BIDDERS OF THE LOST ARK

Indiana Jones Whip Owned by Princess Diana Goes for Huge Price at Auction

Other high-value film memorabilia items sold off included the “Rosebud” sled from “Citizen Kane.”

A whip from the set of Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, once owned by Princess Diana, has sold at auction for $525,000. Franchise star Harrison Ford is understood to have gifted the prized prop to Diana herself at the film’s 1989 U.K. premiere. The sale Thursday comes as part of Heritage Auctions’ Summer Entertainment Auction, held in Dallas. “The bullwhip is the iconic symbol of an iconic character of cinema history, Indiana Jones, and has been a highlight of this auction,” auction house executive vice president Joe Maddalena said. Other items sold off this week include the “Rosebud” sled from Orson Welles’ classic Citizen Kane—which went for an eye-watering $14.75 million, making it the second most valuable film prop of all time after The Wizard of Oz’s ruby slippers worn by Judy Garland, sold for $32.5 million at a separate auction last December—as well as Macaulay Culkin’s knitted beanie from Home Alone, a pair of samurai swords from Quentin Tarantino’s Kill Bill, and a set of first edition Harry Potter books signed by J.K. Rowling.