Superman’s cape is on sale 

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Are you a fan of superman? If yes, then there’s a good news for you. His very first original cape is on sale. But no, your monthly allowance and piggy bank won’t do. The object of your desire would most probably be sold anywhere between Rs70,00,000and Rs1,50,00,000. This Superman's very first cape and Bilbo Baggins' pipe would be at a blockbuster auction of rare Hollywood memorabilia next week. The props from Christopher Reeve's "Superman" and the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy will headline the sale of some 400 cinephile items at Julien's Auctions in Los Angeles. The Bilbo pipe was used by Ian Holm in "The Fellowship of the Ring," and according to the auction house is the only example from the film known to be in collectors' hands. Bilbo used the pipe to blow smoke rings from "the finest weed in the Southfarthing" -- before the hobbit's efforts are upstaged by Gandalf's elaborate, galleon-shaped smoke exhalations. They will go under the hammer alongside the "most important collection" of Star Trek memorabilia ever auctioned, including a jacket worn by William Shatner's Captain Kirk in "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan". Also for sale by the Beverly Hills auctioneer will be items from classics such as "The Maltese Falcon" and "Gone with the Wind" through to 1990s hits "Jurassic Park" and "Forrest Gump." Fun fact According to the comics, Lex Luthor is angry at Superman because he thinks Superman contributed towards the balding of his head when he was a child. The cape on auction William Shatner in Star Trek: Wrath of Khan Bilbo and his pipe

Are you a fan of superman? If yes, then there’s a good news for you. His very first original cape is on sale. But no, your monthly allowance and piggy bank won’t do. The object of your desire would most probably be sold anywhere between Rs70,00,000and Rs1,50,00,000.

This Superman’s very first cape and Bilbo Baggins’ pipe would be at a blockbuster auction of rare Hollywood memorabilia next week.

The props from Christopher Reeve’s “Superman” and the “Lord of the Rings” trilogy will headline the sale of some 400 cinephile items at Julien’s Auctions in Los Angeles.

The Bilbo pipe was used by Ian Holm in “The Fellowship of the Ring,” and according to the auction house is the only example from the film known to be in collectors’ hands.

Bilbo used the pipe to blow smoke rings from “the finest weed in the Southfarthing” — before the hobbit’s efforts are upstaged by Gandalf’s elaborate, galleon-shaped smoke exhalations.

They will go under the hammer alongside the “most important collection” of Star Trek memorabilia ever auctioned, including a jacket worn by William Shatner’s Captain Kirk in “Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan”.

Also for sale by the Beverly Hills auctioneer will be items from classics such as “The Maltese Falcon” and “Gone with the Wind” through to 1990s hits “Jurassic Park” and “Forrest Gump.”

The cape on auction
William Shatner in Star Trek: Wrath of Khan
Bilbo and his pipe

Fun Fact

According to the comics, Lex Luthor is angry at Superman because he thinks Superman contributed towards the balding of his head when he was a child.


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