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David Lynch’s Unfinished Film and Stuffed Deer Heads Sold in Massive $4M Auction

Scripts for his unfinished film project, “Ronnie Rocket,” went for $195,000.

Nearly 450 personal items belonging to late film-maker David Lynch fetched approximately $4.25 million at auction Wednesday in Los Angeles, according to Julien’s Auctions. The top-selling lot was a group of 11 scripts for Lynch’s unfinished film project, Ronnie Rocket: The Absurd Mystery of The Strange Forces of Existence, which went for $195,000. Lynch, who died in January aged 78, left behind a trove of memorabilia from his decades-long career. Items ranged from stuffed and mounted deer heads, which fetched $16,250; his personalized director’s chair, which sold for $91,000; to props from Twin Peaks and Mulholland Drive, and furniture, including many pieces he designed and built himself. His favorite La Marzocco espresso machine fetched $45,500. Scripts from Mulholland Drive sold for $104,000, while a Twin Peaks pilot episode script brought in $91,000. Lynch began working on Ronnie Rocket after Eraserhead (1977), but it was shelved due to lack of financing. Though drafts circulated online, Lynch kept the project close, teasing that it concerned “a three-foot tall guy with red hair and physical problems, and about 60-cycle alternating current electricity.” The buyer of the scripts remains unknown. The total will go to his estate.