The Iron Throne, which caused so much bloody trauma over the course of Game of Thrones’ eight seasons, just sold at an auction for $1.49 million.
The infamous throne was sold at the Heritage Auctions event in Dallas that also featured over 900 lots that included swords, weapons, suits of armor, iconic jewelry, and other significant items from HBO’s flagship series.
The bidding war for the Iron Throne lasted a lot less than the actual war for it in Game of Thrones — just six minutes. (It’s worth noting that this throne was a replica made of plastic and molded from the original version used on screen.
All in all, the Game of Thrones—themed auction amassed more than $21 million from over 4,500 bidders. Some other major items sold at the event included Jon Snow’s famous White Walker-slaying sword Longclaw (for $400,000), Cersei’s red velvet dress that she wore shortly before dying in the show ($137,500), and Jamie Lannister’s beautiful black-leather armor getup ($275,000).
Speaking about the auction in a statement, Heritage Executive Vice President Joe Maddalena expressed his confidence in how much people wanted what was up for grabs. "These are extraordinary treasures made by Emmy-winning costume designers and prop makers, who worked tirelessly to adapt George R.R. Martin's wonderful novels," Maddalena said. "People wanted a piece of that 'Game of Thrones' magic."
Earlier this year, Kit Harrington confirmed that a potential Game of Thrones spinoff about his character Jon Snow has been shelved.
While doing an interview promoting his new film Blood for Dust, Harrington explained that the spinoff wasn’t happening anymore because the creators “couldn’t find the right story to tell.”
“I hadn't really ever spoken about it, because it was in development,” said Harington.” I didn't want it leaked out that it was being developed, and I didn't want the thing to happen where people kind of start theorizing, getting either excited about it or hating the idea of it, when it may never happen. Because in development, you look at every angle, and you see whether it's worth it.”
“And currently, it's not,” he continued. “Currently, it's off the table, because we all couldn't find the right story to tell that we were all excited about enough. So, we decided to lay down tools with it for the time being. There may be a time in the future where we return to it, but at the moment, no. It's firmly on the shelf.”