Debbie Reynolds isn’t just a legendary screen actress. She’s also an avid collector and protector of some of Hollywood’s most cherished movie items, from the hat Scarlett O’Hara wears in “Gone with the Wind” to Gene Kelly’s wool herringbone suit from “Singin’ in the Rain.”
Now, Reynolds is selling her entire collection in a three-stage process starting June 1 courtesy of Profiles in History. Among the items up for grabs will be one of Charlie Chaplin’s famous bowler hats and the gingham dress word by Judy Garland in the initial filming stages of “The Wizard of Oz.”
Arguably the biggest item on the block is the “Subway dress” Marilyn Monroe wore so memorably in “The Seven Year Itch.” The dress could fetch up to $2 million.
Reynolds’ collection contains more than 3,500 costumes, 20,000 original photographs, several thousand original movie posters, original costume sketches and hundreds of key props from film history.
“I heard the news that MGM was going to sell their inventory of costumes and props,” Reynolds says in a statement regarding how she started collecting, “I went everyday for weeks and focused on purchasing the costumes and props of Academy Award winning films. It soon turned into an obsession. Until now! I’ve concluded that my dream of having a museum cannot be fulfilled, so I have decided to share my fabulous collection with other collectors.”
This humble film blogger lacks the resources to add one of these goodies to my movie room, but perhaps there are deeper pocketed film fans willing to pony up for a piece of movie lore.
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