The spacesuit from 2001: A Space Odyssey , K-2000's car and Superman's cape were on display at an exceptional auction.
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Julien's Auctions is very excited to bring this iconic costume from Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey to auction today! As one of the most culturally significant artifacts that we've ever brought to auction, this spacesuit - with its iconic, multi-scene and color helmet and original MGM shipping crate - was made for and used in Stanley Kubrick's masterpiece, 2001: A Space Odyssey (MGM, 1968), which won many Academy Awards and is regarded as one of the most important films ever produced. The spacesuit is an amalgamation of components worn by different actors and in many scenes throughout the film. This is highlighted by a helmet featuring four distinct layers of paint (a base of color of white, then green, then yellow, and lastly in its present color of white), indicating that it was used in different scenes by multiple actors and representing a number of characters. This nearly complete costume is of the lunar type in its present state (silver body suit, blue back pack, white helmet). This suit appears to be original in silver (never repainted). However, due to the layering of paint, the helmet appears to have been employed as a lunar type, then two of the four Discovery types (green and then yellow; the other colors / types being red and blue), then as a lunar type again. This helmet has a textured strip of tape inside with "HELMET A" written across in red. Most notably, the base green layer of paint seen in chips, cracks, and green overspray throughout the helmet surface suggest that it may have been the very helmet worn by Keir Dullea, who portrayed Dr. Dave Bowman (the lead astronaut on the film's Discovery mission to Jupiter) in the sequence in which he reenters antechamber of the Discovery surrounded by banks of circuit breakers leading to the "brain room" and logic center to “kill” HAL in one of the most famous science fiction scenes of all time (" Stop Dave. Stop Dave. I am afraid. I am afraid Dave. "). #JuliensAuctions #Auction #SpaceOdyssey #StanleyKubrick #SpaceSuit #HAL #SciFi #ArthurCClarke # 1960s # 60s #Costume #Iconic #ScienceFiciton #Hollywood
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This sale dedicated to Hollywood memorabilia called The Hollywood: Legends & Explorers was organized by Julien's Auction last week and brought together nearly 900 objects, some of which can be considered as real treasures in the history of cinema. For example, the famous jumpsuit immortalized in Stanley Kubrick's masterpiece was snatched for a sum of $ 370,000 according to NME.
So much memories
Besides that, the cape worn by Christopher Reeves in the first two feature film adaptations of Superman (in 1978 and 1980) was purchased for $ 110,000.
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SOLD for $ 110,000! Christopher Reeve's Wire & Zoptic "Flying & Mechanical" cape worn in Superman & Superman II! Sold in our "Hollywood: Legends & Explorers" auction taking place live online at www.JuliensLive.com! #JuliensAuctions #Hollywood #Auction #Superman #ChristopherReeve #DCComics
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SOLD for $ 192,000! KITT Knight Rider 1982 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am! Sold in our "Hollywood: Legends & Explorers" auction taking place live online at www.JuliensLive.com! #JuliensAuctions #Hollywood #Auction #Space #SciFi #Memorabilia #Film #Television #KITT
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Lastly, one of the 1982 Pontiac Firebird Trans Ams used in K-2000 and signed by David Hasselhoff found a taker alongside a pipe used by Ian Holm when he played Bilbo Baggins in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring . Impossible not to be nostalgic!
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SOLD for $ 28,200! Sir Ian Holmes' "Bilbo Baggins" pipe from Lord of the Rings! Sold in our "Hollywood: Legends & Explorers" auction taking place live online at www.JuliensLive.com! #JuliensAuctions #Hollywood #Auction #LordOfTheRings #BilboBaggins #SirIanHolm
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