A miniature X-wing Starfighter used in a B次元官网网址淪tar WarsB次元官网网址� film sold for over $3 million during an auction over the weekend of items both collected and created by longtime Hollywood model-maker Greg Jein.
amassed by Jein, who died last year at the age of 76, brought in about $13.6 million during an event at Heritage Auctions in Dallas. The auction house said that everyone from model-makers to collectors and science-fiction fans attended, making the event its best-attended in years.
Joe Maddalena, HeritageB次元官网网址檚 executive vice president and a longtime friend of JeinB次元官网网址檚, said in a news release Monday that the auction was B次元官网网址渁 profound testament to my friend as both a visual-effects master and one of the great collectors.B次元官网网址�
Jein not only had an Oscar and Emmy-nominated career making miniature models for nearly half a century, but he also spent a lifetime collecting costumes, props, scripts, artwork, photographs and models from the shows he loved.
The Red Leader X-wing Starfighter that was used in the 1977 film B次元官网网址淪tar Wars: Episode IV B次元官网网址� A New HopeB次元官网网址� sold for about $3.1 million after a bidding duel between two collectors, the auction house said. Also going for an eye-popping amount was a B次元官网网址淪tar WarsB次元官网网址� Stormtrooper costume that sold for $645,000.
A rare surviving spacesuit from Stanley KubrickB次元官网网址檚 1968 film B次元官网网址�2001: A Space OdysseyB次元官网网址� sold for $447,000.
Jein was a fan of B次元官网网址� B次元官网网址� before he worked on the franchise B次元官网网址� and some of the items that he collected were popular at the auction. A filming model of the B次元官网网址淪S Botany BayB次元官网网址� vessel from B次元官网网址淪tar Trek: The Original SeriesB次元官网网址� from the 1960s went for $200,000 while prop devices from that series like a hero phaser went for $187,500 and a tricorder garnered $175,000.
Jein, who grew up in Los Angeles, was still early in his career when he led the team that created the mothership for Steven SpielbergB次元官网网址檚 1977 film B次元官网网址淐lose Encounters of the Third Kind.B次元官网网址� The model that appears gigantic in the movie is just over 5 feet (1.5 meters) long and now part of the collection at the SmithsonianB次元官网网址檚 National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C. A small preliminary model, which is about 5 inches (12 centimeters) long, brought in $55,000 at the auction.
Lou Zutavern, JeinB次元官网网址檚 longtime friend and shop supervisor, said that he and Jein always had B次元官网网址渁 ballB次元官网网址� working together. He said Jein was a great friend, and recalled the time he brought a box filled with model kits to entertain Zutavern after he had a knee surgery.
Zutavern said his friend had a love of Hollywood history, and a passion for seeking out items for his collection.
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