The famous axe from 'The Shining' is going up for sale.
Stanley KubrickThe axe is remembered for the scenes towards the end of the film, including the one where
's character uses it to break through a wooden door ... leading up to his famous line,"Here's Johnny!!!"novel, also features Nicholson's character, Jack Torrance, carrying the axe with him into the maze at the end of the film as he trudges through the snow to find his son, Danny.' character, Dick Hallorann, striking him in the chest in the bowels of the haunted hotel.
The axe is going up for sale through Gotta Have Rock and Roll auction house ... and we're told the prop is expected to fetch at least $100,000. The auction house says the axe prop is still in very good condition and it's displayed in a shadow box frame, along with some photos of it in action in the movie.