For sale: Jack Nicholson's Shining axe and Samuel L Jackson's lightsaber

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/aug/21/for-sale-jack-nicholson-shining-axe-samuel-jackson-lightsaber-auction-hammer

Version 0 of 1.

Film fans will be able to acquire pieces of Hollywood history as memorabilia from the world’s most famous movies is sold at auction.

Roman general armour worn by Russell Crowe in Gladiator and Jack Nicholson’s axe from The Shining are among items to go on sale at Prop Store’s annual live auction of film and TV memorabilia this autumn.

Rare lots on offer at the live-streamed auction, held at London’s BFI Imax and presented by Odeon, are anticipated to fetch a total of more than £6m.

A Stormtrooper helmet from 1977 film Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope is one of the most sought-after items on display, with an estimated sale price of between £120,000 and £180,000.

The complete Batsuit worn by Michael Keaton in the 1989 film Batman is expected to sell for more than £80,000, while a lightsaber wielded by Samuel L Jackson in Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith could sell for up to £100,000.

Some 900 lots will be sold during the Entertainment Memorabilia Live Auction on 30 September and 1 October.

Billed as suitable for a “variety of budgets”, one of the least expensive lots is a Willy Wonka Golden Ticket announcement poster from 2005 film Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, estimated at £300.

A pair of Nike trainers and socks worn by Tom Hanks in Forrest Gump’s infamous bus-stop scene are poised to fetch between £8,000 and £10,000, according to Prop Store.

Harrison Ford’s signature fedora from Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark sold for £393,600 at last year’s auction.

The auction features 900 lots and an exhibition of film artefacts.

A light-up remote control R2-BHD droid from Star Wars: Rogue One, an X-Suit worn by Halle Berry as Storm in X-Men, and the Holy hand grenade of Antioch from 1975 comedy film Monty Python and the Holy Grail are also poised to go under the hammer.