Pieces of Hollywood memorabilia are often bought up by film aficionados at ridiculously high prices. This is so that they can hold cinematic history in their hands and pretend that they are part of the movie it represents. Now Steve McQueen's driving suit from the 1971 film Le Mans has been sold at a Profiles in History auction for $984,000.
So, if you see someone donning the infamous white attire, just make sure the car they are driving in isn't an embarrassment to the Steve McQueen's legacy.
The driving suit was estimated to be sold in the region of $200,000 - $300,000 but ended up fetching $984,000. McQueen wore the Hinchman Nomex racing suit when he played Michael Delaney in the 1971 action film that was directed by Lee H. Katzin. For almost 40 years, the suit was owned by Timothy Davies who won the piece of clothing as a 12 year old boy from a studio-sponsored contest.
Other Le Mans memorabilia to be sold at the auction included The Porsche that McQueen drove in the film, which was sold for a cool $1.25 million.
More infamous pieces of film history to be sold included one of seven DeLorean cars that were used in the Back to the Future trilogy which sold for $541,000, well within it's estimate of $400,000-$600,000. Michael J. Fox drove this particular car through a drive-in screen and landed him in the middle of a battle between Indians and the U.S Cavalry in the third instalment of the Back to the Future series.
Further items that were put up for auction included the couch used on Friends, Marilyn Monroe's invitation to JFK's Birthday celebration, Marilyn Monroe's wedding band from Joe DiMaggio and the pair of ruby slippers from the Wizard of Oz.
For those of you interested in purchasing any of these items you'll need to save up all of your pocket money as most of these items are going for around $500,000.
