In 2006, Andy Warhol’s signature silver wig sold for $10,800 during his estate’s first auction since his 1987 death.
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Audrey Hepburn’s personal working script from “Breakfast at #movies ” sold for $811,615 at an auction of her personal items in 2018.
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A 1927 “Metropolis” movie poster, one of only four known to exist, was purchased by a private collector for $690,000 in 2005.
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A General Lee 1969 Charger from “The Dukes of Hazzard,” owned by actor John Schneider, sold for a whopping $9,900,500 on eBay in 2007.
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Darth Vader’s helmet worn by actor David Prowse in “Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back” sold to an anonymous bidder for $898,420.
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Mrs Lily Safra collection: $ 37.9 million: Formerly the collection of the Countess du Boisrouvrary, the profits from this 70 lot sale were donated to 32 charitable institutions.
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Duchess of Windsor collection: $50.3 million: Over the course of their 35 year marriage, the besotted Duke gifted her a remarkable array of pieces from the world’s premier fine jewellery houses, including Cartier, Suzanne Belperron and Van Cleef & Arpels.
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Elizabeth Taylor collection: $137,235,575: included pieces by the venerable Bulgari, David Webb, Cartier, Van Cleef & Arpels and JAR. The La Peregrina, a 16th-century pearl necklace fetched $11.8 million and set the record for a pearl piece.
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a lock of hair belonging to the King of Rock n’ Roll, Elvis Presley sold for €1,300. The lock, which is in pristine condition, had been saved by Elvis’ personal barber, Homer Gill Gilleland, who toured with Elvis for more than 20 years.
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Air from a Kanye West concert was once again fortunately not sold for $60,100. These were a couple of Zip-Loc bags of air from Kanye’s Yeezus tour in 2013-14.
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When Britney shaved her head in 2007, Esther’s Haircutting Studio in Tarzana, Calif where she had gone for her haircut, put up her locks for sale for $1m.
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The violin belonged to Wallace Hartley, who played the violin as the Titanic was sinking, and was also amongst the ones who died in the tragedy, sold for £900,000 within 10 minutes at an auction which took place in 2013 in Wiltshire.
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