Lot 554 - Doug Beswick Collection Sandworm Puppet Tail

Sold Stock #143179 | Sold Jun 28 2022

BEETLEJUICE (1988)

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Lot # 554 - Doug Beswick Collection: Sandworm Puppet Tail

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A sandworm puppet tail from Tim Burton's supernatural comedy Beetlejuice. Barbara and Adam Maitland (Geena Davis and Alec Baldwin) fed Beetlejuice (Michael Keaton) to a sandworm on Saturn.

This lot comes from the collection of Doug Beswick, an effects artist well-known for his stop-motion animation and creature effects work. This detailed, scaly foam puppet tail was created for the Saturn sequence by visual effects artist Beswick and used for insert shots of the tail moving through sand. It is molded around an internal metal armature and hand-painted with mottled black-and-white stripes with blue, pink, and gray shading. The foam has stiffened and cracked from age and production use, exposing the armature in several places, and it remains fragile. Dimensions: 12" x 9" x 3" (30.5 cm x 23 cm x 7.75 cm)

Estimate: $1,200 - 1,800

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Size

Item size: 9" × 3" × 12" (22.86cm × 7.62cm × 30.48cm)

This item comes with a Propstore Certificate of Authenticity

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