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LucasFilm Auctioning Star Wars Memorabilia

Posted by chrisd on from the these-are-not-the-auctions-you-are-looking-for dept.

Captain Chad writes: "LucasFilm has donated some items to eBay's "Auction for America". They include a lightsaber used by Ray Park (Darth Maul) and a stormtrooper helmet used in The Empire Strikes Back and in Return of the Jedi. Check out the list of auction items! I think some of the bids will get astronomical. Would anyone be willing to give me a few hundred thousand dollars so I can get the lightsaber?"

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  1. Re:Info about Auction for America by _ph1ux_ · · Score: 2, Interesting

    The New York State World Trade Center Fund, The Twin Towers Fund, The WTC Fund, The Tallest Building In The World Fund, The Tower 1 Fund, The One World Trade Center Plaza Fund, The Families Who Worked in The World Trade Center Fund, The Families Who Worked in The Twin Towers Fund...

    Ok - so its a bit cynical - but why arent people still talking about the fact that the red cross has more money than they know what to do with...

    I'll bet that if we looked at how much money was raised for those families (who many were well to do investment types) they have enough damn money already (especially now after all this)...

    What about the insurance for the WTC - has anyone stated what that covers...

    Why dont we actually do something that will have an impact with all this money that we are raising? Where is it going - some monument? how much could that possibly cost? Who is keeping an eye on the people collecting this money?

    I know that I for one will hear about the millions upon millions raised in the name of terror relief - but I can assure you that i will not see any effect this money may have.

    (I have sympathy for the people who have suffered due to 9/11 - however I have no compassion for people who take advantage of these tragedies for greedy unscrupulous causes)

  2. Re:$8000+ for a helmet? by Kappelmeister · · Score: 2, Interesting

    $8,000 for a movie prop is impossible to comprehend.

    Really? For you, maybe, but people have different value systems. This prop was used in 1980 -- surely there are a few middle-aged rich guys and film buffs who would pay much more to touch and own a piece of their childhood happiness.

  3. Re:Info about Auction for America by dsb3 · · Score: 2, Interesting

    What about the insurance for the WTC - has anyone stated what that covers...

    Insurance? Some of the papers I read at the time seemed to indicate that only one of the two towers was insured at all. Never heard anything else about that, though - perhaps the gov't supressed the media again.

    --

    Slashdot? Oh, I just read it for the articles.
  4. Re:Signed collectibles by Legion303 · · Score: 3, Interesting
    Kind of a stupid adage, then, since the money Bill "makes" in those few seconds is really just an average of what he makes in the course of a year, divided into second-long segments. In other words, since he's not actually earning anything for walking to work, he'd be wise to pick up the bill, if only to blow his nose with or whatever it is he does with $100 bills.

    -Legion