LAist

'Star Wars' Red Leader X-Wing Model Heads A Cargo Bay's Worth Of Props At Auction

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Artnet

A ‘Star Wars’ Spacecraft Model, Found Hidden Away in Storage, Rakes in a Whopping $3.1 Million at Auction

A model X-wing fighter featured in the final attack on the Death Star in 1977’s Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope has sold at auction for $3.1 million—a record for an onscreen Star Wars prop. The ...
Fox Business

'Star Wars' X-wing model used in movie sells for more than $3 million

A model of an X-wing starfighter used in the original "Star Wars" in 1977 sold for an eye-popping sum over the weekend. The miniature so-called "Red Leader" brought more than $3.1 million at the ...
NPR

'Star Wars' Red Leader X-wing model heads a cargo bay's worth of props at auction

The intricately made starfighter brought millions of people along for the ride as a group of plucky Rebel pilots assaulted the Death Star. Now the Star Wars scale model is being sold at auction, with ...