The volleyball Wilson was auctioned for more than £ 230,000

The volleyball Wilson, which appeared in the film The Castaway in 2000 and portrayed the actor's only friend Tom Hanks on the silver screen, was auctioned for more than £ 230,000. Its final price was many times higher than originally estimated. The film Castaway is about a man who was shipwrecked on a desert island after a plane crash. In order to shorten the main character and also maintain his mental health, the main character, played by the actor Tom Hanks, started talking to a volleyball, which he named Wilson. "A white leather volleyball ball that is severely torn and scuffed, with a red hand decal on one side. He has faded eyes, nose and mouth. The upper part is torn and a number of tobacco stems are inserted into it, which imitate hair. There are several stitches on the torn edges on the front of the ball. The subject spent a lot of time in the water, "the auctioneer described at the start of the film sip auction. This ball, which was part of the shooting of a popular movie, would recently be offered at an auction in Prop House, which offered over a thousand other movie properties, including the costume of actor Will Ferell from the movie Christmas Elf. The original estimated price at which a dirty volleyball with an iconic red hand decal on one side should be auctioned was between £ 40,000 and £ 60,000. In the end, however, Wilson was auctioned for an incredible 230 thousand pounds.