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C-3PO head from Star Wars tipped to fetch £1m at film prop auction

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C-3PO head from Star Wars tipped to fetch £1m at film prop auction
C-3PO head from Star Wars tipped to fetch £1m at film prop auction

A LIGHT-UP C-3PO head from the original Star Wars film is expected to fetch up to £1million at an auction of movie memorabilia.

Actor Anthony Daniels, 77, wore the prop in 1977’s A New Hope.

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A C-3PO head from the original Star Wars film is expected to fetch up to £1million at auctionCredit: PA
The full-bodied droid played a starring role in Star Wars
The full-bodied droid played a starring role in Star WarsCredit: Alamy
The C-3PO head pictured with Anthony Daniels, who wore the prop in 1977’s A New Hope
The C-3PO head pictured with Anthony Daniels, who wore the prop in 1977’s A New HopeCredit: PA

It is among more than 1,800 lots on offer in London next month.

They include the bathrobe worn by Ursula Andress as Honey Ryder in 1962 James Bond film Dr No — estimated at £140,000.

A Nightmare on Elm Street fans are tipped to pay up to £400,000 for Freddy Krueger’s terrifying bladed glove.

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Harrison Ford’s signed bullwhip from Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom may fetch £200,000.

Meanwhile, a double-breasted suit worn by 007 Sir Roger Moore in 1985’s A View to a Kill could go for £30,000.

The lots will go under the hammer between November 9 and 12 in Piccadilly, central London.

Bidding for the movie memorabilia is expected online and by phone.

A Nightmare on Elm Street fans are tipped to pay up to £400,000 for Freddy Krueger’s terrifying bladed glove
A Nightmare on Elm Street fans are tipped to pay up to £400,000 for Freddy Krueger’s terrifying bladed gloveCredit: PA
Freddy with the killer glove in the 1984 original movie
Freddy with the killer glove in the 1984 original movieCredit: Alamy
Harrison Ford’s signed bullwhip from Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom may fetch £200,000
Harrison Ford’s signed bullwhip from Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom may fetch £200,000Credit: PA
Harrison's Indiana Jones cracks the whip in the 1984 action flick
Harrison's Indiana Jones cracks the whip in the 1984 action flickCredit: Alamy
The bathrobe worn by Ursula Andress as Honey Ryder in 1962 James Bond film Dr No — estimated at £140,000
The bathrobe worn by Ursula Andress as Honey Ryder in 1962 James Bond film Dr No — estimated at £140,000Credit: PA
The scene where the robe was worn in Dr No, with Sean Connery's Bond
The scene where the robe was worn in Dr No, with Sean Connery's Bond
A double-breasted suit worn by 007 Sir Roger Moore in 1985’s A View to a Kill could go for £30,000
A double-breasted suit worn by 007 Sir Roger Moore in 1985’s A View to a Kill could go for £30,000Credit: Alamy
Dressed to thrill, Sir Roger in A View to a Kill
Dressed to thrill, Sir Roger in A View to a KillCredit: Rex

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