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major Beatles artifact will also be up for sale: John Lennon's
handwritten lyrics for “If I fell,” written on the back of a
Valentine card while he was in New York for the Fab Four's first
appearance on “The Ed Sullivan Show” in 1964. The bidding for it
will open at $500,000.
The light saber, used onscreen by Mark Hamill in the climactic
Cloud City fight in the 1980 “Star Wars” sequel, where Darth
Vader declares “I am your father,” includes a severed hand
effects rig. It’s never been up for auction before and bidding
opens at $1 million.
Bidding starts at $100,000 for a Wicked Witch of the West hat
worn by actor Margaret Hamilton in 1939's “The Wizard of Oz” and
at $50,000 for the brown top hat worn by Gene Wilder as the
title character in 1971's “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate
Factory.”
The auction will also include a pair of boxing boots worn by
Sylvester Stallone in “Rocky III.” Stallone wears the showy
boots featuring tassels and a Nike swoosh in the opening montage
of the 1982 film. Bids will begin at $100,000.
Also up for sale are the two rugs that are essential to the plot
of “The Big Lebowski,” including the rug belonging to Jeff
Bridges' the Dude that is soiled at the beginning of the 1998
film that “really tied the room together,” and the other that he
takes from his wealthy namesake. Bidding on them opens at
$15,000 apiece.
“This auction represents the full spectrum of entertainment
history, from Hollywood’s Golden Age to modern blockbuster
cinema and the most influential moments in popular music,” Joe
Maddalena, executive vice president of Heritage Auctions, said
in a statement.
Many other items including a Paul Newman hockey jersey from
“Slap Shot,” a necklace worn by the title character in “The
Bride of Frankenstein” and the inflatable “Otto the Autopilot”
from “Airplane” will be up for auction.
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