A METAL skeleton used to make King Kong come to life in a 1933 film was sold for more than £120,000.
The armature was the base for a 22-inch model of the gorilla used in the movie’s climax at the top of the Empire State Building, in New York.
It was bought by an anonymous bidder for £121,250, including buyer’s premium, at Christie’s auction house in South Kensington, west London.
The firm’s head of popular memorabilia, Neil Roberts, said: “This King Kong armature was instrumental in filming one of the most recognisable sequences in cinema history, and as such it is an exceptional relic of film memorabilia.
“We are thrilled to have been able to exhibit the model for the first time.”
