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$100k For Kenobi's Cloak

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the gonk-still-in-dumpster dept.

dws90 writes "The cloak worn by Sir Alec Guinness when he played Obi-Wan Kenobi in the Star Wars original trilogy has been sold at a TV and Cinema auction. The cloak sold for £54,000, which is about $103,923 according to Google calculator. According to the article, the cloak was missing for nearly 30 years, during which it was rented out to a number of other films, including the Mummy. It was found two years ago, and has been part of a film memorabilia exhibition in London since then. The cloak sold for more than any of the other movie costumes the article listed, beating out Sean Connery's dinner jacket from Thunderball and a helmet worn by Terry Jones in Monty Python and the Holy Grail."

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  1. Dr Who scarf by Rob+T+Firefly · · Score: 4, Informative

    I know I'm a sad fanboy for pointing this out, but the "Doctor Who" scarf pictured in the article and purported to be part of Tom Baker's costume, looks nothing like any of the scarves he wore on the show.

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  2. McCoy's costume sold for more by Brian+Cohen · · Score: 5, Informative

    The article implies that this broke some sort of record, but the article fails to mention the space suit worn by Dr. McCoy wore in "The Tholian Web" that sold for $144,000 at the Christie's Star Trek auction.

  3. Dr Who items also sold by acroyear · · Score: 4, Informative

    Outpost Gallifrey is reporting that several original Dr. Who costumes were sold in the same auction, and Tom Baker's coat and scarf took in over 24000 GBP. Other Doctors' costumes took between 1000 and 8000 GBP each.

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  4. $100k For Kenobi's Cloak by Kortegaard · · Score: 5, Informative


    Ahhhh, but the oldies are the goodies.

    Judy's red slippers in Wizard of Oz stepped away for $666,000

  5. Re:Is it really real? by Maximum+Prophet · · Score: 3, Informative

    Good point. Many movie props have many duplicates, in case one gets damaged, or if one is planned to be damaged during filming. After the fact, it'd be very difficult to tell which was the one that was really filmed, and which was a standby prop.

    I have some friends that have an actual Yoda. It most definitly isn't the one that made it to film, it's more like a pre-production prototype. (looks just like him tho)

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