The original model used in the classic Steven Spielberg movie “ET” by 1982 is expected to fetch nearly $3 million when it goes up for auction next December.
Preceding Computer Created Imagery (CGI) technology, the mechatronics of one of movie history’s favorite aliens presents 85 motion points and was operated by twelve professional animators.
Regarded as an engineering masterpiece, ET was originally created by Italian special effects designer Carlo Rambaldi.
The sale of the model is part of the Icons and Idols: Hollywood auction, organized by Julien’s Auctions and Turner Classic Movies (TCM), which coincides with the year of 30 movie anniversary.
“ET, El Extraterestre” was nominated for nine Academy Awards, winning four, including best visual effects, which went to Rambaldi and his crew.
It starred Henry Thomas and Drew Barrymore, and featured a score by legendary composer John Williams.
Other features of the film to be released sale at auction include the original model of the ET model, made for Steven Spielberg to approve the design of the alien, which is estimated to be worth between $80 thousand and $550 thousand dollars.
A series of original mechanical illustrations of ET plans are also estimated to generate between $10 thousand and $18 one thousand dollars each.
In addition, items from the Harry Potter franchise are also expected to fetch hundreds of thousands of dollars, including a selection of prop brooms belonging to Daniel Radcliffe.
Models include the original Nimbus 2000 from Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, which could cost up to $100 thousand dollars, and a Shooting Star prop broom, which is estimated to be between $30 thousand and $40 One thousand dollars.
An original Gryffindor wool coat and a red and yellow Gryffindor scarf designed for Harry Potter are priced between $18 and $30 thousand dollars.
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