The Traditional ‘Batman’ Costumes Bought for $1 Million and We Hope One Individual Purchased Them All

Within the pantheon of superhero costumes, few are as recognizable or iconic as these from the 1960s Batman TV show. Although it solely ran for a couple of years and had just one movie adaptation, reruns all through the a long time since have cemented these brilliant, colourful costumes within the minds of comedian guide followers in every single place. Final week, a number of of the original costumes from the present went up for public sale, and, as one may count on with objects so historic, they went for some huge cash.

Final week, Heritage Auctions hosted an occasion promoting the gathering of the late Dr. Stewart Berkowitz, who had fairly the treasure trove. We previously covered some of the items for sale, equivalent to a number of unique Star Trek costumes (a Captain Kirk Starfleet uniform and an alternate one he wore in “Mirror, Mirror” offered for $62,500 and $52,500, respectively), however Berkowitz additionally had the motherlode of Batman costumes. He had Adam West’s Batman, Burt Ward’s Robin, Cesar Romero’s Joker, Yvonne Craig’s Batgirl, Julie Newmar’s Catwoman, and Burgess Meredith’s Penguin. Right here’s how a lot every of these offered for, based on the Hollywood Reporter:

• Batman (Adam West) and Robin (Burt Ward), offered as a set: $575,000
• Joker (Cesar Romero): $212,000
• Batgirl (Yvonne Craig): $87,500
• Catwoman (Julie Newmar): $68,750
• Penguin (Burgess Meredith): $46,250

Are you able to consider Batgirl offered for greater than Catwoman? Positive, the costume is a little bit brighter and extra concerned nevertheless it’s the freaking costume Julie Newmar wore as Catwoman. Not that just about $70,000 is a quantity to shrug off.

Anyway, including up these totals, the collected costumes offered for $989,500, very near $1 million. And all we’re considering is, we actually hope one particular person acquired all of those. That’s most likely not the case, but when I’m spending like $100,000 on a fancy dress like this, I can most likely afford $1 million. And I believe proudly owning simply considered one of these costumes would really feel incomplete. Listed below are a couple of of the pictures from the public sale home. Simply think about all these displayed collectively.

Oh, and as you’ll be able to see above, the Batman TV present wasn’t the one iconic superhero costume of the period that Dr. Berkowitz owned. Linda Carter’s Surprise Girl costume additionally offered on the public sale for $225,000.

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