A PAIR of £5 dungarees sold for £12,000 after they turned out to be from the first Star Wars film.
The owner had the baggy denim outfit in her wardrobe for more than 40 years.
She took it to be valued after spotting a label reading: “Joe Kaye, colonel 10545 Star Wars.”
Research identified him as an actor playing a Lutrillian in the 1977 blockbuster.
And the dungarees sold to a US bidder for £9,000 in Teddington, South West London, with fees and tax taking the total to £12,456.
Chris Kirkham, of auctioneers Hansons, said: “Bids flooded in but we were still dazzled by the result. Those denim dungarees really did skyrocket.”
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The anonymous owner, from South London, bought the denims at a theatrical clothing sale in Camden, North London, not long after the film came out.
She said: “I thought I could wear them to a fancy dress party or something.”
ONE of 25 rocket-firing prototype figures of Star Wars bounty hunter Boba Fett is tipped to sell for £120,000 in Pennsylvania, US.
Maker Kenner decided to mass-produce only non-firing versions.
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