They found the gun used by Harrison Ford as Han Solo in Star Wars and are hoping to sell it for $ 500,000

The original “blaster” model pistol, used by Harrison Ford in Star Wars: Episode IV, A New Hope, will go on sale at the end of the month at auctionand it is estimated that it will be purchased for around 500 thousand dollars.

The cannon, believed to be lost, was found by the Rock Island Auction Company (RIAC) and will be auctioned at its next big event.

This gun is the only remaining of three that was put together by the film production department in 1977, according to RIAC. The base price of the “Han Solo BlasTech DL-44 Heavy Blaster” item will be $ 300,000.

The blaster pistol was based on a German Mauser C96 revolver, one of the earliest and most recognizable semi-automatic pistols in history.

The designers of the object wanted the captain of the Millennium Falcon ship to give the feeling of a cannon owned in the Far West, and decided to take a Mauser C96 as a base.

The memorabilia of Star Wars became one of the most sought after things by collectors. In 2018, Han Solo’s blaster from the next film, Return of the Jedi was sold to Ripley’s Believe it or Not! for $ 550,000.

A miniature model of the X-Wing

In June of this year, a ship model Star Warsthe X-Wing Fighter used in the 1977 film created by George Lucas, it achieved an impressive amount of $ 2.3 million auction, as reported by Prop Store Auction.

The Red Leader X-Wing miniature model is estimated to cost between US $ 500,000 and US $ 1 million, finally the final price was US $ 2,375,000.

The X-Wing model was used in Star Wars: a new hope for the Red X-Wing of foreman Garven Dreis, played by the late Drewe Henley.

The model is extraordinarily rare, as most of it was destroyed by fireworks during the filming of the climax battle sequence of the Death Star movie.

“The model display corresponds to a specific ‘pyrotechnic’ shot of an explosion in the Red Leader engine in the film,” Propstore COO Brandon Alinger told Forbes.

“There are several behind-the-scenes photos taken at Industrial Light and Magic that show the model extremely well. Every scratch and airbrush mark on the paint can be compared exactly to those photos from 1976 “.

The X-Wing combat model is extremely well preserved and remains in excellent condition. The light stiff foam remains firm and the original unrestored paint is in excellent condition with only slight flaking in small areas.

One of the laser cannons shows slight deformation and one of the newly built laser cannon head assemblies is loose. The X-Wing was designed to be mounted on a C-bracket with a hole in the back of the fuselage or to hang from cables while shooting.

There are several small holes on the top of the fuselage related to attaching the model to the wires. Included with the auctioned piece was a bespoke aluminum stand that holds the model through the fuselage, as well as a wooden shipping crate, “the model description stated.

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