Hannibal Lecter’s mask sold for € 85,000 at an auction for rare items from Michael Flatley’s luxurious country pile

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Hannibal Lecter’s mask sold for € 85,000 at an auction for very rare items from Michael Flatley’s luxurious country pile.

The Lord of the Dance star was selling around 700 lots in the sale, including a full armor replica for € 1,500, an Irish Masonic sword for € 50 and a Ferrari car cover for around € 300, from his Castlehyde House. in Co Cork. .

Hannibal Lecter’s illuminated mask, signed by actor Anthony Hopkins and his co-star Julianne Moore, was estimated at between 80,000 and 120,000 euros.



Michael Flatley House Content Auction. ILLUMINATED HANNIBAL READER MASK from the movie Hannibal. Signed by Anthony Hopkins and Julianne Moore – SOLD FOR 85,000

Hopkins wore the mask in the 2001 Hannibal movie.

Philip Sheppard of Sheppard’s Irish auction house in Durrow, Co Laois, told the Irish Mirror that there was international interest in the sale.



Michael Flatley’s restored Irish home ‘Castlehyde House’ on the River Blackwater, co. cork

He said: “We have people from the United States, from the Pacific Rim, Singapore and Hong Kong.

“A completely new decorative scheme is being implemented following his decision to retain the property.

“He rejected 20 million euros from an international hotel group consortium and decided to revisit the decoration of the property.

“These are things that exceed the requirements.”

Other items dusted off for auction include luxury luggage, large amounts of antique furniture, Renaissance paintings, and flintlock rifles.

Cheaper items include walking sticks and a faux marble bust of Napoleon.



Michael Flatley House Content Auction. Mohammed Ali (framed autograph)

Mr. Sheppard told RTE Radio One: “Everything is selling, mainly the upper end of the estimates, some beyond.

“And there is some bargain on the way. I just saw how a bamboo umbrella was sold for € 25.

“There was a game of guided chess at € 150 to € 250, I was winning € 500. It went to someone in Switzerland. “

The huge works of art of the dancers are also at stake.



Michael Flatley House Content Auction. Puss in Boots wrapped in silk and brocade dress with leather boots, porcelain hands holding a scroll and mandolin

The 62-year-old Irish dance supreme’s country mansion had been on the market for several years and was nearly sold to an international hotel group before the Irish-American shut it down at the last minute.

Sheppard said: “He is emotionally invested in the property.”

Flatley spent € 37 million building the house 20 years ago.



Michael Flatley House Content Auction. 18th / 19th CENTURY FLINTLOCK RIFLE with engraved trigger plate and test marks on the barrel, wooden stock decorated with hash

Sheppard added: “The decor is similar to something you might see on South Beach in Florida.”

Castlehyde, which dates back to 1760 and was once the ancestral home of Ireland’s first president, Douglas Hyde, was bought by the dancer 21 years ago for € 4 million.

The property includes 12 one-bedroom suites and an indoor recreation center with pool.



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