Hepburn's Movie Costume Auctioned for $192,000

Audrey Hepburn's Dress from Breakfast at Tiffany's Sold at Auction

The English.eastday.com web site reports Hepburn's film costume auctioned for $192,000. A pink cocktail dress worn by Audrey Hepburn in the 1961 film "Breakfast at Tiffany's" was auctioned for 192,000 U.S. dollars in New York on Wednesday, more than six times its estimated value. The sleeveless dress, worn for the scene in which Holly Golightly discovers her brother has died, went to a private European buyer, Christie's auction house said in a statement.
The more famous little black dress Hepburn wore in the film sold for more than $800,000 dollars in London last year.

Among other lots in Wednesday's memorabilia auction was Marilyn Monroe's script for "Something's Got To Give," with the actress' handwritten notes, which sold for 19,200 dollars.

A costume worn by Barbra Streisand in the 1968 film "Funny Girl" went for 33,600 dollars.

Superman Costume Sold At Unbelievable Price

The Superman costume worn by actor Christopher Reeve in 1978 during his first "Superman" film sold for $115,000, soaring past its $50,000 to $70,000 estimated sell price according to Superman's costume matches Oz guard's at auction.

The Hollywood memorabilia firm Profiles in History held an auction on Thursday April 5, 2007 and sold over $2 million worth of movie and television items. Among the other items was a "Winkie" costume from the 1939 movie "The Wizard of Oz" that also sold for $115,000. This rare Winkie costume was used by an actor portraying a guard protecting the Wicked Witch of the West in the much beloved "Wizard of Oz." It was within its estimated price range of $100,000 to $120,000.

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Original Wizard of Oz Lion Costume SOLD for $805,000

Back in December, the original Cowardly Lion costume worn by Bert Lehr in the 1939 movie production of the Wizard of Oz was auctioned off on Ebay by the Profiles in History auction house. It went for the amazing price of $805,000! A quote from the Profiles in History website states: "The Cowardly Lion costume worn by Bert Lahr composed of real lion pelts in the memorable "put 'em up, put 'em up" pose stands alone as the single most important film costume in the world! Discovered at the legendary 1970 MGM/David Weisz Auction, this Lion Costume is regarded as the most coveted piece of Hollywood history extant."

According to the cbc.ca website, the costume sold for $705,00 US, but either figure is quite a steep price to pay, although worthy of this historic and nostalgic costume! A blue-and-white gingham dress worn by Garland in The Wizard Of Oz fetched £140,000 at an auction in London in 2005. The scarecrow outfit from the movie is on display in the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History in Washington D.C., while the tin man costume was unfortunately destroyed.

I have personally seen one of the pairs of Dorothy's red slippers on display at MGM Studios in Orlando. The Wizard of Oz movie is a world wide classic and one of my all time favorites. My earliest memories of the movie are watching it at my grandparents house one night while eating a snack of apples and nuts with my grandpa. I must have been only about 3 years old at the time as it predates my little brother. I am sure many of you have similar memories of classic movies shared with your families.

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Crediting for picture used on CBC.ca website: A scene from 1939's The Wizard of Oz features, from left, Bert Lahr as the Cowardly Lion, Ray Bolger as the Scarecrow, Judy Garland as Dorothy and Jack Haley as the Tin Man. (Warner Bros./ Associated Press)