The sword used by Mel Gibson in Braveheart has been sold for $135, 000 at a charity auction in New York. Irish financier Dermot Desmond bought the five-foot broadsword at an auction hosted by Liam Neeson to aid the charity Movie Action For Children. Overall, the auction took in almost $405, 000. A total of 15 lots donated by stars and studios went under the hammer, including a light saber Neeson used when he played Qui-Gon Jinn in Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace, which was bought by Mr. Desmond's son Ross for $49, 500. The dress worn by Catherine Zeta-Jones in The Mask of Zorro went for a little over $1, 500, a shirt worn by Ralph Fiennes in The English Patient fetched $1, 950, while a birthday phone call from Michael Jackson went for $990.
- 3/8/2001
- WENN
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