'Ten Commandments' tablets up for sale

Monday, 19-May-2008 3:05PM EDT
    
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LOS ANGELES, May 19 (UPI) -- Iconic props from two of actor Charlton Heston's best-known Hollywood epics are set to hit the auction block, the memorabilia dealer Profiles in History said.

The tablets from "The Ten Commandments," in which Heston played Moses, as well as the kaftan and pallium the actor wore in "Ben Hur" are to go up for auction July 31.

The tablets are expected to sell for between $40,000 and $60,000l. Heston's "Ben Hur" costume is expected to fetch between $12,000 and $15,000.

Buyers can bid on the items, as well as nearly 1,000 other pieces of Hollywood memorabilia, July 31 and Aug. 1 in person, via mail, phone, fax or live on the Internet via eBay Live Auctions (www.ebayliveauctions.com).

Heston died last month at the age of 84.