Patrick McGilligan’s new Welles biography concentrates on the filmmaker’s youth: what forces made the man who made ‘Citizen Kane’?

The iconic prop, which went for $14.75 million at auction, is one of several sleds used in the production of Orson Welles' ...

Rosebud,” the famed wooden sled at the heart of Orson Welles’ classic 1941 movie “Citizen Kane,” has sold at auction for ...

The iconic film prop from Orson Welles' 1941 film 'Citizen Kane' sold for a record-breaking $14.75 million at Heritage ...

The sales come seven months after a pair of ruby slippers worn by Judy Garland in 'The Wizard of Oz' fetched $28 million ...

A long-lost piece of cinematic history has been auctioned off for nearly $15 million. The "Rosebud" sled from the 1941 movie Citizen Kane was sold for $14.75 million on Wednesday, July 16, according ...

My book is called Rosebud, and it's one of several on Welles since his death in 1985. The same period has seen Peter Bogdanovich's full-length interview, This Is Orson Welles , as well as the ...

The sled is one of only three known to survive and was miraculously saved from disposal by The Gremlins director Joe Dante in ...

The Rosebud sled from Orson Welles' "Citizen Kane" was auctioned for $14.75 million, becoming the second-most expensive piece ...

The previous owner was director Joe Dante, who “had the honor of protecting this piece of cinematic history for decades.” ...

One of the three wooden sleds known to still exist that appeared as Rosebud in Orson Welles' 1941 masterpiece "Citizen Kane" ...