Star Wars concept artwork poster sells for more than £53,000

The Empire Strikes Back poster (Andrew Matthews/PA)

An original piece of concept artwork for Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back has sold at auction for £53,125.

The full-colour painted piece from 1980, the year the film was released, went under the hammer as part of the Prop Store’s live cinema poster online auction, which fetched a total of more than £384,000.