The Hobbit star Richard Armitage has revealed that his character's sword from the movies was stolen – and he didn't realize until Peter Jackson saw it listed for sale online and messaged him to ...

Whatever its true origins, it was a part of the troll-horde looted by Thorin's company, and was taken by the hobbit Bilbo Baggins, in whose hand the blade served more as a short sword.

Props from Jackson's "Lord of the Rings" trilogy will be up for sale at Julien's Auctions on December 5, including a pair of prosthetic hairy Hobbit feet worn by one of the film's main characters ...