The axe featured prominently in the 1980 horror film The Shining, used by Nicholson’s character Jack Torrance to breach a locked door and as a murder weapon, is among hundreds of items from director Stanley Kubrick’s collection going to auction. The prop is priced between £30,000 and £50,000.
Other items from The Shining in the sale include two sky-blue dresses worn by the film’s twin sisters characters, as well as a clapperboard used during production. Additional clapperboards from other Kubrick films—2001: A Space Odyssey, Barry Lyndon, and Eyes Wide Shut—are also included. The auction will take place at Bonhams in London on February 3, following public exhibitions beginning later this week in New York, then traveling to Los Angeles, Paris, and London.
The collection’s most valuable item is predicted to be the “star child” prop from the final scene of 2001: A Space Odyssey, estimated to fetch up to £800,000. The sale also features annotated scripts from Kubrick’s films including The Shining, 2001: A Space Odyssey, and Lolita, as well as his personal script from Spartacus. Additional lots include the director’s chair and a chess set belonging to Kubrick.
Claire Tole-Moir, head of popular culture at Bonhams, characterized the collection as distinctive in its depth and quality, representing decades of documentation and preservation from one of cinema’s most influential directors. She noted that Kubrick’s impact on visual culture was substantial enough to generate the adjective “Kubrickian,” describing work marked by meticulous attention to detail and distinctive visual style.
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