Silver Screen Collection/Getty An hourglass used by the Wicked Witch of the West to taunt Dorothy mid-way through The Wizard of Oz has sold for nearly half-a-million dollars at auction, Smithsonian ...

CINCINNATI (CNN Newsource/WKRC) - A prop from the famous movie The Wizard of Oz has sold at auction for $495,000. The prop was a detailed hourglass used by the Wicked Witch of the West. The Witch uses ...

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) - A popular prop was sold for almost half-a-million dollars. The Smithsonian Magazine reported an item used in 'The Wizard of Oz' recently sold for $495,000 at auction. It was the ...

The Wicked Witch of the West's iconic hourglass has found a new home. By Christy Piña Associate Editor Attention, my pretties, it appears that the Wicked Witch of the West’s iconic hourglass has found ...

The hourglass is used in a scene in which the Wicked Witch tells Dorothy: "You see that? That's how much longer you've got to be alive! And it isn't long, my pretty!" Virginia Chamlee is a Politics ...

The Wicked Witch of the West, played by Margaret Hamilton, holding the hourglass Heritage Auctions Midway through The Wizard of Oz (1939), flying monkeys capture Dorothy (Judy Garland) and take her ...