Yes, this happened yesterday and yes, I meant to blog about it then, but I didn't, so you may have already heard this by now, but a host of movie memorabilia - costuming, specifically - brought London-based costumers, Angels, millions. They held the auction to free-up space in their warehouse and lessen insurance costs.
Among the many prizes was the robe Sir Alec Guinness wore as Obi Wan Kinobi in the original Star Wars, which went for $104k. Dr. Who's multicolored scarf sold for about half that (over 12x more than originally expected!), Sir Sean Connery's dinner jacket from the movie, Thunderball, sold for just slightly more. The battered metal helmet worn by Terry Jones in Monty Python's The Holy Grail sold for a little over $20k.
Other lots included costumes from Braveheart, the Indiana Jones movies, other 007 flicks, the Harry Potter series, and Titanic. In all, the take was in the millions, though exactly how much was taken in is not known.
A rambling melange of pop-culture.
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