Life-Sized Wax Figures of Hollywood Stars From The 1980s and 1990s – Design You Trust

Life-Sized Wax Figures of Hollywood Stars From The 1980s and 1990s

In May 2009, the Hollywood Wax Museum sold a batch of life-sized wax figures at auction. Bidders vied for wax effigies of musicians, athletes, Hollywood A-listers, Jesus and stagehands.

Michael Jordan’s wax figure sold for US$2,250; Charlie Chaplin as seen in The Gold Rush sold for $2,000; and Marilyn Monroe from The Seven Year Itch went for $4,250; The highest price was for a waxwork of Tom Cruise, which sold for $4,250. Did you but it? And what did you do with your Idol Doll?

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The Seinfeld cast

Star Wars: Natalie Portman; Darth Maul; Liam Neeson “Qui-Gon Jinn”, Ewan McGregor “Obi-Wan Kenobi”, and Jake Lloyd “Anakin Skywalker” from Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace.

Charlie Chaplin wax figure from The Gold Rush; Yul Brynner as King Mongkut of Siam

Romancing The Stone: Michael Douglas, Danny Devito

Titanic: Kate Winslet; Leonardo DiCaprio

Denzel Washington; Julia Roberts

Jack Nicholson as The Joker from Batman; Michael Keaton as Beetlejuice

Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy from Towed in a Hole

Sammy Davis, Jr.; John Lennon; Bruce Springsteen

Nicole Kidman; Tom Cruise

Marilyn Monroe wax figure from The Seven Year Itch

Robin Williams & Shelly Duvall from Popeye

William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy from Star Trek; Mr. T as Sgt. Bosco B.A. Baracus from The A-Team

The Wizard of Oz wax figures display

Tiger Woods; Michael Jordan

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