The Traditional ‘Batman’ Costumes Offered for $1 Million and We Hope One Particular person 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 shiny, colourful costumes within the minds of comedian e book 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 would possibly anticipate with gadgets 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, similar to a number of unique Star Trek costumes (a Captain Kirk Starfleet uniform and an alternate one he wore in “Mirror, Mirror” bought 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 bought for, in accordance with the Hollywood Reporter:

• Batman (Adam West) and Robin (Burt Ward), bought 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 imagine Batgirl bought for greater than Catwoman? Certain, the costume is slightly brighter and extra concerned nevertheless it’s the freaking costume Julie Newmar wore as Catwoman. Not that nearly $70,000 is a quantity to shrug off.

Anyway, including up these totals, the collected costumes bought for $989,500, very near $1 million. And all we’re considering is, we actually hope one individual bought all of those. That’s most likely not the case, but when I’m spending like $100,000 on a dressing up like this, I can most likely afford $1 million. And I feel proudly owning simply certainly 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 may see above, the Batman TV present wasn’t the one iconic superhero costume of the period that Dr. Berkowitz owned. Linda Carter’s Surprise Lady costume additionally bought on the public sale for $225,000.

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