The oil can carried by the Tin Man in The Wizard of Oz movie has sold for £190,000 at auction.
More than eight decades after gracing the silver screen, the prop from the 1939 iconic film went under the hammer.
Such was the frenzy in bidding the item quickly surpassed the £150,000 Kruse GWS Auctions had thought it would make.
The buyer remains unknown.
The oil can - part of the Artifacts Of Hollywood And Music collection sale - was one of several used by actor Jack Haley while playing the role of the Tin Man.
The item, which is real, was central to the character's introductory song, "If I Only Had A Heart."
It gave him the vital oil he needed to free his body and joints from the rusted state in which he is found by Dorothy, played by Judy Garland, in Oz.
According to the auctioneer's description, the can is one of three or five used during filming, and it was presented to Haley when the movie was finished.
It was described to potential bidders as having "excellent investment potential, as items from or made for this legendary film almost never surface."
It also said the rest of the Tin Man's iconic silver costume is thought to be lost.
Wizard of Oz memorabilia is highly sorted among collectors.
One of the four existing pairs of Dorothy's ruby red slippers once sold for more than £1.5 million.
Another set, stolen from a Judy Garland museum on display in her hometown, once sparked an FBI manhunt to find the thief. The case is still open, although the shoes were retrieved.
