A complete Superman costume worn by Christopher Reeve is expected to fetch as much as £500,000 at auction. The famous blue and red suit is one of 1,500 pieces of TV, movie and music memorabilia being put on sale, worth a collective £11 million.
The outfit, which was worn in the original 1979 Superman film as well as its sequels Superman II and Superman III, is expected to fetch between £250,000 and £500,000, according to auctioneers Propstore. Other items in the sale include Darth Vader’s gloves from Star Wars: A New Hope (£150,000 to £250,000) and a Bible used in The Shawshank Redemption by Tim Robbins’s character Andy Dufresne to hide a hammer (£100,000 to £150,000).
Another sought-after item featured in the sale is a first edition of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, one of only 500 hardback versions that were issued with printing errors. It is expected to go for between £100,000 and £150,000.
