I joined your site while doing research on a piece of my family's history. I have recently inherited a pretty close to pristine relic from the 70's. A 1976 statue of King Kong from the film of that decade. It had been in my house since the early eighties and before that time in my father's office. My father was an advertising executive as a partner in his own firm from the mid seventies to the early eighties. One of his biggest accounts in those days was Paramount Pictures. He used to regularly bring home all promotional materials such as posters, records, photos, etc. for the various films of the day. Being that I was only between 8 - 12 years of age at the time almost all of those items have evaporated over the years - kicking myself for that now. The statue survived as it was on my fathers desk until the firm closed and then remained in my parents home under plastic for my entire adult life thus far. My father passed away in 2009 and the statue has recently become mine. I have seen a couple others out there in photos. They all appear to be just slightly different from each other in appearance and obviously, condition. My question is has anyone determined what this piece is worth? I understand it to be extremely rare. While I have heard there were 400 made I also saw a separate post claiming there were only 100 made. I CAN tell you with absolute certainty that this statue was only given to executives as a promotional piece in 1976. My father WAS one of these executives and I vaguely remember comments along those lines over the years. Any knowledge on this piece would be greatly appreciated and welcomed. I do realize through reading a previous thread on this site that this is considered by many to be the 'Holy Grail" of King Kong memorabilia. Thank you all for your time and consideration.
Ghost:
I think the armature from the original King Kong is probably considered the holy grail of King Kong collecting. ;)
Is this the 1976 statue you have inherited? They show up on ebay from time to time. Dunno how much they are worth.
Are you trying to drum up interest in your craigslist ad if you are the one selling one in Denver? If so you should probably post in the Monsters for sale section.
http://denver.craigslist.org/clt/3180016843.html
dafunk:
i think too this armadure is the holy grail of kong
LTheLipper:
I did also see the individual in Denver on Craiglist selling one before I discovered the discussion on this forum. That is one of the main reasons I am curious about its actual worth. I live on the east coast and am not this individual of which u speak.