<p>One of the most iconic props in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/hollywood" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Hollywood</a> history comes from the classic movie &#8220;The Wizard of Oz,” and it recently <a href="https://entertainment.ha.com/itm/entertainment-and-music/margaret-hamilton-wicked-witch-of-the-west-hourglass-from-the-wizard-of-oz-mgm-1939-andlt-/a/7316-89405.s?ic4=GalleryView-Thumbnail-071515">sold</a> at auction for nearly $500,000.</p>
<p>Described as the “most famous and recognizable timepiece in film history,&#8221; Margaret Hamilton&#8217;s &#8220;Wicked Witch of the West&#8221; hourglass from the 1939 MGM film <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/original-e-t-model-from-spielbergs-film-sells-at-auction-for-massive-amount" target="_blank" rel="noopener">sold</a> on December 17 for $495,000, according to <a href="https://entertainment.ha.com/itm/entertainment-and-music/margaret-hamilton-wicked-witch-of-the-west-hourglass-from-the-wizard-of-oz-mgm-1939-andlt-/a/7316-89405.s?ic4=GalleryView-Thumbnail-071515" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Heritage Auctions</a>.</p>
<p>The scene with the hourglass comes after Dorothy is captured and taken to the Wicked Witch&#8217;s castle, with the help of the witch&#8217;s flying monkeys, <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/wizard-of-oz-hourglass-prop-sells-at-auction-1235287538/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Hollywood Reporter</a> noted.</p>
<p>The Wicked Witch then holds the hourglass upside down and tells the girl from Kansas, &#8220;Do you see that? That&#8217;s how much longer you&#8217;ve got to be alive! And it isn&#8217;t long, my pretty! It isn&#8217;t long! I can&#8217;t wait forever to get those shoes!&#8221;</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">The hourglass the Wicked Witch of the West used to taunt Dorothy with in The Wizard of Oz, has sold for $495,000 at auction. <a href="https://t.co/mrRveBGkon">pic.twitter.com/mrRveBGkon</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Mike Sington (@MikeSington) <a href="https://twitter.com/MikeSington/status/1607049371694280705?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 25, 2022</a></p></blockquote>
<p>According to the description on the auction site, the hourglass measures 20 inches tall and 11.5 inches wide, with a &#8220;Gothic frame&#8221; that was &#8220;expertly crafted by studio artisans of wood and papier-mâché with winged gargoyles perched atop three spiraled columns. The glass element is crafted of hand-blown glass filled with red glitter (added later for display, as the glitter does not flow through the narrow neck of the glass).&#8221;</p>
<p>While there were many versions of the hourglass created for filming, the one that recently sold at auction was made out of wood and papier-mâché. Other versions were created out of resin and wood, the outlet noted.</p>
<p>The hourglass is also used during the climax of the film when the Wicked Witch tells Dorothy and her friends who had come to rescue her — Cowardly Lion, Tin Man, and Scarecrow — that they weren&#8217;t going anywhere.</p>
<p>&#8220;Going so soon? I wouldn&#8217;t hear of it. Why, my little party is just beginning,&#8221; the Wicked Witch explains.</p>
<p>The famous prop was also used in several other films, such as &#8220;Babes on Broadway&#8221; (1941) and &#8220;7 Faces of Dr. Lao&#8221; (1964).</p>
<p>It was later displayed in a variety of museum exhibitions across the United States like the Los Angeles Public Library&#8217;s Getty Gallery in 2000 and Figge Art Museum in Davenport, Iowa, in 2016.</p>

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