US EditionFamous ‘Rosebud’ Sled From ‘Citizen Kane’ Sells for $14.75 Million
SUMMER ENTERTAINMENT AUCTION, HERITAGE AUCTIONS, JUL 17 – The Indiana Jones bullwhip with royal provenance sold for $809,000, making it a highlight of Heritage Auctions' event that is the second-highest grossing entertainment auction ever.
- The wooden sled known as Rosebud from the 1941 film Citizen Kane sold for $14.75 million at a Heritage Auctions event in July 2025.
- This auction came after many years of careful preservation by director Joe Dante, who came across the sled in 1984 during a shoot at the old RKO Pictures studio lot and kept it until it was sold.
- Only three sleds from Citizen Kane are known to still exist, with one sold to Steven Spielberg in 1982 for $60,500 and another purchased by an unnamed bidder in 1996 for $233,000.
- Heritage called the sled a symbol of Kane’s lost innocence and said its nearly $15 million bid made the event the second-highest grossing entertainment auction, after Judy Garland's slippers sold for $32.5 million.
- The sale highlights significant interest in cinematic history, indicating collectors and institutions will preserve iconic Hollywood memorabilia for future generations.
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A whip used by Harrison Ford in "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade" ("Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade") and which once belonged to Princess Diana was sold for $525,000 at an auction.
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hive.newsIndiana Jones whip snaps up $525,000 at auction after ‘Citizen Kane’ sled goes for $14.75 million
By ANDREW DALTON BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — 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. Related Articles ‘Eddington’ review: Joaquin Phoenix and Pedro Pascal, once upon an early COVID time in the West Gore meets nostalgia in ‘Summer’ reboot When in Rome … discover yourself “I Know W…
It's the Second-Most Expensive Movie Prop in History
The whip used by Indiana Jones isn't the only high-profile bit of Hollywood memorabilia to fetch a handsome price this week. The Rosebud sled featured in the Orson Welles classic Citizen Kane sold for $14.75 million at Heritage Auctions , reports UPI . The only movie prop that has ever sold...
‘Indiana Jones’ whip snaps up $525,000 at auction after ‘Citizen Kane’ sled goes for $14.75 million
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — 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. Thursday's sale came a day a
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Indiana Jones whip snaps up $525,000 at auction
They were part of the Summer Entertainment Auction being held all week by Heritage Auctions.
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