The Shining Axe Prop Heads to Auction With $55,000 Current Bid – Bloody Disgusting

One of the most iconic horror movie props of all time is the axe swung by Jack Nicholson in Stanley Kubricks horror classic The Shining, and as you might imagine, several different axe props were actually used for the making of the movie. One of them was recently sold off by The Prop Store for a whopping $209,000, and another one has now hit the auction block.

The Prop Store lets us know, A number of fire axes were created for filming. Photographs from the set show as many as a dozen differing versions lined up ready for use.

This latest auction for a screen-used prop axe from The Shining comes courtesy not of The Prop Store but rather Gotta Have Rock and Roll, with a starting bid of $55,000.

The website notes in their listing for the auction, This axe prop was screen used by actor Jack Nicholson in the ultimate horror film, The Shining directed by Stanley Kubrick. The axe prop is displayed in a 25 x 2.5 x 40.5 shadow box frame with photos from the film. Very good, screen used condition. Comes with a letter from NORANK Engineering, Engineers to the Film, Television and Entertainment Industry, dated June 8, 1989 stating that the axe prop was used in the film. Also comes with a Gotta Have Rock & Roll Certificate of Authenticity.

With 2 bids thus far and 10 days left in the auction, The Shining screen-used axe is expected to fetch between $60,000 $90,000, though it very well may go for even higher.

Gotta Have Rock and Roll is also currently auctioning off a screen-used knife from The Shining, which is signed by Danny Lloyd. Thats expected to go for a few thousand dollars.

You can check out both screen-used auction items below, as they appear today. For a deeper dive into the Stanley Kubrick classic, stream a recent episode of The Losers Club featuring Host writer and producer Jed Shepherd.

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The Shining Axe Prop Heads to Auction With $55,000 Current Bid - Bloody Disgusting

Reviewed and Recommended by Erik Baquero