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Rosebud Sled From 'Citizen Kane' Auctioned For $14.75 Million
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By Ben Hooper
July 17 (UPI) -
- The iconic Rosebud sled from Orson Welles' 1941
film Citizen
Kane was auc- tioned for $14.75 million, becoming the second-most expensive piece of movie memora- bilia ever sold.
The sled, one of only three known to still survive, has belonged
to Gremlins direc- tor Joe Dante
since he discov- ered the long-lost prop while work- ing at the old RKO Pictures stu- dio lot in 1984.
Dante put the sled up for sale via Heritage Auctions, and it fetched a price of $14.75 million. The sum is the second-highest ever paid for a piece of movie memorabilia, after the ruby slippers from The Wizard of Oz were auc- tioned by Heritage
in 2024 for $32.5 million.
"I've had the honor of protect- ing this piece of cinematic history for decades," Dante said in a news release. "To see Rosebud find a new home -- and make history in the process -- is both surreal and deeply grati- fying. It's a testa- ment to the enduring power of storytelling."
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