Indiana Jones and Star Wars items to be sold in movie props auction

Many of movies’ most sought-after props are going up for auction, including the Rosebud sled from Citizen Kane, Macaulay Culkin’s cap from Home Alone and a whip wielded by Harrison Ford during Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade.

The Summer Entertainment Auction, being held from July 15 to 19 by Heritage Auctions, also includes sci-fi gems from the Star Wars galaxy like a filming miniature of Luke Skywalker’s X-wing starfighter used in The Empire Strikes Back, and the lightsabers brandished by Ewan McGregor’s Obi-Wan Kenobi and Hayden Christensen’s Anakin Skywalker in Revenge Of The Sith.

The Rosebud sled from the title character’s childhood sits at the centre of Orson Welles’ 1941 Citizen Kane.

It is the last word tycoon Charles Foster Kane speaks before his death at the opening of the film that is regarded by many critics groups as the greatest ever made.

Long thought lost, the sled is one of three of the prop known to have survived.

It is owned by Gremlins director Joe Dante, who stumbled on it when he was filming on the former RKO Pictures lot in 1984.

Dante was not a collector, but knew the value of the sled and quietly preserved it for decades, putting it as an Easter egg into four of his own films.

Ford gave the Indiana Jones whip going up for auction to then-Prince Charles at the 1989 UK premiere of The Last Crusade.

It was given as a gift to Diana, Princess of Wales – who gave it to the current owner.

“These aren’t just props. They’re mythic objects,” Joe Maddalena, Heritage’s executive vice-president, said in a statement.

“They tell the story of Hollywood’s greatest moments, one piece at a time.” 

Also going up for sale are a blue velvet suit that Mike Myers wore as Austin Powers in Goldmember, and a Citroen 2CV driven by Roger Moore as James Bond in For Your Eyes Only, one of the films Myers was parodying.