Superman’s cape and Bilbo’s pipe up for grabs in Hollywood auction

The movie props are part of a blockbuster sale of memorabilia going under the hammer in Beverly Hills next week

Other items include a jacket worn by William Shatner’s Captain Kirk and props from ‘Gone with the Wind’, ‘Jurassic Park’ and ‘Forrest Gump’

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An original cape worn by actor Christopher Reeve in the 1978 ‘Superman’ film is displayed at Julien's Auctions. Photo: AFP

Published: 9:42am, 14 Dec 2019Updated: 9:42am, 14 Dec 2019

Superman’s very first cape and Bilbo Baggins’ pipe are each forecast to raise US$100,000-$200,000 at a blockbuster auction of rare Hollywood memorabilia next week.

The props from Christopher Reeve’s Superman and the Lord of the Rings trilogy will headline Monday’s sale of some 400 cinephile items at Julien’s Auctions in Los Angeles.

A pipe used by actor Ian Holm as the hobbit Bilbo Baggins in the 2001 film ‘The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring’ is being sold. Photo: AFP

Spokesman Jason DeBord said it was “very rare to have something that is identifiable” surviving from the first Superman film in 1978.

“It is such a beloved film – Christopher Reeve was amazing. There has never been a Superman like him,” he said. “It can go for just a couple hundred thousand dollars; it can go for half a million dollars.”

Actor Dan Aykroyd's original jumpsuit from the 1989 film Ghostbusters II is also up for auction. Photo: AFP