The Elephant Man Busts Set to Fetch Thousands at Berks Auction After Years in Storage

The Elephant Man busts set to fetch thousands at Berks auction after years in storage

The original busts used to create the iconic face masks for the 1980 film The Elephant Man are expected to fetch thousands at a Newbury auction.

Original busts from ‘The Elephant Man’ to fetch thousands at auction

The original bust from the 1981 film "The Elephant Man." (Special Auction Services via SWNS) By Ed Chatterton The original busts used to create the iconic face masks for the 1980 film "The Elephant Man" are expected to fetch thousands at auction after spending years gathering dust in storage. The plaster busts of John Hurt as the Elephant Man have been unearthed at the estate of Christopher Tucker, who was a pioneering British special makeup eff…