In this materialistic world, we are completely surrounded by bizarre news and events that take give a whole new meaning to the term ‘fandom.’ Just a few weeks ago, a ‘legendary banana’ was sold for $120,000 in Miami. And this week, the cape worn by the first Superman on the big screen, was sold for almost $200,000. Isn’t that insane?
The prop from Christopher Reeve’s 1978 Superman was sold for $193,750 on Monday at Julien’s Auctions in Los Angeles. A collection of other rare Hollywood costumes also went up for auction alongside the heroic red and blue cape. Julien’s Auctions specializes in Hollywood collections and memorabilia.
The auction house revealed that only six capes were used in total for the shooting of the film, which came out in 1978 and set a tremendous record for itself.
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The auction also sold costumes from the critically acclaimed Star Trek and Ghostbusters franchise. The costumes from the Star Trek franchise include the uniform worn by Sir Patrick Stewart for his role as Captain Jean-Luc Picard and Leonard Nimoy’s Romulan costume. Both of which, were sold for a whopping $28,000 and $20,000 respectively.
Whereas from the Ghostbusters II, Dan Akroyd’s jumpsuit was sold for $32,000.
Another article, the pipe of Bibo Baggins, played by Ian Holm in the Lord or the Rings was originally announced as the auction’s headline item. However, it was not sold at the last minute.
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