THE 'DIAMONDS ARE A GIRL'S BEST FRIEND' DRESS WORN BY MARILYN MONROE HAS FETCHED A STAGGERING £213,000 AT AN AUCTION OF WELL-KNOWN FILM PROPS AND COSTUMES. THE STUNNING GOWN, WORN BY THE STAR AS THE GOLD-DIGGING LORELEI LEE IN GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES, TOPPED ITS EXPECTED £170,000. THE AUCTION WAS ONE OF THE LARGEST TO HAVE BEEN IN HOLLYWOOD WITH 1,500 ITEMS UP FOR SALE. OTHER ITEMS BEING SOLD INCLUDED THE WICKED WITCH OF THE WEST HAT WORN BY MARGARET HAMILTON IN THE ICONIC FILM THE WIZARD OF OZ, WHICH FETCHED £137,420, AND THE HOLY GRAIL FROM THE INDIANA JONES AND THE LAST CRUSADE, WHICH SOLD FOR £10,993. THE AUCTION FEATURED SEVERAL ITEMS OF STAR WARS MEMORABILIA, AN X-WING FIGHTER FILMING MINIATURE FROM STAR WARS: EPISODE IV A NEW HOPE, FETCHED £65,274, THE FIRST TIME ONE HAS EVER BEEN AVAILABLE FOR AUCTION. THE BOTTOMLESS CARPET BAG USED BY JULIE ANDREWS IN DISNEY'S MARY POPPINS WAS SOLD FOR £8,000. IT WAS DESCRIBED AS 'ONE OF THE MOST CHARISMATIC AND ICONIC PIECES OF FILM HISTORY'. THE FACE OF BALOK, WHICH APPEARED IN THE CLOSING CREDITS OF MOST EPISODES OF STAR TREK: THE ORIGINAL SERIES, FETCHED £48,000, TWICE THE EXPECTED PRICE. JOHNNY DEPP'S SCISSOR HANDS FROM TIM BURTON'S EDWARD SCISSORHANDS WENT FOR £18,885, WHILE THE ACTOR'S JACK SPARROW JACKET FROM PIRATES FROM THE CARIBBEAN SOLD FOR £12,367. THE PREDATOR MASK AND 6ft 9in COSTUME FROM PREDATOR SOLD FOR £54,968 AND A RARE ALIEN FROM RIDLEY SCOTT'S 1979 ALIEN FETCHED £41,226. THE HEAD WAS DESIGNED AND CREATED BY SWISS ARTIST HR GIGER, WHO WON AN ACADEMY AWARD FOR HIS DESIGNS FOR THE LANDMARK FILM. THE PROFILES IN HISTORY AUCTION TOOK PLACE IN LOS ANGELES FROM 10-12.JUNE.
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