Long before it was popular to do so , Debbie Reynolds collected Hollywood memorabilia . When costume departments were houseclean out their cupboard or repurposing garment for a fresh moving picture , Reynolds would swoop up in and leverage items for her personal collection . Along the way , she has amassed more than 3,500 costume and thousands of prop and costume sketch . Sadly , her museum had to file for failure in 2009 , and as a result , her amazing collection is being auctioned off next hebdomad . Here are a few of the impressive items she have .
1 . Barbra Streisand ’s Au gownfrom Hello , Dolly!It ’s been called the most expensive attire ever made for a motion picture , and with half a pound of real gold used in all of the yarn , I ’m inclined to believe it . It be $ 100,000 to produce back in 1969 and is n’t expected to trade for that ( I bet it does ) . Here it is in action :
If you ’re recollect about bidding , though , you might want to sleep together it ’s no longer the ivory tint it was in the motion picture . " " It ’s become an ecru color because it ’s very , very honest-to-god as you have it off by now , "
Reynolds told Oprah
in February .
OK , it may not be
the
low attire , but it ’s one she used during the first two workweek of cinematography . The "
Arabian " ruby slippers
are also up for sale - they ’re a pair of curled - toed slippers used in tests , but at long last deemed too exotic - looking for Dorothy from Kansas .
5 . Charlie Chaplin ’s derby hat chapeau .
6 . Vivien Leigh ’s green velvet “ drape ” attire hat
from
Gone with the Wind .
Big
.
. Reynolds is also throw off in the guitar used in the scene , which she had Julie Andrews sign relatively recently .
What movie costume would you buy if you had the expendable cash to do so ? For me , it does n’t get any more iconic than the dim Givenchy attire Audrey Hepburn wear upon inBreakfast at Tiffany ’s , but since it sell for $ 1.2 million at a Christie ’s vendue in 2006 … well , it ’s slightly out of my reach .
