Monday, March 03, 2008

World's Largest Pop Culture Auction

Florida real estate dealer, Anthony Pugliese, who for the past 25 years has quietly been putting together what experts call the greatest collection of pop culture artifacts in the world. The Miami mogul has items in his collection that are not only iconic but historic.

Among them:
The gun Jack Ruby used to kill Lee Harvey Oswald in Dallas back in 1963; expected price: US $2-3 million.
Former FBI director J. Edgar Hoover's badge will be sold off, as will rifles that once belonged to Elvis Presley and prop guns from some Hollywood blockbusters.
The original witch's hat worn by Margaret Hamilton in "The Wizard of Oz" ($60,000-80,000, top left); the bullwhip used in the first "Indiana Jones" movie ($50,000-75,000); Odd Job's bowler hat from the James Bond classic "Goldfinger" ($75,000-100,000); Charlie Chaplin's bamboo cane ($5,000-10,000); Christopher Reeve's original Superman costume ($60,000-90,000); Ron Howard's Happy Day's Letterman sweater ($10,000-$15,000); and John F. Kennedy's famous rocking chair ($80-100,000).
Then there's the coat Brandon Lee was wearing when he was accidentally killed during the filming of "The Crow." Expect to fork over $15-$25,000 for the privilege of owning it.

But it doesn't stop there. Also on the eclectic roster of what-once-was: jackets worn by the Three Stooges; a Bob Mackie Cher costume; the coat John Lennon was wearing on the cover of Abbey Road; a note signed by his killer, Mark David Chapman; a wanted poster for Bonnie and Clyde; letters signed by Thomas Edison; a denial of guilt from Charles Manson and one of Liberace's mink coats.

See them here

The auction is scheduled to take place March 15th and 16th.
You can see the lots available at the links below.

John F. Kennedy artifacts

Movie artifacts

TV/Bob Mackie artifacts

Famous guns

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