Hollywood Wax Museum auctions wax celebs

AP News | 2009-05-04 06:17:29

<div id="subtitle">Hollywood Wax Museum auctions Beatles, Charlton Heston and other wax celebs</div><div><p>Wax figures of all four Beatles brought in nearly $13,000 at the first auction in the 44-year history of the Hollywood Wax Museum.</p><p>"The Last Supper" — wax representations of Jesus and the 12 disciples — commanded more than $15,000 in the weekend auction that sold close to a half million dollars worth of statues, costumes and other memorabilia.</p><p>Fans also bid on Michelle Pfeiffer as Catwoman from "Batman Returns," Charlton Heston's Moses from "The Ten Commandments" and figures from the cast of "MASH."</p><p>The auction was administered by Profiles in History and a portion of the profits will support efforts to preserve Hollywood's historic Walk of Fame.</p><p>___</p><p>On the Net:</p><p>http://www.liveauctioneers.com</p><img src="http://admatch-syndication.mochila.com/images/ad.gif?aid=49382882&bid=informcom" /></div><div id="copyright"><div>


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