LIGHTS, CAMERA, AUCTION!

Iconic props from big screen classics set to be sold for £5million

THEY are the stuff of movie legend – Tom Cruise’s Top Gun helmet, Darth Vader’s sinister costume and Rocky Balboa’s boxing gloves.

And now they are going on sale – but film fans will have to dig deep if they want to own some of these Hollywood treasures.

More than 850 lots are set to be sold at Prop Store’s Entertainment Memorabilia Live Auction in Los Angeles next month. They are expected to fetch more than £4.8million in total.

The pilot helmet worn by Cruise in his role as Pete ‘Maverick’ Mitchell in 1986 action movie Top Gun is estimated to sell for between £40,000 to £56,000.

For Star Wars fans there is a Darth Vader promotional costume from the 1977 original film – with a guide price of between £120,200 to £200,400.

Viewers who prefer modern movies may be attracted by items on offer from Quentin Tarantino’s Oscar- winning Once Upon A Time.... In Hollywood, including a yellow 1966 Cadillac DeVille which is estimated to fetch between £36,000 to £44,100.

Will Ferrell’s blue suit from 2004 comedy Anchorman: The Legend Of Ron Burgundy is predicted to sell for between £2,400 to £4,000.

Also up for sale is Jennifer Lawrence’s costume from The Hunger Games, which has a guide price of £6,400 to £8,000.

Brandon Alinger of Prop Store said: ‘With more than 850 lots from all the classic fan favourite titles, this two-day auction will be an unforgettable experience.’

The live auction, with both online and in-person bids, will take place over two days from August 26.

Suits you: Will Ferrell’s garish twopiece from 2004 comedy Anchorman: The Legend Of Ron Burgundy

Hotshot: Tom Cruise’s fighter pilot helmet and mask from Top Gun, highest grossing film of 1986

Rediscovered treasure: The low-cut dress worn by Keira Knightley in Pirates Of The Caribbean from 2003

Big hitter: Sylvester Stallone punched his way to box office glory with these gloves in 1976 in the first Rocky movie

Combat jacket: Jennifer Lawrence in 2012’s The Hunger Games

Plush: The 1966 Cadillac DeVille driven by Brad Pitt in last year’s Once Upon A Time... In Hollywood

Sinister: Darth Vader’s menacing outfit from the very first Star Wars movie, released in 1977

Dressed to kill: The suit worn by ruthless mafia boss Al Pacino in 1974’s The Godfather Part II