STAR Wars memorabilia belonging to Darth Vader actor Dave Prowse, who grew up in Southmead, raised more than £400,000 at an auction in South Gloucestershire this week. The collection described as a collectors dream was sold on Tuesday, which was May 4th - international Star Wars day. Prowse, who died aged 85 last year, was born in Southmead, near where the auction was held. Auctioneer Andrew Stowe said: The fact that Mr Prowse was born just a few miles away from our saleroom is what made this such a special event. It really felt like his collection came home . Prowse s Empire Strikes Back script, which had key lines removed so the actors didn t reveal the big twist that Vader was Luke s father, sold for £23,000.
STAR Wars memorabilia belonging to Darth Vader actor Dave Prowse, who grew up in Southmead, raised more than £400,000 at an auction in South Gloucestershire this week. The collection described as a collectors dream was sold on Tuesday, which was May 4th - international Star Wars day. Prowse, who died aged 85 last year, was born in Southmead, near where the auction was held. Auctioneer Andrew Stowe said: The fact that Mr Prowse was born just a few miles away from our saleroom is what made this such a special event. It really felt like his collection came home . Prowse s Empire Strikes Back script, which had key lines removed so the actors didn t reveal the big twist that Vader was Luke s father, sold for £23,000.
STAR Wars memorabilia belonging to Darth Vader actor Dave Prowse, who grew up in Southmead, raised more than £400,000 at an auction in South Gloucestershire this week. The collection described as a collectors dream was sold on Tuesday, which was May 4th - international Star Wars day. Prowse, who died aged 85 last year, was born in Southmead, near where the auction was held. Auctioneer Andrew Stowe said: The fact that Mr Prowse was born just a few miles away from our saleroom is what made this such a special event. It really felt like his collection came home . Prowse s Empire Strikes Back script, which had key lines removed so the actors didn t reveal the big twist that Vader was Luke s father, sold for £23,000.
Global interest in Star Wars Auction By Alison O Reilly
The script is part of an online sale of the late David Prowse s memorabilia.
The Darth Vadar star died last year and his family donated 700 items of his Star Wars collection to charity.
Funds raised will be donated to Alzheimer s research after Prowse suffered with the disease towards the end of his life.
The auction is taking place in his hometown of Bristol today on May 4th, to mark May the force be with you .
Hollywood star Samuel L Jackson tweeted about the auction.
Hey Star Wars fam: Darth Vader actor David Prowse’s Star Wars treasures are going up for auction, including his original The Empire Strikes Back Rehearsal script! Some proceeds will support the vital work of @AlzResearchUK so get bidding!https://t.co/S9MkA0w5rd Samuel L. Jackson (@SamuelLJackson) April 20, 2021
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In an auction house far, far away (well, Bristol actually), the enduring power of the force was clear.
A Darth Vader helmet sold for £2,200, more than five times the top estimate, and a signed picture of Alec Guinness in his Obi-Wan Kenobi robes was snapped up for £3,100, treble what was anticipated.
Someone, somewhere, paid £9,000 for a prototype lightsaber, the weapon of choice of Jedi knights in the Star Wars saga, which the Earthlings at East Bristol Auctions had judged might bring in £80-£120.
Hundreds of items hoarded and collected by David Prowse, the Bristolian who played Vader in the original Star Wars trilogy, were sold off in his home city following his death, aged 85, last year. The auction raised a total of £400,000.