Investment tip: Indiana Jones’s hat is on auction for just $400,000
However, provenance is key when investing in alternative vehicles, such as making sure the grey jacket really is the one Han Solo wore
Does the thought of owning Indiana Jones’s actual fedora from Raiders of the Lost Ark thrill you? How about Han Solo’s jacket? Well, if you’ve got a $1m or more to spare, they, along with other rare movie memorabilia will arrive at auction on September 20 in London. More than 600 items valued at more than $4.6m will be auctioned at Prop Store’s annual sale of iconic movie and television memorabilia, including Marty McFly’s hoverboard from Back to the Future II (estimate: $39,000 to $66,000); Tyler Durden’s Fight Club robe (estimate: $13,000 to $19,000); the jacket Arnold Schwarzenegger wore in the original Terminator (estimated at 26,000 to $39,000); the corset Michelle Pfeiffer wore as Catwoman in Batman Returns (estimate: $3,000 to $6,000). Harrison Ford’s fedora from Raiders, the first film of that franchise, is expected to attract bids as high as $400,000. But the most hyped item by far is the grey jacket, also worn by Ford, in 1980’s The Empire Strikes Back. It will be the firs...
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