# What movie prop would you like to own?

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**Created:** [December 6, 2006, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-prop-would-you-like-to-own/383117 "2006-12-06T20:33:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![Sonia\_Montdore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/90ced4/32.png) [@Sonia\_Montdore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sonia_Montdore)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2006, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-prop-would-you-like-to-own/383117/1 "2006-12-06T20:33:50Z")

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I’d give my eyeteeth to own the bright blue ostrich-feather fans carried by Vera-Ellen and Rosemary Clooney as they’re singing “Sisters” in _White Christmas_.

What movie prop would you love to own?

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**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2006, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-prop-would-you-like-to-own/383117/2 "2006-12-06T20:41:39Z")

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The briefcase from Pulp Fiction.

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**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2006, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-prop-would-you-like-to-own/383117/3 "2006-12-06T20:46:57Z")

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[QUOTE=lieu]  
The briefcase from Pulp Fiction.  
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Only if it still had the…the you-know-what in it.

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**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2006, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-prop-would-you-like-to-own/383117/4 "2006-12-06T20:48:54Z")

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Imperial destroyer.  
The gatling style gun from Predator.  
Hitori Hanzo sword from Kill Bill.

Hmmmm…  
I’m noticing a disturbing pattern here…

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**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2006, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-prop-would-you-like-to-own/383117/5 "2006-12-06T20:49:05Z")

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As a World War II buff, I’d love to own the globe that appears in the opening narrative of _Casablanca_.

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**Author:** ![brewha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@brewha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brewha)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2006, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-prop-would-you-like-to-own/383117/6 "2006-12-06T20:54:56Z")

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I’d take the Delorian from Back to the Future.

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**Author:** ![Honey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honey/32/5074_2.png) [@Honey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honey)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2006, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-prop-would-you-like-to-own/383117/7 "2006-12-06T20:58:38Z")

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The Sta-Puf Marshmallow man.

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**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2006, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-prop-would-you-like-to-own/383117/8 "2006-12-06T20:58:59Z")

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Hmmm…maybe the sled from Citizen Kane. Also, I wouldn’t mind that $870K frock Holly Golightly was all dolled up in at Tiffany’s.

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**Author:** ![Burrido](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Burrido](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Burrido)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2006, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-prop-would-you-like-to-own/383117/9 "2006-12-06T20:59:32Z")

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One of the rings from LOTR trilogy. Hoping someday a drugged out Elijah Woods will decided to sell his on Ebay for beer money. I will take out a loan to win the ring.

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**Author:** ![Omegaman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e480ec/32.png) [@Omegaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omegaman)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2006, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-prop-would-you-like-to-own/383117/10 "2006-12-06T20:59:49Z")

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The spear of destiny from Constantine .

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**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2006, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-prop-would-you-like-to-own/383117/11 "2006-12-06T21:00:23Z")

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The Astin-Martin from ‘Gold Finger’.  
(Oh, how those Rt 3 bastards would Pay… Muah-ha-ha-ha!)

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**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2006, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-prop-would-you-like-to-own/383117/12 "2006-12-06T21:01:10Z")

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Indiana Jones’ bullwhip  
All of the puzzle boxes from the Hellraiser movies  
The metal skateboard from the end of Gleaming the Cube

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**Author:** ![Sonia\_Montdore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/90ced4/32.png) [@Sonia\_Montdore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sonia_Montdore)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2006, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-prop-would-you-like-to-own/383117/13 "2006-12-06T21:07:06Z")

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[QUOTE=Kalhoun]  
Hmmm…maybe the sled from Citizen Kane..  
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Um, **Kalhoun** , wasn’t the sled burned in the movie?

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**Author:** ![Spatial\_Rift\_47](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a8b319/32.png) [@Spatial\_Rift\_47](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spatial_Rift_47)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2006, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-prop-would-you-like-to-own/383117/14 "2006-12-06T21:09:26Z")

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[QUOTE=brewha]  
I’d take the Delorian from Back to the Future.  
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Screw that, I want the _USS Enterprise E_.

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**Author:** ![Ol\_Gaffer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Ol\_Gaffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ol_Gaffer)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2006, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-prop-would-you-like-to-own/383117/15 "2006-12-06T21:21:07Z")

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[QUOTE=Cluricaun]

\<snip\>  
The metal skateboard from the end of Gleaming the Cube  
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Now that’s cool. You know, if you were dealing coke around Hollywood in the mid-90’s you probably could have traded Christian Slater for it.

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**Author:** ![UntouchedTakeaway](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/d78d45/32.png) [@UntouchedTakeaway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UntouchedTakeaway)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2006, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-prop-would-you-like-to-own/383117/16 "2006-12-06T21:21:18Z")

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[QUOTE=Sonia Montdore]  
I’d give my eyeteeth to own the bright blue ostrich-feather fans carried by Vera-Ellen and Rosemary Clooney as they’re singing “Sisters” in _White Christmas_.

What movie prop would you love to own?  
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The red “shame” dress from Gone With the Wind. Ditto the barbecue dress.

The black satin strapless number Joan Crawford wore in “Queen Bee”

The cherry print dress Marilyn Monroe wore in “The Misfits”

Some of the dresses in “The Women”

Some of the outfits in the modeling sequence in “How To Marry A Millioniare”.

Ditto “That Touch of Mink” with Doris Day.

VCNJ~

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**Author:** ![Surly\_Chick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@Surly\_Chick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surly_Chick)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2006, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-prop-would-you-like-to-own/383117/17 "2006-12-06T21:31:49Z")

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Steve McQueen’s baseball glove from “The Great Escape.”

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**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2006, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-prop-would-you-like-to-own/383117/18 "2006-12-06T21:42:14Z")

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The handwritten memoirs of the Duke of Chalfont from Kind Hearts and Coronets.

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**Author:** ![brewha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@brewha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brewha)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2006, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-prop-would-you-like-to-own/383117/19 "2006-12-06T21:42:43Z")

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[QUOTE=Spatial Rift 47]  
Screw that, I want the _USS Enterprise E_.  
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[monty python] It’s only a model [/monty python]

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**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2006, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-prop-would-you-like-to-own/383117/20 "2006-12-06T21:52:00Z")

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Rachel, from _Blade Runner._ Or Priss, I’m not choosy.

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