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Props to whoever has the cash to buy Indiana Jones s fedora
By AFP
Los Angeles â Fans who can t wait to see the next
Indiana Jones film can bid to own his iconic fedora next month â if they have perhaps a cool $250 000 (about R3.5 million ) to spare.
The custom-made hat worn by Harrison Ford in 1984 action classic
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom will go on sale in Hollywood from June 29, for an estimated $150 000-$250 000.
Film-makers commissioned the archaeologist s fedora from London hatter Herbert Johnson a year before the film was shot, said Prop Store auction house chief operations officer Brandon Alinger.
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A fedora worn by Harrison Ford in Indiana Jones And The Temple Of Doom could whip up bids of as much as £176,000 when it goes under the hammer.
The wisecracking archaeologist’s trademark hat is part of a trove of Hollywood memorabilia up for auction next month at a Prop Store event in Los Angeles.
Organisers expect the over 1,200 rare TV and film items to fetch more than £4.4 million.
A fedora worn by Harrison Ford in an Indiana Jones film is going under the hammer (Prop Store/PA)
Among the items going under the hammer are the wand and eyeglasses made for Daniel Radcliffe during production of wizarding blockbusters Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows parts one and two.
Indiana Jones’ fedora is expected to whip up bids of up to $249,000 in Hollywood auction alongside 1,200 items of rare memorabilia including Harry Potter s glasses and Carrie Fisher s The Empire Strikes Back script
Organisers hope to whip up bids of up to $249,000 for Indiana Jones fedora and expect the 1,200 rare TV and film memorabilia to fetch more than $6.2 million
Other items going under the hammer include Harry Potter s wand and glasses, a R2-SHP Star Wars droid, and a heavily annotated The Empire Strikes Back script
The golf cart used by Brad Pitt s Cliff Booth in Once Upon A Time. In Hollywood, and Sean Connery s James Bond screen-matched suit jacket will also be sold