'Twister' prop to be up for auction on eBay

Movie lovers have a chance to own a piece of Oklahoma cinema history.The Dorothy IV, a storm-chasing prop from the 1996 hit movie "Twister," will be up for auction on eBay starting at 1 p.m. Friday. The starting bid has been set at $2,000.The prop has "IV Dorothy" with an image of Dorothy Gale from "The Wizard of Oz" on the side, is about 4 square feet and is made of metal, resin, PVC pip and re-purposed weather vanes, cameras and equipment. The seller posts that the prop is in very good condition.An original certificate of authenticity from the Warner Bros. Studio will be included."Twister" follows a team of storm chasers led by Dr. Jo Harding (played by Helen Hunt) as they follow a series of storms in Oklahoma when her husband and retired chaser Bill Harding (Bill Paxton) shows up to get her to sign divorce papers. Jo has developed devices, which she calls the Dorothy, that would analyze tornadoes from the inside.The Dorothy IV is one of the devices used and, during one of the movie's final sequences, gets picked up by an F-5 tornado and provides Jo with the data she needs to study twisters.The movie, which celebrated its 20th anniversary earlier this year, was filmed in parts of Oklahoma, including Wakita, where a museum has been built to commemorate the movie.

Movie lovers have a chance to own a piece of Oklahoma cinema history.

The Dorothy IV, a storm-chasing prop from the 1996 hit movie "Twister," will be up for auction on eBay starting at 1 p.m. Friday. The starting bid has been set at $2,000.


The prop has "IV Dorothy" with an image of Dorothy Gale from "The Wizard of Oz" on the side, is about 4 square feet and is made of metal, resin, PVC pip and re-purposed weather vanes, cameras and equipment. The seller posts that the prop is in very good condition.

An original certificate of authenticity from the Warner Bros. Studio will be included.

"Twister" follows a team of storm chasers led by Dr. Jo Harding (played by Helen Hunt) as they follow a series of storms in Oklahoma when her husband and retired chaser Bill Harding (Bill Paxton) shows up to get her to sign divorce papers. Jo has developed devices, which she calls the Dorothy, that would analyze tornadoes from the inside.

The Dorothy IV is one of the devices used and, during one of the movie's final sequences, gets picked up by an F-5 tornado and provides Jo with the data she needs to study twisters.

The movie, which celebrated its 20th anniversary earlier this year, was filmed in parts of Oklahoma, including Wakita, where a museum has been built to commemorate the movie.