Utterly Odd Assortment of Star Wars Props Offered Up for Auction

Now, Star Wars items are bought and sold every day. When you've got a movie series whose whole existence is basically one giant advertisement for action figures, there's going to be lots of buying and selling going on. What's up on the block today? Some real rarities. Some real oddities, too, including a fantastically weird stash of items from Industrial Light and Magic's Phil Tippet (master puppeteer, all around cool dude.) The items up for auction are put up by Profiles in History, posted in this year's Hollywood Auction 43.

Included in this auction are some massively excellent items, most of the Star Wars items being listed right here:

1191 Tauntaun armature heads and sculpts from Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back

1182 Space Slug teeth from Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back

1184 Darth Vader belt buckle from Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back

1188 Joe Johnston leg design for creation of AT-AT from Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back

1178 M'iiyoom Onith cantina creature head from Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope

644 Natalie Portman "Padme" costume from Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace

642 Rebel guard jacket from Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope

1183 Emperor Palpatine head appliance from Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back

639 Darth Vader underrobe from Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back

1180 Dice Ibegon cantina creature puppet from Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope

1189 General Ackbar eye from Star Wars: Episode VI –Return of the Jedi*

631 X-Wing study model for visual effects shots of Death Star trench run from Star Wars: Episode IV

645 Collection of Death Star surface elements from Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi

643 Rancor puppet animation handle from Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi

641 Rebel guard jacket from Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope

632 Yoda hero pendant from The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi*

1192 Front of Rancor head master production model from Star Wars: Episode VI –Return of the Jedi

1190 Huge archive of storyboards and production files from Star Wars ESB and ROTJ

638 Collection of Industrial Light and Magic employee Star Wars patches and car window sticker

647 Original production made Darth Vader helmet from Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope

1187 Background AT-AT from Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back

1186 Tauntaun test stop-motion armature from Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back

1179 Ellorrs Madak cantina creature mask and hands from Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope*

1185 Han Solo stop-motion puppet costume and Han Solo master from Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back*

1194 Jabba the Hutt and throne approved prototype maquette from Star Wars: Episode VI –Return of the Jedi

640 Death Star gun tower from Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope

1181 Trash Compactor Creature puppet from Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope*

*Pictured in gallery below.

To check out all auction items, head on over to icollector.com and bid live! Otherwise see the posting on Profiles in History or download the entire catalog [here] – Happy bidding!

[Via StarWarsBlog]