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‘Cheers’ bar sells for $675,000 at auction of TV treasures

The bar from “Cheers” and other items from the series are displayed before the weekend’s auction in Irving, Texas. (Tony Gutierrez/AP)

DALLAS — The bar from the television series “Cheers” sold for $675,000 over the weekend, garnering the highest bid among the nearly 1,000 props, costumes and sets from classic TV shows offered up at an auction.

Heritage Auctions said that the items sold during its three-day event that wrapped up Sunday in Dallas brought in over $5 million. James Comisar, who had amassed the collection over more than three decades. has said that after his dream of creating a museum to house the items failed to come together, it was time for them to go to fans to enjoy.

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