‘Star Wars’ Superman suit and Darth Vader gloves go up for auction

In November, Darth Vader’s gloves from ‘Star Wars’ will be auctioned, as well as the complete Superman suit used by Christopher Reeve in the hero’s movie in 1978 and 1987.

The auction of the British company Propstore memorabilia includes famous items from film and television, as well as music.

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The catalog has 1,500 lots with a total estimated value of 12.3 million dollars.

And in addition to Vader’s black gloves from the first ‘Star Wars’, from 1977, there is the Bible that concealed a hammer in Shawshank Redemption, a 1994 film; a hardcover copy of the first edition of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, which came out in 2001 and the pilot’s helmet worn by Sean Connery in You Only Live Twice, from 1967.

As for musical memorabilia, Noel Gallagher’s Gibson Les Paul Silver Sparkle Florentine guitar, used on the Be Here Now album and tour, is listed and could fetch between $350,000 and $550,000.

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Similarly, bidders can bid by David Bowie’s Major Tom space suit from the Ashes to Ashes video; a gun license application signed by Elvis Presley, George Harrison’s banjolele ‘E’ and Dave Grohl’s handwritten track listing from Nirvana’s ‘Nevermind’ tour.