Tom Cruise’s ‘Maverick’ helmet among rare items up for auction

Tom Cruise’s Top Gun Helmet, Darth Vader’s costume and Will Ferrell’s Anchorman suit are among a trove of Hollywood items going under the hammer.

More than 850 rare lots are set to be sold during Prop Store’s Entertainment Memorabilia Live Auction in Los Angeles next month.

The fighter pilot helmet worn by Cruise in his role as Pete “Maverick” Mitchell in 1986 action movie Top Gun is estimated to fetch between £40,000£56,000.

A Darth Vader promotional costume from the 1977 original Star Wars has a guide price of between £120,000£199,000, while an 11-foot filming model of the Nostromo starship from 1979 horror film Alien could sell for between £239,000-£398,000.

Indiana Jones fans will have the chance to snap up a piece of franchise history, if they are prepared to whip out the estimated £80,000-£120,000 that it will cost to buy the staff of Ra headpiece from Raiders Of The Lost Ark.

Viewers who prefer modern movies may be attracted by items on offer from Quentin Tarantino’s Oscar-winning ode to the film industry Once Upon A Time... In Hollywood.

The yellow 1966 Cadillac DeVille belonging to Leonardo DiCaprio’s struggling actor Rick Dalton is estimated to fetch between £36,000-£44,000.

The blue Karmann Ghia featured in the same film has a guide price of between £16,000-£24,000.

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

Also up for sale are items from films such as The Hunger Games, The Outlaw Josey Wales and The Godfather: Part II.

Picture: PA The helmet worn by Tom Cruise in 1986 movie Top Gun is estimated to fetch between £40,000£56,000.