A Rare Copy of Jodorowsky’sDuneBook Is Up for Auction [Update]

Anyone whohas seen the infotainment Jodorowsky ’s Dunehas in all likelihood done the same Google search immediately after : “ Jodorowsky ’s Dune book . ” That ’s because in the film , director Alejandro Jodorowsky speaks at length not just abouthow he planned on adapting Frank Herbert ’s Dune for the big screen , but the unbelievable book he created so film studio could see all the homework study he ’d done .

Filled with the script , storyboards , concept nontextual matter , and more , the volume is essentially as close as anyone can get to seeingJodorowsky ’s variant of Dune . But , of course , the director and his team only make a handful of copy and this was decennium ago . This is n’t a book you’re able to just get on Amazon . It does n’t exist in any attainable way .

Now though , an come-at-able fashion has emerged , if you have a whole bunch of money . One of the super rare account book made for Jodorowsky ’s Dune is up for auction via Christie ’s later this month . The auction family claims it ’s in all probability one of 10 or maybe 20 copy in the earth — and gauge it ’ll bring in between 25,000 and 35,000 Euro ( basically between $ 30,000 and 40,000 ) .

Alejandro Jodorowsky and a copy of his Dune book, one of which is going up for auction.

Alejandro Jodorowsky and a copy of his Dune book, one of which is going up for auction.Screenshot: YouTube (Fair Use)

And who do it , it could be more than that . WithDenis Villeneuve ’s version of Dune currently in theaters , and apart two coming in 2023 , Dune is once again in the public eye . That means any fan who want to get into the different adaptations of Herbert ’s world will undoubtedly learn about all of the fantastical worldbuilding Jodorowsky did for his never - made film . The 2014 documentary directed by Frank Pavichgets into some of the artwork by the the like of Moebius , Chris Foss , H.R. Giger , and many others — but to actually have it in your hands . To read the handwriting . See the storyboards . That would be glorious .

For more on the leger , and if you actually want to bid on it , manoeuvre over to the Christie ’s site .

UPDATE 2025-04-13 , 3:55 p.m. : Well , block about that estimation . Christie ’s originally figured the book would deal for between $ 30,000 and 40,000 , but , in the oddment , it sold for close to ONE HUNDRED TIMES THAT . Yes , the book sell for2.66 million Euros , which is just under three million U.S. dollars . That ’s one very enceinte Dune fan .

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