Handmade model of Dorothy Gale’s Kansas home takes six-figure sum at auction

A handmade model of Dorothy Gale’s Kansas home, created for the famous tornado scene in the 1939 MGM classic 'The Wizard of Oz', was competed to $445,000 (£367,000) at Studio Auctions (20% buyer’s premium) in Manhattan Beach, California on October 7.

It was one of three models built and used in the tornado special effects sequence, although the on…

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