Old King Kong model gets $200,000

The articulated metal skeleton used to make the final, “climactic scenes of the 1933 film ‘King Kong’ ” was knocked down for the equivalent of $200,000 at a UK auction. “Barely recognizable as the giant ape that terrorized New York as it scaled the Empire State Building, the metal model sold by Christie’s is just 22 inches high and consists of a collection of hinges and screws that were once covered in rabbit fur,” says Reuters . “It’d been expected to fetch 100-150,000 pounds at the auction of film memorabilia in London, and was the star lot of the sale,” says the story.

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