Westeros

Day two of the Heritage Auctions Game of Thrones auction started off with a bang when the first new entry into the six-figure sale list was Jon’s Snow’s season 6 Night’s Watch ensemble with an included “action” Longclaw. Realized price? $337,500, becoming the most expensive piece sold to date.

A few other notable pieces hit the six-figure mark throughout the day. Oberyn Martell’s trial by combat ensemble was next to break the mark, followed by what to me was probably the most surprising result among the big sellers: the Lannister “family litter” used in season 5. It’s beautifully crafted, but I had no idea it’d draw that much attention. After that, the last item we saw to reach $100,000 before we went to bed was the “Shame” bell, which I recall David Mandel of the The Stuff Dreams Are Made Of podcast expected to do well.

And that wasn’t even half way through the six-figure sellers. When we checked the final results, lets just say our eyes went wide.

Eight more items ended up joining the list, all of them in the final third of the auction:

• A “hero” Needle from season 6 cleared the bar at $131,250.
• The new price leader then showed up eleven lots later, with the “hero” Longclaw from season 6 charging ahead to a whopping $400,000. The figure was so high that we checked the Heritage Auctions and the Propstore records of past sales; near as we can tell, this is now the most expensive prop sword auctioned by the two biggest auction houses focused on props and memorabilia. The previous holder of that record, according to our research, was a Glamdring from Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King which was actually a WETA replica for Sideshow Toys rather than an actual, screen-used one.
• A surprise to us was the next to enter the list, Arya Stark’s Walder Frey disguise from season 7. I guess people were just that happy to see the Freys get it.
• Next on the list, a bit of home decor in the form of the massive vinyl panels map of Westeros at $237,500.
• Then the Kingslayer entered the lists again, this time with his Season 7 Lannister armor ensemble selling for $275,000.
• Another returnee to the list was Gregor Clegane, whose Queensguard armor beat his tourney armor, selling for $212,500.
• Another Longclaw joined the list, this time being an “action” sword.
• And last but not least, right towards the end of the auction, Jon Snow’s frozen lake ensemble hit the $137,500 mark

The auction now stands at $12.15 million in total sales, with the final third being auctioned off today. Major pieces are going to be a number of Daenerys Targaryen costumes, Arya’s season 8 Valyrian steel dagger (this could very well beat out Longclaw, we think), and the touring Iron Throne. We’ll be keeping an eye on it when it starts at 11AM CST.