Only the rich and famous become young and beautiful forever.
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In blu-ray version is possibile to confirm the price of 1.000.000$
http://i356.photobucket.com/albums/oo9/petarkaran/assegno-madline_zpsoiq4lwyr.png

How much did that prop cost?

That is so cool. Things went into a strange twist for me in life. I sometimes watch Death becomes her and wonder what it would be like to have a second chance at youth.
Thank you for letting me know the cost.

Apologies for bumping this thread but thank you for solving that years long mystery, don-cotton-1! The first time I saw this film was when I was pretty young and this has always been a point of curiosity for me.
I actually started overthinking it and wondered whether it was a huge amount of money, or something more sinister, like selling your soul or something haha!
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Probably just from a different take. It’s clearly the same handwriting when you compare it to the screenshot from the Blu-ray posted below by another user.
Sweet prop. Would love to know how much it was, and where it was bought from.

I don't want to burst any bubbles here. It may be an unused prop of the movie but clearly not the one that was used in the film. The film check is marked 5931 and the next check is 5932. This photo is of a check that is listed as 5937.
I love the movie always been a huge fan of films and props used in movies.

Helen said that she took the potion on October 26, 1985, which would've been shortly after leaving the institution.

I imagine they charged as much as they could get, but regarding Helen's "and that was CHEAP!" I always took that to mean she thought it was priceless or invaluable to get her youth/looks back, not that she necessarily got it for a low amount. But yes, fat, insane Helen might have been charged $50k which could have broke her, and Madeline was charged $1m, which might have been their remaining fortune. But I imagine Helen wrote a few books and made some money before she managed to even hear about the potion, so she was probably charged a lot, or maybe owed them part of her future income. I can't see letting the potion go for a really cheap price.

As you might remember Lisle clearly said that the cost of the potion was different for everybody.
As Madeline finds out Helen also used the potion, she asks how much Helen paid, to which Helen replies with: "Everything I had and that was CHEAP!" Considering that answer, the cost of the potion is really how much you can afford, e.g. your entire fortune.

Hello! I love that prop! I would be very interested in buying it from you if you are interested in selling it?
Thank you!

I think it's relative.. if all you had in the world was $100 then the potion would cost $99. If you were super duper rich, then the potion would cost millions.

WOW! So awesome for you to share that! I always guessed around that much but never had proof! Lol did you pay a million dollars for it? haha.

Now THAT is awesome!

That's clearly one million dollars, not one thousand. One thousand would've been chump change to her character in that movie, regardless of the early 90's.
Who said anything about one thousand? Everyone here is saying $1 million.

That's clearly one million dollars, not one thousand. One thousand would've been chump change to her character in that movie, regardless of the early 90's.

Ha, that was a lot of money back then. Well its a lot of money now!

Oh wow how cool! Where did you buy it?

Awesome prop. I enjoyed learning the answer, too. Thanks for sharing.

Oh WOW that is SO cool!!!
Thanks for sharing your treasure with us!

Donyou are awesome for sharing that!

I found and bought the actual cheque prop a few years ago and Meryl wrote 1.000.000 $ on it.
Remember this was a lot of money back in the very early 90's.
Here's a picture of it:
http://i1050.photobucket.com/albums/s409/S74RG42ER/props12-07006.jpg

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