Superman's cape and Bilbo's pipe up for grabs in Hollywood auction
Updated | By AFP
Superman's very first cape and Bilbo Baggins' pipe are each forecast to raise $100,000-$200,000 at a blockbuster auction of rare Hollywood memorabilia next week.
The props from Christopher Reeve's "Superman" and the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy will headline Monday's sale of some 400 cinephile items at Julien's Auctions in Los Angeles.
Spokesman Jason DeBord said it was "very rare to have something that is identifiable" surviving from the first Superman film in 1978.
"It is such a beloved film -- Christopher Reeve was amazing. There has never been a Superman like him," he said. "It can go for just a couple hundred thousand dollars; it can go for half a million dollars."
Christopher Reeve's 1978 Superman cape is expected to go for between $100,000 and $200,000 at @JuliensAuctions Monday pic.twitter.com/aIa8YbbDqx
— QuickTake by Bloomberg (@QuickTake) December 14, 2019
The pipe was used by Ian Holm in "The Fellowship of the Ring," and according to the auction house is the only example from the film known to be in collectors' hands.
Bilbo used the pipe to blow smoke rings from "the finest weed in the Southfarthing" -- before the hobbit's efforts are upstaged by Gandalf's elaborate, galleon-shaped smoke exhalations.
They will go under the hammer alongside the "most important collection" of Star Trek memorabilia ever auctioned, according to organizers, including a jacket worn by William Shatner's Captain Kirk in "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan" estimated at $80,000-$100,000.
Also for sale by the Beverly Hills auctioneer will be items from classics such as "The Maltese Falcon" and "Gone with the Wind" through to 1990s hits "Jurassic Park" and "Forrest Gump."
Up for #auction on December 16th and on public #exhibition this weekend is a massive collection of original #StarTrek costumes from Next Generation, Voyager, Deep Space Nine & feature films. Come see them at 257 N Canon Dr in Beverly Hills! Learn more at https://t.co/ahsXX38A8G. pic.twitter.com/46F2aYSgm5
— Juliens Auctions (@JuliensAuctions) December 15, 2019
Believe a man can fly... come out to our public exhibition Saturday and Sunday in Beverly Hills to see the original cape worn by Christopher Reeve in Superman (1978), only seen by the public once in 40 years.
— Juliens Auctions (@JuliensAuctions) December 14, 2019
Learn more at https://t.co/ahsXX38A8G!#Superman #Auction #Exhibit pic.twitter.com/DwOqQmbmTI
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