In 1985, the story of Marty McFly, a teenager who travels back in time in a deLorean DMC-12, shocked science fiction fans.
Since
Back to the Future
by Robert Zemeckis has become cult and the artifacts of the film are snapped up at auction.
Heritage Auctions in Dallas, taking advantage of this wave of nostalgia, has just auctioned off one of the last memories of this time odyssey: a collection of VHS tapes, once owned by actor Tom Wilson, who played the ignoble Biff Tannen, was sold for the record sum of 75,000 dollars.
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According to the CNN site, the lot of Tom Wilson is a real treasure for lovers of the futuristic trilogy since it includes the three parts of
Back to the future
, kept in a box, commented on and signed by the American actor who obviously had religiously kept the recordings of these three films which will remain as the greatest moments of his career as an actor.
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With a good dose of humor Tom Wilson explained why, after so many years, he had decided to part with his precious cinematographic relics: "
This is a recording of
Back to the Future
, sent to me by the studio l 'era.
It was the start of a time when you could watch a movie as many times as you wanted.
Since I thought the VHS medium would last forever, I saved it for later, and now I can't find a VCR
.
Joe Maddalena, vice-president of Heritage Auctions, welcomed this miraculous auction.
He believes that she can announce other equally successful ones: “ It's
an incredible success.
I know that there are other famous collectors of original VHS and I encourage them to offer them on the market
”.