{"id":1057,"date":"2007-11-12T14:03:35","date_gmt":"2007-11-12T21:03:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.originalprop.com\/blog\/?p=1057"},"modified":"2009-07-20T16:32:40","modified_gmt":"2009-07-21T00:32:40","slug":"elstree-props-return-of-the-jedi-lightsaber-auction-update-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.originalprop.com\/blog\/2007\/11\/12\/elstree-props-return-of-the-jedi-lightsaber-auction-update-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Elstree Props Return of the Jedi Lightsaber Auction &#8211; Update 5"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It appears that the <a href=\"http:\/\/elstreeprops.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Elstree Props<\/a> Luke Skywalker Return of the Jedi lightsaber prop at auction on <a href=\"http:\/\/specialistauctions.com\" target=\"_blank\">SpecialistAuctions.com<\/a> ended today with no bids (<a href=\"http:\/\/specialistauctions.com\/auctiondetails.php?id=972099\" target=\"_blank\">Expired Auction Link<\/a>) and has since been relisted as a new 28-day listing (<a href=\"http:\/\/specialistauctions.com\/auctiondetails.php?id=1048885\" target=\"_blank\">Relisted Auction Link<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>Obviously, the questions raised about the piece here, on the Movie Prop Forum (<a href=\"http:\/\/mpdf.ipbhost.com\/index.php?showtopic=5733&amp;st=0\" target=\"_blank\">LINK<\/a>), and the Replica Prop Forum (<a href=\"http:\/\/therpf.com\/showthread.php?t=33484\" target=\"_blank\">LINK<\/a>) remain unanswered.  The new marketing description appears to be the same as the one used in the original listing, with no additional information, details, or clarification in regards to provenance and authenticity.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.originalprop.com\/blog\/?cat=4277\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Related Articles: Market Watch | Elstree Props | Return of the Jedi Lightsaber<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Jason De Bord<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It appears that the Elstree Props Luke Skywalker Return of the Jedi lightsaber prop at auction on SpecialistAuctions.com ended today with no bids (Expired Auction Link) and has since been relisted as a new 28-day listing (Relisted Auction Link).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1183,12,4277,1745],"tags":[63,171,3199,372,371,3333,1517,49,3377,2697,2830,1515,451,1031,1307,3187,3194,3197,3196,18,2758,20,170,4279,1524,3198,4246,157,1800],"class_list":{"0":"post-1057","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-elstree-props","7":"category-market-watch","8":"category-return-of-the-jedi-lightsaber","9":"category-star-wars-market-watch","10":"tag-auction","11":"tag-authentic","12":"tag-biscolors","13":"tag-certificate-of-authenticity","14":"tag-coa","15":"tag-danziger-collection","16":"tag-e11e","17":"tag-ebay","18":"tag-elstree-props-pre-2008","19":"tag-elstree-studios","20":"tag-flashgun","21":"tag-graflex","22":"tag-lightsaber","23":"tag-listing","24":"tag-luke-skywalker","25":"tag-mark-hamill","26":"tag-norank","27":"tag-norank-engineering","28":"tag-norm-harrison","29":"tag-original","30":"tag-paul-harrison","31":"tag-prop","32":"tag-replica","33":"tag-resident-studio-engineers","34":"tag-return-of-the-jedi","35":"tag-rotj","36":"tag-specialist-auctions","37":"tag-star-wars","38":"tag-the-empire-strikes-back","39":"entry"},"yoast_head":"\n<title>Elstree Props Return of the Jedi Lightsaber Auction - Update 5 - Movie Prop Collecting with Jason DeBord&#039;s Original Prop Blog Film &amp; 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