{"id":45134,"date":"2019-05-14T23:51:37","date_gmt":"2019-05-15T06:51:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.originalprop.com\/blog\/?p=45134"},"modified":"2019-05-14T23:51:37","modified_gmt":"2019-05-15T06:51:37","slug":"youtube-close-up-look-empire-strikes-back-darth-vader-costume-auction-with-bonhams-update-withdrawn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.originalprop.com\/blog\/2019\/05\/14\/youtube-close-up-look-empire-strikes-back-darth-vader-costume-auction-with-bonhams-update-withdrawn\/","title":{"rendered":"YouTube Close-Up Look &#8211; &#8220;Empire Strikes Back&#8221; Darth Vader Costume Auction with Bonhams Update: Withdrawn"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-45135\" src=\"http:\/\/www.originalprop.com\/blog\/dylsoagh\/2019\/05\/YouTube-Darth-Vader-Costume-Bonhams-Auction-Empire-Strikes-Back-Lucas-Museum-Withdrawn-2019-FI.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.originalprop.com\/blog\/dylsoagh\/2019\/05\/YouTube-Darth-Vader-Costume-Bonhams-Auction-Empire-Strikes-Back-Lucas-Museum-Withdrawn-2019-FI.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/www.originalprop.com\/blog\/dylsoagh\/2019\/05\/YouTube-Darth-Vader-Costume-Bonhams-Auction-Empire-Strikes-Back-Lucas-Museum-Withdrawn-2019-FI-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.originalprop.com\/blog\/dylsoagh\/2019\/05\/YouTube-Darth-Vader-Costume-Bonhams-Auction-Empire-Strikes-Back-Lucas-Museum-Withdrawn-2019-FI-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.originalprop.com\/blog\/dylsoagh\/2019\/05\/YouTube-Darth-Vader-Costume-Bonhams-Auction-Empire-Strikes-Back-Lucas-Museum-Withdrawn-2019-FI-1024x576.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This is part of my ongoing series of YouTube videos, with a follow up to my recent look at the Bonhams &#8220;TCM Presents &#8230; Wonders of the Galaxy &#8211; Science Fiction and Fantasy in Film\u201d auction that took place today, May 14th, in Los Angeles. This latest video editorial provides an update to Lot 162 described as &#8220;<em>A complete Darth Vader costume from The Empire Strikes Back\/Star Wars Episode V\u201d<\/em>.\u00a0 Shortly before the auction was scheduled to begin, the status of the costume was changed to &#8220;WITHDRAWN&#8221;.\u00a0 However, the Darth Vader gloves from <em>Star Wars<\/em> were not withdrawn, though failed to reach the unstated reserve, stalled at $28,000.<\/p>\n<p>The Los Angeles Times published a news feature about the costume an hour or so before the auction, though it was updated a few times throughout the day, and ultimately provided the following statement from Bonhams:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cBonhams, together with Mr. [Bryce] Kermit Eller and the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art, agreed to withdraw from auction the Darth Vader costume from \u2018The Empire Strikes Back.\u2019\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>You can check out the YouTube video here:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/m3pJ-ikHZ1U\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>FOOTNOTES (links to public sources of information referenced in the YouTube video):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5KqHO-bJQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Original Prop Blog: YouTube Close-Up Look &#8211; &#8220;Empire Strikes Back&#8221; Darth Vader Costume Up For Auction with Bonhams (Screen-Used? Production Made? Touring Costume?)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bonhams.com\/auctions\/25491\/lot\/162\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bonhams: Lot 162 &#8211; A complete Darth Vader costume from The Empire Strikes Back\/Star Wars Episode V<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bonhams.com\/auctions\/25491\/lot\/158\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bonhams: Lot 158 &#8211; A pair of screen-worn black gloves from Star Wars: Episode IV\u2013A New Hope, worn by Kermit Eller as Darth Vader in personal appearances<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/fashion\/la-ig-darth-vader-auction-star-wars-bonhams-20190514-story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Los Angeles Times: A Rebellion twist? \u2018Star Wars\u2019 Darth Vader costume withdrawn from Bonhams auction<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Jason DeBord<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is part of my ongoing series of YouTube videos, with a follow up to my recent look at the Bonhams &#8220;TCM Presents &#8230; Wonders of the Galaxy &#8211; Science Fiction and Fantasy in Film\u201d auction that took place today, May 14th, in Los Angeles. 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