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A book of the dead, slightly used

That little vacation in the woods will definitely be much less eventful If Ash Williams and his friends hadn't decided to read the paragraph from that creepy old book, someone stayed. But we are glad they did- awakened the power of darkness, triggering events The evil dead And its sequel, pushing Bruce Campbell toward the stupid action hero Pantheon and bringing endless joy to horror fascinating over the past 40 years. Now you can have all the actual props to start it all!

Well, that is, if you have $25,000 (in the beginning), the estimated end price is $50,000-100,000. The auction house’s latest entertainment-focused souvenirs for sale, including Luke Skywalker’s Yavin medal, is being offered with screen matching Naturom DeMontoalso known as Mortis before the necromanceralso known as The Book of the Dead, and is accompanied by a hand-made illustration page by special effects artist Tom Sullivan. He created the props and sold it from his own collection, so you know it's real. (That is, it also carries a true letter.)

What is uncertain is whether the words contained in it will do any actual Kandarian Demon magic, but anyone with the highest investment can decide the fate of the world in their own time. Here are the internal pages:

According to Prostore, “The Book of the Dead is displayed in all three of the original movies. evil Dead Trilogy. it's known Naturom DeMonto exist The evil deadbut then Mortis before the necromancer exist Evil Death II and Dark Army. [Director Sam] Remy told him about it in Sullivan Dead spirit Famously appear in the work of horror and science fiction writer HP Lovecraft, starting with a short story from 1924 hound. this Naturom DeMonto It's the only book of the dead evil Dead The well-known film survival today is also the only heroic book ever created. ”

A total of the covers (cardboard, not actually human skin) were obtained, with 38 pages of hand-illustrated pages. Prostore noticed “[Sullivan’s] The main inspiration for the image [was] Anatomy notebook by Leonardo da Vinci. For the ancient symbols, Sullivan designed his own letters, which he humorfully called “Bullscrit.”

Wednesday, March 28, bid for this very cool horror history; you can visit Prostore to learn how to conduct an auction. Klaatu…Barada…Tie!

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