FILE - A miniature model called"Red Leader," a X-wing Starfighter from the 1977 film"Star War, Episode IV, A New Hope," sits on display at Heritage Auctions, Aug. 30, 2023, in Irving, Texas. The miniature X-wing Starfighter used in a Star Wars film sold for over $3 million on Sunday, Oct. 15, during a weekend auction of items both collected and created by longtime Hollywood model maker Greg Jein.
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. A rare surviving spacesuit from Stanley Kubrick's 1968 film “2001: A Space Odyssey” sold for $447,000.” before he worked on the franchise — and some of the items that he collected were popular at the auction. A filming model of the “SS Botany Bay” vessel from “Star Trek: The Original Series” 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.
Lou Zutavern, Jein’s longtime friend and shop supervisor, said that he and Jein always had “a ball” 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.
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