Andrew Pulver 

Midsommar May Queen costume among movie props on sale in coronavirus auction

Necklace from Uncut Gems and wooden mermaid from The Lighthouse also on sale as distributors A24 put on fundraiser
  
  

Florence Pugh in Midsommar.
Full bloom ... Florence Pugh in Midsommar. Photograph: Landmark Media/Alamy Stock Photo

If you fancy freaking out your friends and family during lockdown, now’s your chance: you may well be able to get your hands on the bear headdress or the May Queen flower outfit from creepy folk-horror Midsommar.

They are among the headline items in a prop auction organised by US independent studio A24, who will be donating all proceeds to charities in New York City fighting the coronavirus pandemic, including the Fire Department of New York Foundation and Food Bank For NYC.

The May Queen dress, worn in the film by Florence Pugh, is described as “decorated with 10,000 hand-glued silk flowers, including fake forget-me-nots, sweet peas, meadow buttercups, cornflowers and Persian jewels”.

Other notable items in the sale, which is accessed via the A24 Auctions website, include the Furby necklace created by Adam Sandler’s character in Uncut Gems and the carved wooden mermaid from The Lighthouse, the acclaimed horror starring Robert Pattinson and Willem Dafoe.

Four sets of props are launching a week apart, starting today, with items from Eighth Grade, Mid90s and Hereditary among others. The Midsommar auction starts on 27 April, with Uncut Gems on 4 May and The Lighthouse on 11 May.

 

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