Unfinished David Lynch scripts sell for $195,000
A set of scripts for an unfinished movie by David Lynch became the standout from a sale of possessions from the late filmmaker’s estate.
Known for visionary classics such as the TV show Twin Peaks, as well as films such as Dune and The Elephant Man; Lynch passed away at his daughter’s home in Los Angeles in January, after being evacuated during the city’s wild fires. He was 78.
On Wednesday (June 18), nearly 450 items from the filmmaker’s personal collection were auctioned at the Peninsula Beverly Hills in Los Angeles. They included artefacts from classics including Mulholland Drive, Twin Peaks, and Eraserhead; as well as personal possessions such as art and furniture. With hundreds of bidders attending in person and online, the sale generated a total of $4.25Million (£3.15Million).
The highlight of the auction, as reported by Deadline, was the sale of 11 scripts from Lynch’s unfinished film project Ronnie Rocket: The Absurd Mystery of the Strange Forces of Existence, which eventually went for $195,000 (£144,500).
Other notable items were a Twin Peaks-themed mug owned by the coffee-loving director, which sold for $11,700 (£8,671); Lynch’s script from the 1997 neo-noir Lost Highway, which fetched $195,000 (£144,500); and his personalised director’s chair, which sold for $91,000 (£67,430).
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Tributes have poured in from around the film world since David Lynch’s passing, with French singer Mylène Farmer paying a haunting tribute to her former collaborator at last month’s Cannes Film Festival.
There has also been fascination surrounding a Netflix project he intended to make before his death, an LA-set mystery series titled Unrecorded Night. Lynch’s regular cinematographer revealed some details about the project earlier this month, saying it would have been a series with “a lot of episodes” unconnected to anything he did before.