--- title: Russell Crowe Is Selling a Skull at His Divorce Auction description: Russell Crowe is holding an auction for his possessions following his divorce from wife Danielle Spencer, including a dead horse prop. canonical: https://time.com/5231064/russell-crowe-divorce-auction-items/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-04-06T17:57:41.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:51:56.238Z og:title: Russell Crowe Is Selling a Skull, Jockstrap and More at His Divorce Auction og:description: The auction items are a collection of memorabilia from his films and life. og:url: https://time.com/5231064/russell-crowe-divorce-auction-items/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltefe3d7dcc5db4b55/69892d07ab6d77ba066b2517/russell-crowe-divorce-auction-bizarre-things.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Russell Crowe og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Russell Crowe Is Selling a Skull, Jockstrap and More at His Divorce Auction twitter:description: The auction items are a collection of memorabilia from his films and life. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltefe3d7dcc5db4b55/69892d07ab6d77ba066b2517/russell-crowe-divorce-auction-bizarre-things.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Russell Crowe Is Selling a Skull, Jockstrap and More at His Divorce Auction  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Apr 6, 2018 5:57 PM UTC  Russell Crowe Russell CroweMark Metcalfe—Getty Images for AFI  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Apr 6, 2018 5:57 PM UTC [Russell Crowe](http://time.com/3658518/russell-crowe-hollywood-actresses-sexism/) is selling his personal possessions, including a dead prop horse and a stunt suit from his 2000 movie _Gladiator_, following his decision to divorce wife Danielle Spencer. The 53-year-old Oscar-winning actor is holding an auction of nearly three rooms’ worth of his belongings through Sotheby’s Australia, in an auction exhibit he’s calling [“The Art of Divorce.”](https://www.sothebysaustralia.com.au/catalogue/AU0822) In an interview with [_Page Six_](https://pagesix.com/2018/04/05/russell-crowe-doubles-as-auction-curator/), Sotheby’s Australia Head of Arts and Design, Guy Cairnduff, said Crowe was intimately involved with the design of the auction. “He basically curated it,” Cairnduff said. “He picked the music. He designed the setup. He was heavily involved.” Among the eclectic offerings in the auction, like a leather jockstrap from Crowe’s role as a boxer in _Cinderella Man_ and a Mosasaur skull acquired from [Leonardo DiCaprio](http://time.com/4704747/leonardo-dicaprio-same-name/), Crowe is also selling guitars, motorcycles, cars, and fine jewelry. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5231064/russell-crowe-divorce-auction-items/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5231064/russell-crowe-divorce-auction-items/"},"headline":"Russell Crowe Is Selling a Skull, Jockstrap and More at His Divorce Auction","datePublished":"2018-04-06T17:57:41.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:51:56.238Z","description":"The auction items are a collection of memorabilia from Crowe's films and life.","url":"https://time.com/5231064/russell-crowe-divorce-auction-items/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrities","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltefe3d7dcc5db4b55/69892d07ab6d77ba066b2517/russell-crowe-divorce-auction-bizarre-things.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltefe3d7dcc5db4b55/69892d07ab6d77ba066b2517/russell-crowe-divorce-auction-bizarre-things.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Russell Crowe","caption":"Russell Crowe divorce auction","creditText":"Mark Metcalfe—Getty Images for AFI","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5231064/russell-crowe-divorce-auction-items/","name":"Russell Crowe Is Selling a Skull, Jockstrap and More at His Divorce Auction"}}]}] ```