When most individuals consider Indiana Jones, the primary picture that pops up is Harrison Ford sporting his signature fedora. The hat turned an iconic character itself throughout the franchise, gaining a tag line on 1989’s poster for The Last Crusade: “The person with the hat is again!” Indy was even keen to danger his life to seize his signature accent, snagging it again from beneath a descending door in 1984’s Temple of Doom.
So it got here as no shock that Propstore, a movie and TV memorabilia firm, revealed it had bought one in every of Indiana Jones’ screen-and-photo-matched fedoras for an impressive $630,000. Whereas Indiana Jones wore a number of fedoras all through the 5 movies, this explicit topper was from The Temple of Doom.
Propstore’s backstory on the hat notes it was crafted by the Herbert Johnson Hat Firm in London, and was designed by Johnson with Temple of Doom costume designers Anthony Powell and Joanna Johnston. It’s a barely tweaked design in comparison with the hat seen in Raiders of the Misplaced Ark, and in accordance with the public sale home, it “matches movie photographs, manufacturing stills, and behind-the-scenes footage of Ford within the village set on location in Sri Lanka, within the mine cart chase shot at Elstree Studios, and within the river sequence shot within the U.S. The hat was additionally worn by the late stunt performer Dean Ferrandini.”
The public sale catalog offers this detailed description: “The fedora is fabricated from sable-colored rabbit felt and encompasses a darkish brown ribbon and a leather-based sweatband imprinted with the Herbert Johnson Hat Firm title and deal with, in addition to a tag marked dimension 7 1/4 (dimension 59 European.) The sweatband is notably stamped with the initials ‘I J’ in gold, a function utilized particularly to the hats Herbert Johnson made for the three authentic installments of the Indiana Jones saga. It additionally options some make-up residue on the entrance of the sweatband. The model, placement, and dimension of the markings are all in step with different identified genuine examples of Temple of Doom fedoras.”
The hat was beforehand owned by Ferrandini, who died final yr, and the public sale lot additionally included unpublished images of Ferrandini in his Indiana Jones costumes and a letter of authenticity signed by his spouse.
Propstore’s present public sale of leisure memorabilia comprises greater than 1,400 extra heaps—together with extra Indiana Jones curios, akin to this unsettling “Roasted Pig and Piglets Banquet Dish” prop from a deleted Temple of Doom scene—and runs by August 18. individuals can place bids on-line or by way of phone by visiting https://propstore.com/liveauction.
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