A long-lost prop from the original 1977 Star Wars film has sold in an auction for a record-breaking US$3.135m. The prop, a 20-inch model of an X-Wing starfighter that was used in the climactic battle sequence of Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope, had been considered missing for decades before it was discovered in a cardboard box in the garage of the Oscar-nominated model-maker Greg Jein. Jein died in May last year at the age of 76. On Sunday the X-Wing became the “most expensive Star Wars screen-used prop sold at auction”, according to a statement from Joe Maddalena, an executive vice-president at Heritage Auctions, who facilitated the sale. The auction also included a vast array of other film artefacts from Jein’s collection, including an original Stormtrooper costume from A New Hope, an astronaut suit from 2001: A Space Odyssey and miniatures from Battlestar Galactica. “The worldwide response to the Greg Jein collections been outstanding,” Maddalena’s statement continued. “A true testament to Greg and all he accomplished as visual effects artist and collector.” …

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