The iconic stuff from the movie sold for huge money
Fans are ready for anything to get in memory of anything from the shooting of my favorite movie — from a handkerchief main character to his car. Therefore, to filmmakers selling film props is sometimes a good source of income — especially if we are talking about a religious paintings, where the auction value of each of the scraps from the shoot can reach millions. And that's no exaggeration!
During the filming of the cult film "the Wizard of Oz" for Judy garland, who played Ellie, was sewed 10 identical dresses.
For many years they were the subject of an unsuccessful hunting for collectors. Only in 2015 two of the 10 dresses were put up for auction. One of them was sold to an anonymous lover movie for a record $1.56 million.
In the first series of the epic, as many remember, Harry got a whole bunch of letters of acceptance to Hogwarts, so on sale at different times was exposed to many of them.
Nevertheless, this charming kinoumeni not lost their value in 2017 at one of the online platforms is one of the original letter with the set went for $9900 (more than 70 thousand rubles).
Gorgeous dress, in which the heroine Audrey Hepburn made a splash at the races in Ascott, invented and brought to life by designer Cecil Beaton.
It inspired the Academy to give the film "My fair lady" "Oscar" for best costumes. Almost half a century later, in 2011, this lace dress was sold at auction for $3.7 million. The buyer wished to remain anonymous.
Hat Indiana Jones has become the trademark of the iconic character, played by Harrison Ford.
For each film, Ford got a new hat, the design has not changed. The hat used in the movie "Indiana Jones and the raiders of the lost ark" in 2018 was sold at a charity auction in London. Hat, to be more attractive decorated with autographed Harrison Ford, went under the hammer for $524 000.
Red dress that rose was going to throw himself from the Board and was saved by the hero Leonardo DiCaprio, Jack, came up for auction in 2012 and was sold to an anonymous buyer for $330 000.
In the 1970s, when filming of the first series Star wars, computer science, few have heard. Props on the set of "Star wars" was made from scrap materials by the imagination of the creators of the Saga, and much inferior in quality to the space toys, which are now sold in stores.
The original Luke Skywalker's sword was made of colored reflective paint a piece of wood and lighting stand from an old camera. But love is not measured in money: in 2008, a fan of "Star wars" I bought this sword for auction, giving him $240 000.
Aston Martin — the iconic car of James bond, in different modifications were used in many of the James bond series. In the film "Goldfinger" 1964, we used two Aston Martin DB5.
One of them was used for the filming of stunts and special effects, the other for road scenes.This second car was driven by Sean Connery, and her Studio was sold at auction in 2010, an anonymous fan of James bond for $4.6 million.
Dress in which Marilyn Monroe starred in the movie "Fever seventh year," and that seductive flew and the wind of ventilation, for many years and has become an iconic staple of the star.
So when, in 2011, it was announced that it will be auctioned in Los Angeles, it made a bombshell among fans of expensive canasvieiras. In the end, after a long struggle, the dress went to a new owner for $4.6 million.
The film is about a magical car with popular music legend Dick van dyke was filmed by Ken Hughes in 1968.
They used six specially made and decorated cars. But only one of them, with the number 11 of GEN really could move and was used in the filming of road scenes. In 2011, she was put up for auction, where it was acquired by the famous British radio host Chris Evans for $804 000, adding to his collection of cars.
Burt Lahr, the performer of the role of the Cowardly Lion in "the Wizard of Oz" really complained about the inconvenience of their costumes. Sewn from real lion pelts, he was incredibly hot, hard and very heavy — more than 25 pounds!
The actor was happy to finally get rid of it after filming. But in 2014, he was willing to pick up, and for a lot of money — anonymous I bought the costume, Cowardly Lion from the auction for $3 million.
Hat, mustache and cane — three elements of the image of the Tramp, which Charlie Chaplin appeared in most of his silent films.
Cane from the set of the film "modern times" in 2013 appeared at auction where it was sold for $350,000. Bought her a fan of Chaplin later said that the auction was no noise about it, almost no one knew and it helped him to buy a memorable fact quite inexpensive.
Machine-submarine, nicknamed "Wet Nellie", was used in the film "the Spy who loved me" in 1977.
35 years later, in 2013, she came up for auction and was purchased by none other than Elon Musk. Big fan of unusual techniques and James bond, Musk without strain gave it a "wet Nelly" $989 000.
The piano from Rick's cafe is one of the most iconic objects from the set of one of the most iconic films in history. The tool that was so tragic reclining Humphrey Bogart, was auctioned in 2014.
