Heston's Ten Commandments to be auctioned
NEW YORK (AP) - May 14, 2008 A pair of faux granite tablets that Charlton Heston cradled in
the 1956 biblical epic "The Ten Commandments" is expected to
fetch as much as $60,000, said Marc Kruskol, a publicist for the
auction Profiles in History. It is the fourth set of tablets that
remains from the film that featured Heston as Moses.
The five-piece costume Heston wore in 1959's "Ben-Hur" - the
film that won him a best actor Oscar - is also among the 1,000-plus
pieces of Hollywood memorabilia the auction is selling this summer.
The central piece is the dark green kaftan worn by Heston's Judah
Ben-Hur in the scene when he hears Jesus give a sermon.
Heston died April 5 at his Beverly Hills, Calif., home at the
age of 84.
The auction runs July 31-Aug. 1.
