Hilary Hagerman
Princess Leia’s gold bikini sells for $96,000 -- but it’s far from the most expensive movie prop
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Princess Leia’s gold bikini: The famous bikini, worn by Carrie Fisher in 1983′s “Return of the Jedi” (and lovingly referred to by the actress as, “what supermodels will eventually wear in the seventh ring of hell”) was sold to an anonymous bidder who also walked away with the matching collar, chain links and a letter of authenticity from designer Richard Miller.
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Marilyn Monroe’s “Seven Year Itch” dress: Even if you haven’t seen “Seven Year Itch,” there’s a pretty good chance you remember the iconic dress. Yeah – that one. In 2011, the dress sold for a whopping $5.6 million.
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The ruby slippers from “Wizard of Oz”: They were sold for a hefty $660,000 in 2000, but they’re estimated to be worth $2-3 million now – that is, if anyone could find them. The slippers that Judy Garland wore in 1939’s “The Wizard of Oz” were stolen from the Judy Garland Museum in Grand Rapids, Minnesota in 2005. Earlier this year, an anonymous benefactor offered $1 million for any information leading to the shoes’ return – but so far, nothing.
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James Bond’s Aston Martin DB5: If you want to live like Bond, it’s going to cost you. The Aston Martin DB5 that James Bond drove in “Goldfinger” and “Thunderball” sold for $4.6 million in 2010.
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The “Do-Re-Mi” outfits from “The Sound of Music”: Maria’s brown dress and the Von Trapp children’s lederhosen fetched $1.3 million at auction in 2013.
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Wilson from “Castaway”: We always knew Wilson would sell out after he made it off that desert island. Tom Hanks’s “Castaway” companion sold for $40,000.
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Harrison Ford’s “Blade Runner” gun: The 2019 Detective Special prop wasauctioned off in 2009 for a cool $270,000.
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Audrey Hepburn’s “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” dress: One of the most iconic black dresses ever, the Givenchy number Hepburn wore in 1961’s “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” sold for $923,187 to an anonymous buyer in 2006. At the time, Sarah Hodgson, a film specialist at Christie’s (where the dress was auctioned) said, “This is one of the most famous black dresses in the world—an iconic piece of cinematic history—and we are glad it fetched a historic price.”
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Luke Skywalker’s lightsaber: Looks like the lightsaber is a little more coveted than Princess Leia’s gold bikini. In 2008, The lightsaber that Mark Hamill used in the first two “Star Wars” movies sold for $240,000 at auction. In case it wasn’t painfully obvious: it doesn’t actually work.
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The Starship Enterprise from “Star Trek” :In 2006, someone bought the “Star Trek” Starship Enterprise for $576,000. Hopefully they didn’t think this 78-inch replica first used in the episode “Encounter at Farpoint” in 1987 was, you know….real.