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Kenobi's Robe Goes For £54,000
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Melissa Wilson
 
By Melissa Wilson
Published on 03/6/2007
 
Bonham's auction house in London has finished up an auction of fan and movie memorabilia ...

Tom Baker's Who Clothes Fetch £24,600
Bonham's auction house in London has finished up an auction of fan and movie memorabilia created by Angels the Costumers, reports BBC News. A cloak worn by Sir Alec Guinness in the first "Star Wars" film sold for £54,000. The cloak had gone missing for thirty years, lost in the records and gone on loan to other films, including 1999's "The Mummy." The cloak was expected to fetch around £40,000.

The clothes worn by Tom Baker, the fourth Doctor and arguably the most iconic of the classic Doctors, sold for £24,600, twelve times its expected price. A dinner jacket worn by Sir Sean Connery in the James Bond movie "Thunderball" was sold for £30,900. Batman and Robin costumes worn in Only Fools and Horses sold for an impressive £10,200. A metal helmet from "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" brought in £11,100. Also included in the auction were costumes worn in the "Indiana Jones" films and the "Harry Potter" series.

If you, like us, were not among the lucky winners, don't fret. Surely half the treasures will reappear on eBay within a week.