A trademark bowler hat and cane once owned by Charlie Chaplin sold for €74,910, at a Hollywood auction where Whitney Houston gowns and gems also went under the hammer.
The bamboo walking cane once owned by the silent-era comedy icon went for €31,462 − considerably more than the €22,473 reserve price − while the trademark hat was snapped up for €43,447 on the second day of the two-day sale.
A riding coat worn by Clark Gable in Gone with the Wind sold for €43,148 nearly four times its reserve price, while Charlton Heston’s robe from The Ten Commandments fetched €49,755 and his other items €33,559.
On Saturday, fans and collectors had snapped up a selection of gowns, stage clothes and jewellery belonging to Whitney Houston, weeks after the Grammy-winning star’s shock death aged only 48.
Prices reached more than five times their reserve on some items, including two pairs of earrings worn in the 1992 film The Bodyguard for €2,097 and €5,273.
The Houston effects were on offer on the first of a two-day Hollywood Legends sale at Julien’s Auctions in Beverly Hills − just down the road from where the singer died on February 11. A stage-worn beaded bustier went under the hammer for €14,382, more than three times its estimate, while a brown satin vest from The Bodyguard sold for €2,636.
A small wardrobe’s worth of dresses were pounced on by eager buyers, including one grey velvet gown which sold for €8,629.
She died in her hotel room bathroom on the eve of the music industry’s annual Grammys show in Los Angeles.
Other items sold at the two-day sale included a Christopher Reeve costume from Superman IV: The Quest for Peace, which went for €26,368.
A dress worn by Princess Diana in 1992 − a beaded pewter chiffon evening gown by designer Catherine Walker − sold for €80,902.