# What movie prop would you like to own (and not sell for a profit) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [March 3, 2026, 8:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-prop-would-you-like-to-own-and-not-sell-for-a-profit/1028155 "2026-03-03T08:54:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2026, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-prop-would-you-like-to-own-and-not-sell-for-a-profit/1028155/21 "2026-03-03T15:24:03Z")
The only prop that counts. The Bird. The Black Bird, Sweetheart. [![](https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.vanityfair.com%2Fphotos%2F56c63107c8a238ad6591958b%2F16%3A9%2Fw_1200%2Ch_630%2Cc_limit%2Fhumphrey-bogart-maltese-falcon-steve-wynn.jpg&f=1&nofb=1&ipt=e39d8665ae88ec5bc23cd3b065b43251beb16b4265faeee07ec7d734f648f856) ](https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.vanityfair.com%2Fphotos%2F56c63107c8a238ad6591958b%2F16%3A9%2Fw_1200%2Ch_630%2Cc_limit%2Fhumphrey-bogart-maltese-falcon-steve-wynn.jpg&f=1&nofb=1&ipt=e39d8665ae88ec5bc23cd3b065b43251beb16b4265faeee07ec7d734f648f856) ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2026, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-prop-would-you-like-to-own-and-not-sell-for-a-profit/1028155/22 "2026-03-03T15:27:18Z")
Pointedly NOT The One Ring. Anduril on the other hand… ---
**Author:** ![dorvann](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df705f/32.png) [@dorvann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dorvann)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2026, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-prop-would-you-like-to-own-and-not-sell-for-a-profit/1028155/23 "2026-03-03T15:32:37Z")
The spinner weapon from _Krull_ or maybe freddy’s knife glove from _Nightmare on Elm Street_ ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2026, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-prop-would-you-like-to-own-and-not-sell-for-a-profit/1028155/24 "2026-03-03T15:39:35Z")
The Dude’s cardigan from “The Big Lebowski”. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2026, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-prop-would-you-like-to-own-and-not-sell-for-a-profit/1028155/25 "2026-03-03T15:42:18Z")
Remember-it is only a prop and not the real thing. ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2026, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-prop-would-you-like-to-own-and-not-sell-for-a-profit/1028155/26 "2026-03-03T15:46:09Z")
I know, but as Tolkien did (he was really upset when a fan gifted him a giant replica of the Ring and ended up using it as an ashtray) I consider it an evil, obscene thing. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2026, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-prop-would-you-like-to-own-and-not-sell-for-a-profit/1028155/27 "2026-03-03T15:48:54Z")
The sword Buckingham gifted to D’Artagnan in the “The Four Musketeers.” ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2026, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-prop-would-you-like-to-own-and-not-sell-for-a-profit/1028155/28 "2026-03-03T16:07:26Z")
Nautilus model from _20,000 Leagues Under The Sea_. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2026, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-prop-would-you-like-to-own-and-not-sell-for-a-profit/1028155/29 "2026-03-03T16:11:15Z")
Ben Hur’s chariot. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2026, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-prop-would-you-like-to-own-and-not-sell-for-a-profit/1028155/30 "2026-03-03T16:11:59Z")
> [@Frodo](#): > > Tolkien did (he was really upset when a fan gifted him a giant replica of the Ring and ended up using it as an ashtray) I consider it an evil, obscene thing. Well, now I kind of want to change my answer. ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2026, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-prop-would-you-like-to-own-and-not-sell-for-a-profit/1028155/31 "2026-03-03T16:16:02Z")
Am I allowed James Bond’s Aston Martin DB5? Edit: If not, the Hoverboard from Back to the Future 2 ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2026, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-prop-would-you-like-to-own-and-not-sell-for-a-profit/1028155/32 "2026-03-03T16:16:40Z")
The Millennium Falcon from the original Star Wars movie (not the big one they walk to but the model used for flying scenes). (I would do Star Trek but I actually have that…or will very soon…waiting on delivery…replica) [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Dm2_ZUmZesA/maxresdefault.jpg) ](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Dm2_ZUmZesA/maxresdefault.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2026, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-prop-would-you-like-to-own-and-not-sell-for-a-profit/1028155/33 "2026-03-03T16:19:31Z")
The car is just a car, and the board doesn’t hover, but sure. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2026, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-prop-would-you-like-to-own-and-not-sell-for-a-profit/1028155/34 "2026-03-03T16:29:09Z")
NO, it’s not just a car, it can shoot little rockets and rotate the licence plates. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2026, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-prop-would-you-like-to-own-and-not-sell-for-a-profit/1028155/35 "2026-03-03T16:29:44Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > The car is just a car True but still…a freaking Aston Martin DB5 would be great to have even without the ejection seat and machine guns. (Although I imagine the insurance for that car would be painful) ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2026, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-prop-would-you-like-to-own-and-not-sell-for-a-profit/1028155/36 "2026-03-03T16:31:49Z")
So it has three expired British plates instead of just one! ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2026, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-prop-would-you-like-to-own-and-not-sell-for-a-profit/1028155/37 "2026-03-03T16:31:56Z")
Lots of things I’d like to have, but if I had to narrow it to one: Obi-Wan Kenobi’s lightsaber. ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2026, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-prop-would-you-like-to-own-and-not-sell-for-a-profit/1028155/38 "2026-03-03T16:40:44Z")
I was also considering a light saber…Luke or Vader’s. They would be great. (I also would like Mace Windu’s light saber…and Yoda’s while we are at it.) Any (including Obi-Wan’s) would be awesome to own. ---
**Author:** ![Kron](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kron/32/12444_2.png) [@Kron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kron)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2026, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-prop-would-you-like-to-own-and-not-sell-for-a-profit/1028155/39 "2026-03-03T16:59:32Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > The Necronomicon Ex-Mortis. Beat me to it. ---
**Author:** ![Nyvaak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Nyvaak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nyvaak)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2026, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-prop-would-you-like-to-own-and-not-sell-for-a-profit/1028155/40 "2026-03-03T17:08:46Z")
No question: Robby the Robot from _Forbidden Planet_ (and subsequent other movies). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-prop-would-you-like-to-own-and-not-sell-for-a-profit/1028155.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-prop-would-you-like-to-own-and-not-sell-for-a-profit/1028155.md?page=3)