Han Solo 'blaster' fetches $550,000 in New York

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A "blaster" used by Harrison Ford's character Han Solo in the film Return of the Jedi has sold at auction in New York for $550,000.

The weapon, made mostly of wood, had previously spent more than 30 years in the possession of the film's art director James Schoppe.

It sold for more than a lightsaber used by Mark Hamill in the first two Star Wars films, which fetched $450,000. The Ewok axe went for $11,250 and another blaster prop fetched $90,624, Julien's Auctions said.

The most expensive piece of Star Wars memorabilia was an R2-D2 droid used in several Star Wars films. It fetched $2.76m in Los Angeles last year.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-44592215

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1. To quote Sam Spade :"The stuff that dreams are made of"

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2. Interestingly,the design is based off of the pre-WWII Mauser (broomhandle) C96

They used the real pistol as the base platform for the upgraded blaster.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mauser_C96

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3. It looks like an old "broomhandle" Mauser

According to lore, Winston Churchill carried one in a Boer War.