{"id":488229,"date":"2026-06-11T21:57:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T21:57:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/488229\/"},"modified":"2026-06-11T21:57:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T21:57:08","slug":"dazzle-your-dinner-guests-with-an-authentic-beetlejuice-shrimp-hand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/488229\/","title":{"rendered":"Dazzle Your Dinner Guests With an Authentic ‘Beetlejuice’ Shrimp Hand"},"content":{"rendered":"

Movie props that come up for auction tend to fall into two categories: solemn icons of cinema history<\/a> (including, but not limited to, that screen-used Darth Vader lightsaber that went for nearly $4 million last year<\/a>) and slightly goofier bits of ephemera for diehard fans of a certain movie or TV show to display, in a sort of \u201cif you know, you know\u201d way. The latter classification applies to this wonderfully weird treasure from Tim Burton<\/a>\u2018s 1988 Beetlejuice, a tempting prize for any collector of the \u201cstrange and unusual\u201d who also likes to host dinner parties.<\/p>\n

Behold, the \u201cshrimp hand\u201d of your dreams! Propstore, which is auctioning off the piece as part of an upcoming memorabilia sale, doesn\u2019t specify if this is the hand that emerged from a bowl of shrimp cocktail and grasped the face of Catherine O\u2019Hara\u2019s Delia Deetz. But you can pretend it is if you win it for your very own. It\u2019s estimated to go for $1,200-$2,400, a bargain considering its value as an eternal conversation piece.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne of cinema\u2019s most beloved comedic horror sequences, the scene remains among the most quoted moments from a film that has only grown in cultural stature since its release nearly four decades ago,\u201d reads a Propstore press release.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s true: we can barely remember<\/a> anything that happened in 2024\u2019s Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, but that \u201cDay-O\u201d group possession dance party from the original film is burned into our memories forever.<\/p>\n

The shrimp hand is just one of \u201cover 700 pieces of Hollywood memorabilia\u201d Propstore will be selling off via Planet Hollywood, the show biz-themed restaurant chain that amassed a large collection to display in its locations.<\/p>\n

Other items in the auction include Christopher Reeve\u2019s Superman III suit, estimated to go for $20,000-$40,000 despite being a reminder of that era\u2019s worst Superman movie<\/a>, and the Bat-Cuffs wielded by Val Kilmer\u2019s Batman in 1995\u2019s Batman Forever ($3,000-$6,000).<\/p>\n

You can check out the full catalog and learn how to bid (the auction runs through July 2) at Propstore\u2019s website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Want more io9 news? Check out when to expect the latest Marvel<\/a>, Star Wars<\/a>, and Star Trek<\/a> releases, what\u2019s next for the DC Universe on film and TV<\/a>, and everything you need to know about the future of Doctor Who<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Movie props that come up for auction tend to fall into two categories: solemn icons of cinema history…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":488230,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[225676,85,46,174612,125],"class_list":["post-488229","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-beetlejuice","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-propstore","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/488229","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=488229"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/488229\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/488230"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=488229"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=488229"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=488229"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}