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December 17, 2019 02:23 pm PST
Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/4Um8v5lwHk0/supermans-cape-just-sold-for.html
Superman's cape just sold for nearly $200,000
Superman's cape, as worn by Christopher Reeve in Superman (1978), sold at auction yesterday for $193,750. From Julien's Auctions:
Includes a copy of Superman #331, which advertises on a banner above the front cover logo YOU COULD BE A WINNER IN THE SECOND SUPERMAN MOVIE CONTEST! Within the comic book is a full-page advertisement for the contest that lists FIRST PRIZE as THE ACTUAL CAPE WORN BY CHRISTOPHER REEVE IN THE FILMING OF SUPERMAN THE MOVIE!..."
Accompanied by nine pages of supporting documents of authenticity, including a letter to the winning recipient of the cape, signed by DC Comics President Sol Harrison and dated February 27, 1978, and a letter from DC Comics Steven Korte to Sothebys, New York, dated October 21, 1997.
Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/4Um8v5lwHk0/supermans-cape-just-sold-for.html
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