Monday, March 8, 2010

5 of eBay's Top-Priced Star Wars Pieces

Many people believe that the famous Star Wars action figures from the 1970s gave birth to the entire genre of action figures ... whether or not they actually instigated the labor pains of the action figure industry, they certainly remain the most popular and high priced figures in the world today! We’re looking at some of the current top-priced Star Wars action figures and memorabilia on eBay.

1. Metal Darth Vader figure - $21 million dollars
You have to admire this guy’s strategy – he knows that he isn't going to get $21 million for the figurine (it isn’t licensed, it is simply a sculpture), but he’s certainly going to get a lot of clicks from people wondering what a $21 million toy looks like!
Unfortunately this price is not a joke. The item up for sale (no bidding) was owned and signed by George Lucas, and includes productions stills, on-set photography etc.
These are the sort of items that can easily start convincing people that action figures are not only fun, but a solid investment! The set includes around 50 figurines, so they average out at around $110 each. Many are quite new (the seller didn’t wait 40 years for them to appreciate value!) – Darth Maul, Anakin Skywalker, Qui Gon Jinn and other familiar characters from the first three movies are included.
Bidding actually starts on this item at around $4,500, but for a fair comparison we chose to use the Buy It Now price (as is shown on all other items). This is for a SINGLE poster by Drew Struzan, the original artist for the movie posters.
Here is another example of a very quickly appreciating piece of Star Wars memorabilia – I’m betting that the original owner didn’t pay this much to Toys R Us in order to take the in-store display home at the launch of Star Wars. It is over 6 feet long and not in perfect condition by any means – but look at that price!
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