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Lot 279

A spaceship made for Close Encounters of the Third Kind

25 November 2013, 13:00 EST
Los Angeles

US$6,000 - US$8,000

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A spaceship made for Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Columbia, 1977. Plastic spaceship painted silver, with one light on top, one at each side, and three below, and two blue antennae, now mounted on a metal base and wired for display. The spaceship lights up to resemble the ships' appearance in the film as balls of light. Assembled from largely production made pieces. Accompanied by a copy of the film.

Coming of the success of Jaws (1975), Steven Spielberg turned his attention back to his passion project, Close Encounters. Spielberg had written a short story called "Encounters" in 1970 and signed a deal with Columbia for a science fiction film in 1973, but principal photography didn't begin until May, 1976. The long development time paid off, with the film winning great commercial success and receiving eight Oscar® nominations.
On stand: 10 x 10 1/2 x 16 in.; Spaceship only: 9 1/2 x 6 1/2 x 6 1/2 in.

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