180K for this?

tracyp · 06-09-2007, 11:19 PM

Little Johns Auction Service in Orange, CA. had auction last week. In the two sessions many of the items were from Stembridge, a company that provided firearms to the movie industry for props. This modified broomhandle Mauser was used in Star Wars. It went for 180K. Someone has too much money.

Tracy

Ron Smith · 06-09-2007, 11:51 PM

Movie memorabilia... Now if I had Dorothy's glass slippers, I could rule the world!!!

Imperial Arms · 06-10-2007, 12:28 AM

There are some dumb MF in this world who have no value for money!! Who cares if it was used in Star Wars as a prop. I would take any other rare Mauser C96 for one tenth of the price any day!

Albert

thegundude · 06-10-2007, 01:39 AM

That's pretty funny, actually...

davidkachel · 06-11-2007, 02:46 PM

There is a term for someone who could and would pay that much money for something like that: useless lumps.
Useless lumps are easily recognized by the amount of publicity they get for accomplishing absolutely nothing. Paris whatshername comes to mind.

waltherguy · 06-11-2007, 05:59 PM

I guess there are no Han Solo fans here eh?

Dwight Gruber · 06-11-2007, 06:31 PM

This is not surprising. I don't know if anyone caught the television special on the Star Trek auction earlier this year, but there are an awful lot of people with deep pockets and a dedicated collector focus (not unlike collectors of a certain auto pistol we all know and love) who are willing to shell out big bucks for "very special" (and some not so special) one-of-a-kind items.

And I mean big bucks, up to half-a-million of them for the big Star Trek Next Generatioin spaceship prop...

--Dwight

--Dwight

rolandtg · 06-12-2007, 12:25 AM

The guns used by the main characters actually fired blanks.
The Stormtrooper rifles were modified Sterlings with 5 or 10 round magazines.
The longer guns were MG34's.

They used blanks so the actors would have some "feedback" when they fired the "lasers".
It also provided a queue to sync the optics in post production.

Before Lucas "fixed" the original movies you could see ejecting brass when they fired and in a couple of scenes you could see brass on the floor.

Edward Tinker · 06-12-2007, 12:59 AM

tsk, tsk tsk, seeing this old broomhandle, made up as a blaster helped inspire me to admire them. You people are just dishsoap boring.

Of course, if I had the choice between that and 5 1920 and 1902 carbines, well, I'd four wall hangers and a shooter

I just watched the original set of three this last weekend....

06-09-2007, 11:19 PM	#1
tracyp User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Peoples Republic of Kalifornia Posts: 391 Thanks: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	180K for this? Little Johns Auction Service in Orange, CA. had auction last week. In the two sessions many of the items were from Stembridge, a company that provided firearms to the movie industry for props. This modified broomhandle Mauser was used in Star Wars. It went for 180K. Someone has too much money. Tracy

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davidkachel User Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Texas Posts: 784 Thanks: 0 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts	There is a term for someone who could and would pay that much money for something like that: useless lumps. Useless lumps are easily recognized by the amount of publicity they get for accomplishing absolutely nothing. Paris whatshername comes to mind. __________________ A heroin habit would be cheaper.

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Imperial Arms Banned Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Malta, EU Posts: 579 Thanks: 0 Thanked 7 Times in 7 Posts	There are some dumb MF in this world who have no value for money!! Who cares if it was used in Star Wars as a prop. I would take any other rare Mauser C96 for one tenth of the price any day! Albert

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Dwight Gruber User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Portland, Oregon Posts: 3,902 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1,318 Times in 431 Posts	This is not surprising. I don't know if anyone caught the television special on the Star Trek auction earlier this year, but there are an awful lot of people with deep pockets and a dedicated collector focus (not unlike collectors of a certain auto pistol we all know and love) who are willing to shell out big bucks for "very special" (and some not so special) one-of-a-kind items. And I mean big bucks, up to half-a-million of them for the big Star Trek Next Generatioin spaceship prop... --Dwight --Dwight

06-12-2007, 12:25 AM	#8
rolandtg User Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Texas Hill Country Posts: 477 Thanks: 380 Thanked 258 Times in 113 Posts	The guns used by the main characters actually fired blanks. The Stormtrooper rifles were modified Sterlings with 5 or 10 round magazines. The longer guns were MG34's. They used blanks so the actors would have some "feedback" when they fired the "lasers". It also provided a queue to sync the optics in post production. Before Lucas "fixed" the original movies you could see ejecting brass when they fired and in a couple of scenes you could see brass on the floor.

06-12-2007, 12:59 AM	#9
Edward Tinker Super Moderator Eternal Lifer LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: North of Spokane, WA Posts: 15,935 Thanks: 2,034 Thanked 4,533 Times in 2,093 Posts	tsk, tsk tsk, seeing this old broomhandle, made up as a blaster helped inspire me to admire them. You people are just dishsoap boring. Of course, if I had the choice between that and 5 1920 and 1902 carbines, well, I'd four wall hangers and a shooter I just watched the original set of three this last weekend....