Buyers, by the way, warned that this piano play: made specifically for the film, it has only 56 keys — that is, their 30 less than that of a normal piano. However, the buyer was found immediately and gave out $3.4 million.
Brilliant white suit Travolta danced in the cult of "Saturday night Fever" was auctioned in 2017 and acquired fan of the movie for $1.7 million.
For the film "Aliens" was made more than a dozen cameras hypersleep, the first time they never appeared until 2012, when an unknown fan bought one of the cameras for $65 000.
Watch brand Tag Heuer Monaco, at the time considered the last word in mechanical watchmaking technology, was made for the filming of "Le Mans" in two instances.
One of them is broken by the end of filming, and the other is in excellent condition has survived and was sold at auction in 2012 for $799 500.
In 2019 in Los Angeles hosted a major auction, which the Studio has put dozens of memorable pieces from the film "Star wars: the Empire strikes back", released in 1980.
The most expensive of the lots was a mask of Darth Vader: it was bought for $900 000, while the organizers were hoping she, under favorable circumstances, will bring them only half a million dollars.
Costumes four children from the "Sound of music" was sold at auction in 2014 for $1.56 million.
It surprised even the experts not only to introduce children to the beautiful decided wealthy family of fans.
Car DeLorean DMC-12 is a true icon for fans of the epic Back to the future. Only on the set of the three films was used six cars.
Two of them are now used in exhibitions devoted to filming at Universal studios in Orlando. Another ten years ago, bought a fan of the film, fully restored, and sold at auction for $541 000. Of this amount he donated to the Michael J. Fox Foundation. Fox in the fight against Parkinson's disease.
The skeleton of a cyborg T‑300 was built for a film by the standards of Arnold Schwarzenegger, then using special effects superimposed on its image of actor, thus "replacing" Schwartz in scenes where his character had to lose the shell.
After filming 1991, he is perfectly preserved, including running red eyes, light bulbs, and was sold at auction in 2007 for an impressive $488 750.
Unlike hats, which Harrison Ford changed every movie, whip in all the first three films about Indiana Jones "Temple of doom, Last crusade," and "In search of the lost ark" — remained the same.
He was 2.5 meters in length and made from the hide of kangaroo. In 2014, it was sold at auction for $216 000.
The first film about the giant APE "king Kong" was filmed in 1933.
Then about digital technology could only dream of, so that the devastation of king Kong in new York was shot on miniature models. The model of the giant was a half-meter metal skeleton with fur. This skeleton was sold to a Los Angeles auction for $200 305 in 2009.
Mysterious statuette of the Maltese Falcon, which raced detective Sam spade, played by Humphrey Bogart in the famous "the Maltese Falcon", was long thought to be lost.
Her plastic copies repeatedly surfaced in the market and offered fans a lot of money. And finally, in 2013 auction of original metal statue weighing 20 pounds — the one from the movie. Unknown fan of Bogart gave her a $4.1 million.
Stylish black dress which Audrey Hepburn starred in the 1961 film "Breakfast at Tiffany's" was made to shoot the fashion house of Givenchy in triplicate.
One of them is in a glass case in the Museum Givenchy, the other in Madrid, the Museum of costume. And the third was sold at auction in 2006 for $806 000, more than five times exceeding the starting price.
Happy Golden ticket from the classic film "Willy Wonka and the chocolate factory" in 1971 was sold by the Studio auction in 2012 for $34 000.
After the debut in the movie "Forbidden planet" in 1956 Roby the robot has become a movie star. He starred in such films as "the twilight zone" the Addams Family", "Mork and mindy".
In short, he has become a legend of the stage and when in 2017 he was finally dismissed in Hollywood and on sale, it became the most expensive in the world canasvieiras: at auction in new York, an anonymous buyer bought Robbie over 5 million 340 thousand dollars.
The chair of captain Kirk (actor William Shatner) is a true legend for all fans of "Star trek."
Many copies of it are themed museums around the world. Well, the original some lucky fan of the series bought at auction in 2002 for $305,000.
Magic shoes of Dorothy from the classic movie "the Wizard of Oz" is one of the most recognizable things in the picture.
Judy garland was more than a dozen pairs of the same shoes. One of the pairs is in the collection of the Smithsonian Museum, the other one was stolen in 2005, and its fate is still unknown. Well, the third pair in 2000, came up for auction where it was purchased for $666 000.
A bright purple coat, which was worn by gene Wilder on the set of the classic movie of 1972, the Studio was put up for auction in 2012 and he instantly was purchased by a fan of the movie for $73 800.
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