It seems in auctions, people aren't getting the prices they want for their high end items. Maybe now isn't the right time to be selling, but here's something else Christie's is whipping out today.

A tiny King Kong figurine that's a 22-inch skeleton, used in one of the climactic scenes of the 1933 movie (not the Jack Black, Brody movie, which I thought was horrible).

The monster ended up being made by adding layers of cotton, rubber, liquid latex, and rabbit fur, to a metal armature.

And like those stop-animation pieces you see at animated film festivals, the figurines were filmed one frame at a time, moving them slightly between shots, which made it look like they were moving.

Other models were used in film, but a Christie's spokesman said this is thought to be the largest. Of course, in all this time, the monster's fleshy covering has rotted away.

Although several such models were used in the film, Christie's spokeswoman Jo Swetenham said this one was thought to be the largest. She added that the monster's fleshy covering has since rotted away.

The pop culture sale will start on November 24th, and Christies hopes to get around $240,000 for it.

With Michael Jackson dead, I doubt they'll see that price realized.