An original model of E.T., created for Steven Spielberg’s beloved film “E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial,” did not find a buyer after being put up for auction, Sotheby’s auction house in New York has said.
The piece, a little over a meter high and which had been estimated to fetch between $600,000 (€542,000) and $900,000 (€813,000), comes from the collection of Italian special effects artist Carlo Rambaldi.
The three-time Oscar winner – including one for E.T. – died in 2012 at the age of 86.”Rambaldi’s beloved ET model is an extraordinary piece of film history,” Sotheby’s vice chair Cassandra Hatton told AFP.
“While it did not find a buyer during today’s…