Your note made me look. Some funny things on ebay. The statue of the movie lion was there, and one had bids around $29, while another had $99 buy it now for $300 (yikes!) but the second included a Frances the talking Mule statue as well.

Meanwhile searching for the MGM Lion Brass or Bronze didn't do it, Casino did.

http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1424662097

First time out it had a high bid of $12.06, relisted and went up to $42 but didn't meet the reserve again.

I wrote to the seller, who has quite a high rating, and mentioned that it wasn't an original, and was given away at the grand opening. I also asked that if he lists it again, please drop me a note, so I can post a link here. I also mentioned that some of us won't even bid on items with hidden reserves, and suggested he list it at the minimum he wouold take and see how that goes.

So if I see it or get a note, I'll post it here for you. I doubt if it's that valuable and he probably should have been happy getting $42 for it, since it was a free-bee? (maybe someone else has a better view of this statue?)