A ‘Star Wars’ Y-Wing and Princess Leia Bikini Costume Have Been Sold at Auction
The dust has now settled on Heritage Auctions’ July Entertainment Auction, and two iconic Star Wars props have found a new home.
A filming minature of a Y-Wing Starfighter helmed by Gold Leader in Star Wars: A New Hope sold for an asounting $1.55 million.
The Y-Wing was one of two miniatures used for filming close-ups. The Idustrical Lights Magic visual effects team created it from a design by Colin Cantwell.
Photo: Heritage Auctions
According to Heritage Auctions, the ship was based on a description from Geroge Lucas.
“Lucas felt the need to create distinct shapes so that the audience could immediately tell whether a ship was a ‘good guy’ or ‘a bad guy,’” it reads.
Photo: Heritage Auctions
Princess Leia’s Gold Bikini Has Also Been Sold
Also sold in the July Entertainment Auction was Princess Leia’s gold bikini from Return of the Jedi. The costume consisted of seven pieces: a bikini brassiere, bikini plates, hop rings, an armlet, and a bracelet.
Photo: Heritage Auction
The costume came from ILM sculptor Richard Miller’s collection and fetched $175,000.
“Based on designs by Nilo Rodis-Jamero, Miller created a wire armature on a mannequin created from Carrie Fisher’s body cast, then sculpted the details using jewelers techniques with wax. With the wax sculpts, he produced test castings in resin and finally in red-colored urethane,” the Heritage Auction descroption read.
Photo: Heritage Auctions
“The bikini brassiere is the early version crafted of rigid resin and is production used, as evidenced by eye hook on-set repair and glue residue on the interior surface from attempts to add material to make it more comfortable for Fisher.”
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