A Hollywood auction featuring Michael Keaton's Batman costume and dinosaurs from the Jurassic Park movies has proved a huge success and raised a $4.1 million. The 31st Profiles In History auction’s top seller was a rare King Kong six-foot film poster, one of only three known to exist, which sold for $345,000 which was over $100,000 more than the reserve price. Other hits at the event included the Batman costume worn by Keaton in Batman Returns, which was snapped up by a superhero fan for $103,500, with Charles Middleton’s Ming The Merciless cape from 1936 movie classic Flash Gordon selling for $115,000.Saturday, March 29, 2008
BATMAN COSTUME BRINGS IN BIG BUCKS
A Hollywood auction featuring Michael Keaton's Batman costume and dinosaurs from the Jurassic Park movies has proved a huge success and raised a $4.1 million. The 31st Profiles In History auction’s top seller was a rare King Kong six-foot film poster, one of only three known to exist, which sold for $345,000 which was over $100,000 more than the reserve price. Other hits at the event included the Batman costume worn by Keaton in Batman Returns, which was snapped up by a superhero fan for $103,500, with Charles Middleton’s Ming The Merciless cape from 1936 movie classic Flash Gordon selling for $115,000.
