Darth Vader lightsaber from 'Empire Strikes Back' sells for nearly $5 million at auction

NEW YORK (PIX11) — The force was strong with this auction. A lightsaber used by Darth Vader in "The Empire Strikes Back" and "Return of the Jedi" sold for a record $4.875 million at auction Thursday. That sale marked a world record auction for any "Star Wars" collectible, according to Heritage Auctions. The screen-matched "Hero-dueling [...]

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