Artoo Detoo has been sold. Not in a droid sale or at a swap meet but by Profiles In History who sold a movie built R2-D2 at auction assembled from across the original trilogy and the first two prequels for $2.75 million dollars.
A complete R2-D2 made from pieces salvaged from the Star Wars films by a British enthusiast has been sold for £1.8million.
#R2D2 from #StarWars Sold for $2,750,000
— Profiles In History (@pihauctions) June 28, 2017
Tonight’s sale of the seven-year labour of love was the first time the character – played by Prestonian Kenny Baker, who died last year – made entirely of parts from the movies went under the hammer, the auctioneer says.
The sale of the R2-D2 figure surpassed even the highest estimate of two million dollars.
Brian Chanes, the auction house’s head of acquisitions, said the anonymous British collector made the character from retired parts from at least four films. “We’re very excited to have it because really this is the only one to reach the auction block in the world,” he said ahead of the sale.
