New York- What began as a possible adventure in accreditation for a small company 20 years back in England has ended in the Queens, New York warehouse. In 1995 a small British souvenir company wanted to make a snowglobe based on the popular movie The Shining. Since snow can be central to the history , trapping the tales principal characters in the haunted Overlook Hotel, a new snowglobe seemed like a best suited collectible. The company produced 500 prototypes of the globes and hang up about attempting to obtain the license from the studio.

The design features an exact replica of the hedge-maze showcased in the tale, and also the base features the right now iconic carpet design.,

Since they had no knowledge about licensing the attempts had been unfruitful and the remaining snowglobes not necessarily sent to the studio languished within a warehouse for two decades.

In the score of years that passed some of the snowglobes leaked, others shattered, but the remaining 349 stayed safe and sound in their dark tomb…until the world outside intruded.

After the unknown contents of the storage locker were bought from a “Storage Wars” type situation, the long forgotten snowglobes were discovered. Immediately realizing the rarity they had stumbled upon, the buyers contacted an associate throughout the states and plans were made to deliver these phones New York.

Of the 349 discovered, 321 arrived secure in New York where they made their way to a new secret location in Queens. Right now 321 lucky fans of The Shining can purchase these on ebay by way of seller OverlookHotel-Giftshop: http://www.ebay.com/usr/overlookhotel-giftshop.

“One associated with the more fascinating features about these bulbs, besides how they was, is the concept at the rear of the design” says an OverlookHotel-Giftshop spokesperson, “he idea is that this is an object that could have already have been sold in the giftshop involving the actual (fictional) Overlook Hotel. The hotel company logo on the front together with the slogan of “Come Keep with Us Forever” only takes on a sinister meaning within the context of the story. Likewise, the hedge-maze is a marvel involving ornamental landscaping and gardening…but horrifying within the circumstance of the story.”

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John Charles