With one day left, Heritage claims that the total amount raised has made it the second-highest-grossing entertainment auction ever.
A Kurt Russell pistol from “Wyatt Earp,” a pair of “Hattori Hanzo” prop swords from “Kill Bill Vol. 1,” Macaulay Culkin’s knit winter cap from “Home Alone,” and a first edition set of J.K. Rowling-signed Harry Potter books are still up for bid.
During the Holy Grail trials that Ford’s character undergoes at the conclusion of 1989’s Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, the whip that was sold Thursday was utilized.
At the movie’s UK premiere, Ford gave it to Prince Charles at the time. Princess Diana received it as a gift, and she then presented it to the unnamed current owner. Additionally, the buyer was not named.
In a statement to The Associated Press, Heritage’s executive vice president Joe Maddalena stated, “The bullwhip has been a highlight of this auction and is the iconic symbol of an iconic character of cinema history, Indiana Jones.”
All auction products for the house selling them come with a buyer’s premium, which is included in the $525,000 price.
According to Heritage, the Rosebud sled’s roughly $15 million bid is second only to the $32.5 million Judy Garland’s “The Wizard of Oz” ruby shoes brought in December. Additionally, neither of those purchasers was named.
Joe Dante, a longstanding owner and director of movies including Gremlins, sold the sled.
The eponymous character in Orson Welles’ 1941 film Citizen Kane uses the word “rosebud” as her final utterance, and the plot revolves around her search for its meaning. It has been called the greatest movie ever made by several critics.
The sled is one of three props confirmed to have survived that were long believed to be lost. In 1984, while filming on the old RKO Pictures lot, Dante came upon it. Although he wasn’t a collector, he recognized the sled’s worth and discreetly kept it for many years, including it as an Easter egg in four of his own movies.
Another of the sleds was purchased in 1982 for $60,500 by Dante’s mentor and friend Steven Spielberg, then in 1996 for $233,000 by an unidentified bidder.
