If you want to travel like a star, Tom Hanks’ Airstream caravan is now on sale, decorated by himself and full of memorabilia. Of course, for about 200,000 euros.
Forrest Gump, Saving Private Ryan, Castaway, The Da Vinci Code … caravan! Half the history of Hollywood in the last decades has paraded here. And it is that right now it is for sale Tom Hanks’ Airstream, who has been accompanying him to all his jobs for 30 years. The Bonhams house will be the one that will auction it on August 13, and it has already put its long teeth to its potential buyers with some anecdotes that occurred in it.
It is specifically an Airstream Model 34 Limited Excella Travel Trailer from 1992, which measures about 10.70 meters and that the actor acquired in 1993, just for the filming of ‘Something to Remember’, that mythical romantic comedy in which Meg Ryan faked an orgasm in a restaurant. Hanks himself recalls, in statements to the auction house, that he ordered the caravan as empty as possible, because he wanted to be the one to decorate it to his liking.
“I bought it at a time when shootings were slower. I spent too much time in caravans with ugly and uncomfortable furniture “, explains the winner of two Oscars. “When he arrived I only had the kitchen, the bathroom and a desk. I wanted a normal sofa, from home, so they made me a custom one with removable legs, so that it would fit through the door.”
In addition to being their refuge during the idle hours on set, this caravan also became a place to relax with friends. “Kevin Bacon, Bill Paxton and I saw a documentary here about Buster Keaton and then we went to Forest Lawn Cemetery, dressed in ‘Apollo 13’ spacesuits to pay our respects to his grave, “recalls Hanks.
Among other things, Tom Hanks’ Airstream is equipped with a Honda ES 6500 120/240 volt generator, an awning and furniture to create a small patio, two propane tanks and even a small fireplace. You’ll also find little touches of glamor here and there, like stickers of NASA or the filming in which you have participated, And an autograph from the interpreter on … one of the air conditioning vents.
Anyway, the ideal place to play the star and tell your family: “I can’t take it anymore, I’m leaving, if someone needs me I’ll be in my dressing room!“Although, if that is your intention, go preparing the checkbook, because Bonhams calculates that It will be sold for an amount between 127,000 and 212,000 euros. But of course, no one has said that living as a movie legend is cheap.
This article was published in Autobild by Iván Fombella.