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Screen-used Wonka brand chocolate bar and golden ticket props from beloved tale, ''Charlie and the Chocolate Factory''. Tim Burton's 2005 film starred Johnny Depp in a controversial reinterpretation of the wealthy eccentric chocolatier Willy Wonka, first portrayed on film by Gene Wilder. Lot includes 2 items: (1) Remarkably authentic-looking prop chocolate bar custom crafted for production. Bar, in ''Wonka'' packaging, is made of scored plastic with Wonka logo stamped into each of the 14 squares. Measures 7.5'' x 3.5''. Small tear to the foil at the lower left corner, else fine. (2) Double-sided gold foil ''Golden Ticket'', also custom-made for production, features an embossed Wonka seal and zigzag left and right edges. The instructions to the lucky winner are printed on the back, reading in part, ''Greetings to you, the lucky finder of this golden ticket, from Mr. Willy Wonka! I shake you warmly by the hand!...I, Willy Wonka, will conduct you around the factory myself...'' Measures 7'' x 3.5''. Some surface abrasion to the top edge of verso, else fine. A charming set of props from a classic Hollywood film. With COA from the Prop Store of London.
Willy Wonka Prop Chocolate Bar & Golden Ticket! -- Used Onscreen in 2005's ''Charlie and the Chocolate Factory''
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