ENTERTAINMENT and CULTURE/SOCIETY: Over $200,000 for Luke Skywalker’s Light Saber

Saw this and just had to pass it on. All I can say is - if I had $200,600 to waste, I would have bought it too!

And it makes the ideal Christmas present... for the nerds you love the most! Anyone want to spend over 200 grand on me?

Posted Jul 31, 2005, 6:07 AM ET by Deidre Woollard

The auction house Profiles in History took in over $2 million during their recent auction of artifacts from movie and television history. The six-hour auction included bidding from around the world with record prices. Items that took in the largest amounts of money included a Luke Skywalker hero light saber from Star Wars which sold for $200,600, a Harrison Ford signature leather jacket from Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade for $94,400, a Chewbacca face mask for the Star Wars films for $50,150 and the 4077th hometown mileage signpost from M*A*S*H for $29,500.

link to the article from luxist.com ("Luxist is a blog — an online magazine — obsessively covering luxury products")