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Wizard of Oz lion costume sells for $3m | |
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The Cowardly Lion costume from classic 1939 film The Wizard of Oz has sold for more than $3m (£1.9m) at an auction in New York. | |
The famous outfit went for $3.07m (£1.95m) at a Bonham's auction of Hollywood memorabilia on Monday. | |
The costume had been authenticated as the one Bert Lahr wore in more than a dozen scenes in the film. Its face is a sculpted likeness of the late actor. | |
The outfit was made out of real lion hide. | |
Other items that went under the hammer included a piano from 1942 film Casablanca, which sold for $2.9m (£1.85m). | |
The instrument was sold along with more than 30 items from the World War II drama. | |
Pianist Sam, played by Dooley Wilson, sang As Time Goes By in the movie for actors Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman. | Pianist Sam, played by Dooley Wilson, sang As Time Goes By in the movie for actors Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman. |
The piano, one of two used in the film, had been owned by Los Angeles dentist Gary Milan. | |
Dr Milan said the piano came with chewing gum under the keyboard, but that the owner of the fingerprint embedded in it was unknown. | |
The piano featured prominently in the Oscar-winning film, which was largely set in the Moroccan port city of Casablanca. | |
In one famous scene, Bogart uses the piano as a hiding place for illegal transit papers. | |
The 'letters of transit' were also sold at auction, fetching more than $100,000 (£63,700). | |
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