The original

The screen-used mask.

It survived both films and three keepers. It is in bad shape, and it is not in a museum.

Custody

Three keepers

Debra Hill (1978–1981)

Kept the mask between the two films; Warlock has said it lived under her bed.1

Dick Warlock (1981–c. 2003)

Wore it in Halloween II, then kept it in an Elvis Presley tin and wore it for several years at a haunted attraction.2

Mark Roberts (c. 2003–present)

Bought it from Warlock with the costume, boots, scalpel and knife. Keeps it in dark, airtight, climate-controlled storage.2

Condition

What forty years did

Reported The front neck piece has come away (Roberts kept it), the chin area has stiffened, likely from perspiration during filming, and original Velcro applied on set is still attached. Roberts has not restored it and has considered professional conservation.2

Reported Fan analysis identifies two further stunt masks used in 1978, one of which appears to carry into the sequel; their whereabouts are not documented in the sources found.3

Then and now

Two prices, two objects

$1.98Reported price of the Kirk mask in 1978, about $9.77 in 2025 dollars by Wikipedia’s CPI conversion. No receipt exists.4 5

£25,200Price paid at a Propstore auction for an unmodified 1975 Kirk mask, not the screen-used one, which has never been sold at auction.6