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Star Wars artwork nets £2.9m
Leicester Mercury
|December 12, 2025
THIS painting which introduced Star Wars to the world nearly 50 years ago - and was reproduced in a movie poster - has sold at auction for 3.875 million dollars (£2.9 million).
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The acrylic and airbrush painting by artist and movie poster designer Tom Jung first appeared in newspaper advertisements on May 13, 1977, about two
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