Profiles in History Auction Finds Big Bids for Batman
Monday, March 31, 2008
Buyers took home Hollywood icons & favorite characters
A Batman costume worn by Michael Keaton sold for $103,500 during a two-day auction of movie memorabilia hosted this past weekend by Profiles in History.
In total more than $4.1 million worth of cinematic treasures were sold during the event. The top-selling item at the auction was a rare "King Kong" six-sheet movie poster, which went for $345,000, according to a wire story we found via the UPI.
A Pteranodon display with a full set of Pteranodon babies from "Jurassic Park III" sold for $97,750.
John Wayne's costume from "She Wore a Yellow Ribbon" lassoed $60,000 while another bidder forked over $51,750 for Julie Andrews' signature coat from "Mary Poppins."
A companion piece to the Batman garb, which was worn in 1992's "Batman Returns," might have been the battle suit worn by Halle Berry in "X-Men," which sold for $43,125. For anyone into the whole fetishistic leather-latex look that was taken to its zenith in the "Matrix" movies, the two costumes were made for each other. As companion pieces go, however, (and in all deference to Michelle Pheiffer) the ideal match for a Batman costume (though not a part of this auction) would have to be the suit worn by Ms. Berry in "Catwoman."
Yeah, we know, the picture used for this post has nothing materially to do with the actual story. We COULD have shown Halle in her "X-Men" gear, but owing to those darned day jobs of ours, we've not posted as much the past week as we'd have liked and our hits have taken a hit. As a remedy for that, we're sure this is Puurrrfect, no?
A Batman costume worn by Michael Keaton sold for $103,500 during a two-day auction of movie memorabilia hosted this past weekend by Profiles in History.
In total more than $4.1 million worth of cinematic treasures were sold during the event. The top-selling item at the auction was a rare "King Kong" six-sheet movie poster, which went for $345,000, according to a wire story we found via the UPI.
A Pteranodon display with a full set of Pteranodon babies from "Jurassic Park III" sold for $97,750.
John Wayne's costume from "She Wore a Yellow Ribbon" lassoed $60,000 while another bidder forked over $51,750 for Julie Andrews' signature coat from "Mary Poppins."
A companion piece to the Batman garb, which was worn in 1992's "Batman Returns," might have been the battle suit worn by Halle Berry in "X-Men," which sold for $43,125. For anyone into the whole fetishistic leather-latex look that was taken to its zenith in the "Matrix" movies, the two costumes were made for each other. As companion pieces go, however, (and in all deference to Michelle Pheiffer) the ideal match for a Batman costume (though not a part of this auction) would have to be the suit worn by Ms. Berry in "Catwoman."Yeah, we know, the picture used for this post has nothing materially to do with the actual story. We COULD have shown Halle in her "X-Men" gear, but owing to those darned day jobs of ours, we've not posted as much the past week as we'd have liked and our hits have taken a hit. As a remedy for that, we're sure this is Puurrrfect, no?
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