For Sale: One Book of the Dead, Slightly Used

That little getaway in the woods sure would have been much less eventful if Ash Williams and his pals hadn’t decided to read passages out of that creepy old book someone left behind. But we’re so glad they did—thereby awakening the forces of darkness, sparking the events of The Evil Dead and its sequels, launching Bruce Campbell into the goofy action hero pantheon, and giving horror fans endless delights over the past 40-plus years. And now, you can own the actual prop that started it all! Well, that is, if you have $25,000 (to start), with an estimated final price of $50,000-$100,000, according to Propstore. The auction house’s latest entertainment-centric memorabilia sale, which also includes Luke Skywalker’s Medal of Yavin, is offering a screen-matched Naturom Demonto, aka Necronomicon Ex-Mortis, aka Book of the Dead, complete with hand-illustrated pages by special effects artist Tom Sullivan. He created the prop and is selling it from his own collection, so you know it’s authentic ... Read full article.