Evergreen home where Rocky statue was sculpted hits market for $1.5M

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In 1980, Sylvestor Stallone flew to A. Thomas Schomberg’s home in Evergreen to pose for the famous bronze Rocky Balboa statue.

Stallone was there less than a day, flying in in the morning and leaving at night, but their meeting was intense, Schomberg said.

A. Thomas Schomberg stands next to his original Rocky statue at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. (Photo courtesy of Schomberg Studios)

“In the morning, we discussed and critiqued what I had done, then we had lunch, and in the afternoon he modeled for me…