The actual dragon eggs props used in the first season of HBO's Game of Thrones are up for sale via Heritage Auctions, representing an unprecedented opportunity for collectors. The eggs, which were given away in a 2011 sweepstakes, are the first production-used versions to ever hit the market and come with their original ornamental chest and a Certificate of Authenticity from HBO.
The season one finale of Game of Thrones delivered an episode that cemented the show's reputation for jaw-dropping cliffhangers. And no moment in that finale was more exciting than seeing Daenerys Targaryen's dragon eggs, looming in the background of the entire season like a fire-breathing Chekhov's gun, finally hatch.
While the series finale may have failed to live up to the expectations that scenes like this helped create, fans still can't get enough of the world of Westeros - look no further than the popularity of spin-off series like House of the Dragon. This enduring fandom was on full display during a major 2019 auction of screen-used props and costumes, where thousands of iconic items sold to eager fans for record-shattering prices.
Screen-used costumes like Jon Snow's Night's Watch ensemble and props like the Iron Throne helped the auction to a $21 million total; the second-highest ever attained by a pop culture and entertainment auction at the time. However, one key, screen-used prop was missing: the dragon eggs and the ornamental chest that held them. Production prototypes of each individual egg were on offer, selling for $50,000, $90,000 and $100,000 each.
This week, production-used eggs have resurfaced, and are set to be auctioned by Heritage Auctions. The eggs first appeared in the series' first episode, Winter is Coming, presented as wedding gifts to Daenerys and Khal Drogo by Illyrio Mopatis. And though Illyrio insisted that the ages have turned them to stone, Daenerys - and audiences - came to suspect otherwise. Especially as the eggs remained a prominent background prop throughout the season, visible in Drogo and Daenerys' tent.
In the season's sixth episode, A Golden Crown, Daenerys first attempts to hatch the eggs in fire, but fails. Later in the episode, the eggs are the catalyst for a dispute between Drogo and Daenerys' brother Viserys that leads Viserys to his demise and earns the episode its name. Daenerys tries again to hatch the eggs in the season finale Fire and Blood, placing them on Drogo's funeral pyre before walking into the flames herself.
It's the last we see of the eggs: Daenerys emerges from the flames unharmed, with three newborn dragons perched on her. The shrieks of a newborn Balerion the Black Dread ended the season, and cemented the eggs' status as one of the most pivotal props in the series. The set being auctioned at Heritage are production-used, and believed by Heritage to have been back-ups due to the absence of some exterior detailing on the included chest.
They came into the possession of their current owner, Alex Robson, through a 2011 sweepstakes held by HBO and its partners to promote the first season. Robson helped bring this story to ComicBook.com, and for this article recalls his memory of winning the sweepstakes, as well as his recent decision to sell the eggs. Robson explains that the sweepstakes occurred 6 months or so after season 1 ended.
I remember it all being a huge shock that something so culturally everywhere at the time was sat in my house; I was only 18 years old then too. I put the eggs in the back of my room at the time, hidden away to keep them safe, and occasionally took them out to admire them. Included with the eggs was a Certificate of Authenticity from HBO, signed by James Costos, their vice-president of Licensing and Retail.
The certificate verifies their production use on the series. Robson rediscovered the eggs at the back of his closet while preparing to renovate his home earlier this year. While trying to estimate their value, he found the 2024 Heritage auction, and the high selling prices attained by the three pre-production dragon eggs.
Robson explains that Knowing my eggs were even better, production used, and a full set of 3 with the gift chest too, I realised how much value I was sitting on. That kind of money is too life-changing to not sell. He contacted Heritage, who agreed to broker the sale of the eggs.
From their own listing for the auction, Heritage is enthusiastic about the find: These eggs mark the very first time that production used eggs have come to market - a vanishingly rare opportunity to obtain one of the most significant props in history. And while Robson is remiss to part with this one-of-a-kind collectible, he is hopeful this auction will put them into a collection of a fellow superfan who will appreciate their immense cultural and historical value
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