• 07/08/2022
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The Indiana Jones hat and a Star Wars droid auction in Los Angeles<

Fans who can no longer wait for the next Indiana Jones in the cinema can wait by offering their famous hat, auction next month in Hollywood.

The tail-made headgear for Harrison Ford, who carried it in 1984 in "Indiana Jones and the Cursed Temple", will be on sale on June 29, with an estimated price between 150,000 and 250,000 dollars.

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The hat had been commanded by production at the prestigious London hatter Herbert Johnson a year before the start of the shooting, specifies the director of the Prop Store sales house, Brandon Alderger.

"They did not just enter the store and take a hat on a shelf.They combined the characteristics of certain hats to do what has become the hats of Indiana Jones, probably today one of the most recognizable all films, "he said.

Harrison Ford, 78, must regain his role as an adventurous archaeologist next summer for the last episode of the saga.

Le chapeau d’Indiana Jones et un droïde de Star Wars aux enchères à Los Angeles

In total, more than 1,200 emblematic pieces of Hollywood will be put up for sale in June and July, including the scenario of Carrie Fisher, the actress who embodied Princess Leïa, for "the Empire counter-attack" and the saber brandished byTom Cruise in "The Last Samurai".

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The golf cart driven by Brad Pitt in "Once Upon a Time...In Hollywood ”will rub shoulders with the magic wand and the glasses used by Daniel Radcliffe in the last two episodes of Harry Potter, given by the Warner Bros studios and whose product product will go to charities.

According to M.Alderger, the film's relics are increasingly fashionable and their value increases for collectors."Pieces like the Stormtrooper helmets that have been sold in the past, we see that they have set up in recent sales, because more and more people are aware that they can be collected or investing" inStar Wars costumes, he said.

Last year, a Dark Vader outfit used for the promotion of the legendary film by George Lucas went to 287,500 dollars.

A "remote-controlled droid" R2-SHP model, from the latest film "Star Wars", could reach 120,000 dollars during the sale organized by Prop Store.

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