galaxy: Star Wars and SDI."</p>
<p>The top-grossing item was just one of several from the original film. Also up for auction was a credit sheet signed by the beloved stars of the film and a personally signed letter from Harrison Ford and Paul Blake to a fan</p>
<p>A few other big-ticket mementos from the beloved film franchise sold for impressive prices. Three lightsabers brought in money at the auction, part of the proceeds from which will benefit the Comic-Con Museum.</p>
<p>Courtesy of Julien's Auctions x Turner Classic Movies</p>
<p>Courtesy of Julien's Auctions x Turner Classic Movies</p>
<p>Courtesy of Julien's Auctions x Turner Classic Movies</p>
<p>Courtesy of Julien's Auctions x Turner Classic Movies</p>
<p>"Star Wars, Episode I: The Phantom Menace" Obi-Wan Kenobi (Ewan McGregor) Lightsaber</p>
<p>The three were: the original stunt lightsaber prop used by Ewan McGregor as Obi-Wan Kenobi, as well as an original bladed lightsaber prop used by Liam Neeson as Qui-Gon Jinn and an original lightsaber hilt prop, screen-used by Darth Maul (played by Ray Park) in Star Wars: The Phantom Menace. The three sold for a combined total of $153,600.</p>
<p>An original Hero Metal GLIE-44 blaster used by Oscar Isaac as Poe Dameron in Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens also sold for $44,800.</p>
<p>Nearly 300 of some of the sci-fi franchise's most coveted props, production materials and memorabilia assembled by world-renowned Star Wars memorabilia collectors, Steve Sansweet, Gus Lopez, Duncan Jenkins, Lisa Stevens and Vic Wertz, were offered to the public with the intention of creating The Saga Museum® of Star Wars Memorabilia. Proceeds from the auction will also help lay the cornerstone of the future Saga Museum's permanent home for its collections.</p>
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