“The Sled Known As Rosebud – or at Least One of the Original Reds Created for the 1941 Orson Welles Masterpiece Citizen Kane – Has Just Sold for $ 14.75 Million at Auction. The Pine Hardwood Prop, WHICH BEars ITS ORIGINAL PAINT BUT SIGNS OF PRODUCTION US”, – WRITE: www.hollywoodReporter.com
The Pine Hardwood Prop, WHICH BEars ITS ORIGINAL PAINT BUT SIGNS OF PRODUCTION USE, Wear and Removed Rails Likely Sacrificed to Wartime Scrap Drives, Has Belong to DiTe. WAS DIRECTING Explors (1985), IT Was Given to Him by Someone Clearing Out A PORTION OF THE PARAMOUNT LOT THAT ONCE SERVED AS The Home of RKO Pictures.
“One of the Crew WHO KNEW I WAS A FAN OF VINTAGE FILMS CAME TO ME WITH A WOOD PROP AND SAID, ‘They’re Throwing Out All of This Stuff. You Might Want Want Int. “I’m not sure he Knew what the Sled Was, But He Must Have Had Some Inkling, or WHY Else Wound He Have Asked Me?
“I was astonished. Since i am a huge fan of the movie, i said, ‘yeah, i’ll be glad to take it.'” “”
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“I’ve have the Honor of Protecting this Piece of Cinematic History for Decades,” Dante Said in A Statement Released by Heritage. “To See Rosebud Find A New Home – and Make History in the Process – Is Both Surreal and DetePly Gratifying. It’s A Testament to the Ending Power of Storytelling.”
After The Sale of A Set of Ruby Slippers Worng by Judy Garland in The Wizard of Oz (1939) for $ 32.5 Million in December, This is the Second Valuable Piece of Movie Memorabilia Ever Sold, Access to Heritage. (The $ 14.75 Million Price Includes the Buyer’s Premium; The Purchaser Was Not Reveed.)
While HE HAD IT, DANTE PUT The SLED IN Explors, The ‘Burbs (1989), GREMLINS 2: The New Batch (1990) and an episode of the 1991-93 NBC Series EERIE, INDIANA that he directed.
Two Other Screen-Used Sleds from Rko’s Citizen Kane – Only a “few” Were Produced for the Film, The Auction House Says – Sold to Dante Mentor Steven Spielberg for $ 60,500 in 1982 and to and Anonymous Buyer for $ 233.000 in 1996.
The Sale of Dante’s Sled Took Place Wednesday During the Second Day of Heritage’s Entertainment Auction, Which Runs Through Friday. Earlier in the day, a painting by bob peak that Served as Original Key Artwork for Apocalyps Now (1979) Went for $ 687,500.
Other Items Up for Sale Include Inscrified Tablets from Cecil B. Demille’s The Ten Commandments (1956), Luke Skywalker’s Red Five X-Wing From The Empire Strikes Back (1980) and a bullwhip from Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade (1989).
“This is not just the most Important Entertainment Event We’ve Ever Held – It’s One of the MOST IMPORTANT IN ENTERAINMENT AUCTORY,“ HERITAGE Executive VP Joe Maddalana. “These is a arey’re mythic Objects. They Tell The Story of Hollywood’s Greatest Moments, One Piece at a Time, Each Tied to A Memorry, A Performance, A LEGENCE. Fans, Collectors and Institutions Who Will Preserve Them for the Generations to Come. ”
From left: Harry Shannon, George Coulouris, Agnes Moorehead and Buddy Swan (As a Young Charles Foster Kane) in 1941’s ‘Citizen Kane.’ Courtesy Everett Collection