The original three dragon eggs handled by Emilia Clarke‘s Daenerys Targaryen in season 1 of Game of Thrones are currently being auctioned off via Heritage Auctions. This is the first time a production-used set, including the wooden case housing them, will go under the hammer on July 15.
And the bid is already rising, with the current price at $21,000. They’re expected to sell for much higher. Individual pre-production prototype eggs have sold in the past between $50,000-$100,000 each, whereas this is a production-used set of three with the chest and unbroken HBO provenance.
The eggs debuted in season 1, episode 1, titled “Winter Is Coming.” Magister Illyrio Mopatis (played by Roger Allam) gifted the eggs to Daenerys as a gift for her wedding to Khal Drogo of the Dothraki (Jason Momoa). The eggs appeared again briefly in episode 2 inside the Khal’s tent, as well as in episode 6 when Dany’s brother Viserys (Harry Lloyd) tries to steal them. Story-wise, they then, of course, hatch in the season 1 finale into three baby drakes, Drogon, Rhaegal, and Viserion.
The chest itself, meanwhile, is believed to have been produced as a backup version, with the onscreen chest featuring additional exterior detailing, according to Heritage.
Alex Robson is the cosignor who won them directly from HBO back in 2011 by entering a competition. He’s kept them for 15 years.
“I remember it all being a huge shock that something so culturally everywhere at the time was sat in my house,” he tells Entertainment Weekly over email. “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.”
Robson says he recently started clearing out space in his house for renovations and got the idea to see how much the eggs could be worth. “Despite being a huge fan, they were sitting in storage most of the time, and someone else could hopefully appreciate them more,” he writes.
Heritage previously launched a Game of Thrones auction in 2024 that featured individual prototype pre-production dragon eggs. “Knowing my eggs were even better, production used, and a full set of three with the gift chest too, I realized how much value I was sitting on,” Robson explains. “That kind of money is too life-changing to not sell.”
These days, there are a lot more prop eggs out in the world with the development of House of the Dragon, the Game of Thrones prequel about the civil war that dismantled the Targaryen empire 100 years before the events of the flagship series. At this time, the main members of the Targaryen family ride dragons, and most produced multiple eggs — whereas on Game of Thrones, Dany’s three eggs constituted the return of dragonkind to the world of Westeros.
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Season 3 of House of the Dragon is currently airing on HBO and streaming on HBO Max every Sunday night.
