Indiana Jones whip snaps up $525,000 at auction after ‘Citizen Kane’ sled goes for $14.75 million
- A whip used by Harrison Ford in 'Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade' sold for $525,000 at auction.
- The auction took place one day after the Rosebud sled from 'Citizen Kane' sold for $14.75 million.
- The Rosebud sled's sale is now the second highest for movie props, after the $32.5 million ruby slippers from 'The Wizard of Oz.'
- The sled was sold by Joe Dante, a director known for 'Gremlins.
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A "Citizen Kane" Prop Just Sold for Almost $15 Million
Years ago, I was in a large lecture hall taking a class on film history. Appropriately enough, one of the first films we watched was director Orson Welles’s Citizen Kane, a landmark in film history. In its opening moments, we watched as an ailing Charles Foster Kane (played by Welles) whispered the word “Rosebud” and died. A somber moment, right up until one of my classmates bellowed, “IT’S A SLED!”Citizen Kane was first released over 80 years a…
Indiana Jones Whip Up for Sale for Half a Million Dollars
The ‘Indiana Jones Whip’ held by American actor Harrison Ford in “Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade” sold at an auction for $525,000. Credit: Chad Scott – CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 via Flickr. The ‘Indiana Jones Whip’ used by American actor Harrison Ford in “Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade,” and once possessed by Princess Diana, has sold at an auction for $525,000. At the same auction, the Rosebud sled from “Citizen Kane” was sold for a whopping $14.…

Indiana Jones whip snaps up $525,000 at auction after 'Citizen Kane' sled goes for $14.75 million
A whip wielded by Harrison Ford in “Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade” that once belonged to Princess Diana has sold at auction for $525,000.
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