11:23 pm - 11/12/2012
Judy Garland's Wizard of Oz dress fetches $480,000 The buyer of the dress has not been identified.
A dress worn by Judy Garland in the Wizard of Oz has sold for $480,000 (£302,000) at auction in Beverly Hills.
The price for the blue and white gingham pinafore dress was in line with expectations, Julien's Auctions said.
A similar dress worn during tests for the classic 1939 film fetched $910,000 (£572,500) in 2011, Reuters reports.
Auctioneer Darren Julien said the difference in price was due to the fact that fewer versions of the test dress were made.
Neither dress fetched anywhere near the $4.6m (£2.8m) spent last year on Marilyn Monroe's white "subway dress" from the 1955 film The Seven Year Itch, and the $3.7m (£2.3m) taken for Audrey Hepburn's Ascot dress from My Fair Lady.
The Wizard of Oz dress was made by the famous MGM costume designer Adrian Greenberg, who was commonly known simply as Adrian.
The buyer has not been identified.
However, Judy Garland's dress was not the only highlight of the two-day Hollywood Icons auction.
A green floral dress worn by Julie Andrews in The Sound of Music fetched $38,400 (£24,150); a racing jacket belonging to Steve McQueen sold for $50,000 (£31,500) and a purple wool skirt worn by Marilyn Monroe during the making of the 1954 film River of No Return went for the same amount.
Meanwhile, $1,375 (£865) was paid each for a slice of wedding cake from both Prince William and Kate Middleton's wedding and the 1981 wedding of Prince Charles and Princess Diana.
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Judy Garland's Wizard of Oz dress makes 480k
Judy Garland's Wizard of Oz dress fetches $480,000 The buyer of the dress has not been identified.
A dress worn by Judy Garland in the Wizard of Oz has sold for $480,000 (£302,000) at auction in Beverly Hills.
The price for the blue and white gingham pinafore dress was in line with expectations, Julien's Auctions said.
A similar dress worn during tests for the classic 1939 film fetched $910,000 (£572,500) in 2011, Reuters reports.
Auctioneer Darren Julien said the difference in price was due to the fact that fewer versions of the test dress were made.
Neither dress fetched anywhere near the $4.6m (£2.8m) spent last year on Marilyn Monroe's white "subway dress" from the 1955 film The Seven Year Itch, and the $3.7m (£2.3m) taken for Audrey Hepburn's Ascot dress from My Fair Lady.
The Wizard of Oz dress was made by the famous MGM costume designer Adrian Greenberg, who was commonly known simply as Adrian.
The buyer has not been identified.
However, Judy Garland's dress was not the only highlight of the two-day Hollywood Icons auction.
A green floral dress worn by Julie Andrews in The Sound of Music fetched $38,400 (£24,150); a racing jacket belonging to Steve McQueen sold for $50,000 (£31,500) and a purple wool skirt worn by Marilyn Monroe during the making of the 1954 film River of No Return went for the same amount.
Meanwhile, $1,375 (£865) was paid each for a slice of wedding cake from both Prince William and Kate Middleton's wedding and the 1981 wedding of Prince Charles and Princess Diana.
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Which movie costume or prop would you most like, ontd?
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I bid on this from that same auction lot but didn't win
http://www.julienslive.com/view-auction
If I could have any movie costume, I'd want... any gown Adrian made for Marie Antoinette.
If I were super rich I'd go fucking nuts at these auctions. I'd also never get off eBay. Most sellers totally overprice their vintage clothes but whatever. I'd be rich.
Edited at 2012-11-12 11:46 pm (UTC)
a lot of times, the costumes from that time period weren't exactly the most flattering colors in real life-- but they were the colors that worked best in black and white film.
my mom used to love to give me that lecture whenever we'd watch an old movie or tv show-- she'd be like, "did you know that dress was actually a really ugly green color?" hahaha.
Do you think 4 is too young to see it cause Im thinking about taking my niece.
However, my dad saw it when he was about that age (back in the late 1940s) and was terrified of the witch and never really recovered lol
I don't think 4 is too young, I was all over it at 4 tbh.
Grace Kelly's entire wardrobe in Rear Window
Edit: I want Jean Harlow's pajamas fron Dinner at Eight, I would sit around smoke pot and eat bonbons while wearing it
My husband said he would buy me anything Lana Turner wore in the Postman Always Rings Twice <3
Edited at 2012-11-12 11:58 pm (UTC)
Or that white dress Audrey wore in Sabrina, GUHHH.
Edited at 2012-11-12 11:50 pm (UTC)