Get the axe

jhanic

Jack's axe, that is, as part of an auction featuring famous film props.







The axe from The Shining is one of the most famous film props of all time. It was used by Jack Torrance (Jack Nicholson) to batter down a hotel door in the 1980 film adaptation of Stephen King's novel.

jhanic

I notice they don't list an expected selling price, like many of the other items do. I'll be curious as to how much it goes for.



John

BevVincent

Here's the auction page and description:



910. Jack Nicholson "Jack Torrance" prop axe from The Shining. (Warner Bros., 1980) This axe was used in the 1980 Stanley Kubrick film The Shining, starring Jack Nicholson. It was used by Nicholson in the climactic scene where Jack breaks down the bathroom door to try and kill his wife. This particular axe was a stunt axe with a fiberglass axe head to make it safe for swinging and throwing around and ensure the actor did not hurt himself. The axe came from Peter Hancock, propmaster on the film. $5000 - $7000

jhanic

Wow!!



John

CRinVA

too rich for my blood! :-)

Fievel

Pretty cool to "window shop" through the various items there, though.

Amazing stuff!!

Lou_Sytsma

Indeed - lots of cool stuff there. The Christopher Reeve Superman suit is pegged between $60,000 - 80,000!

BevVincent

The axe had a closing bid of $25,000 (£12,699).



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Lou_Sytsma

Bev_Vincent wrote: The axe had a closing bid of $25,000 (£12,699).

Insane!

jhanic

Someone must be a HUGE fan of Jack Nicholson!



John

Lou_Sytsma

jhanic wrote: Someone must be a HUGE fan of Jack Nicholson!



John

Or they have a real axe fetish!