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Heritage Auctions Sells Luke Lightsaber for $3.75 M World Record

7/16/2026

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Heritage Auctions sold Mark Hamill’s original screen-used Luke Skywalker lightsaber for $3.75 million, setting a new world record for a screen-used Star Wars prop.
The $3.75 million price beat the prior $3.135 million record for an original X-wing sold in October 2023 and far exceeded the $1-$2 million range analysts expected.
The prop, built from a modified Graflex flash unit and containing Stuart Freeborn’s severed-hand rig, sold during Heritage’s Hollywood & Entertainment Signature Auction running through July 17.

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Heritage Auctions sold Mark Hamill’s original screen-used Luke Skywalker lightsaber for $3.75 million, setting a new world record for a screen-used Star Wars prop.
The $3.75 million price beat the prior $3.135 million record for an original X-wing sold in October 2023 and far exceeded the $1-$2 million range analysts expected.
The prop, built from a modified Graflex flash unit and containing Stuart Freeborn’s severed-hand rig, sold during Heritage’s Hollywood & Entertainment Signature Auction running through July 17.