Most expensive movie memorabilia

Earlier this week, a black cocktail dress worn by Marilyn Monroe with an estimated price of £12,000 to £18,000 ended up selling for £211,000 at auction. Not only that, the flying car from 'Chitty Chitty Bang Bang' goes on sale in Beverly Hills this weekend, with the projected price a whopping £730,000! Such hefty valuations inspired us to seek out the most expensive movie memorabilia of all time. If you win EuroMillions on Friday, you know what to spend your money on...

10. James Bond pistol from the poster of 'From Russia with Love', £265,000
The first movie relic to make the top 10 is the Walther pistol featured on the poster for the 1963 James Bond film. Funnily enough, it was never used in the actual flick. Apparently no one thought to bring a gun to the poster's photo-shoot, so Sean Connery had to use a Walther air pistol that belonged to the photographer.

9 — Full-scale terminator model from 'Terminator 2: Judgment Day', £300,000
This full scale T-800 was used in the opening scene of 'Terminator 2: Judgment Day' and is apparently the only model cyborg used any of the films with real metal feet - which surely pushed up the price. Fingers crossed it doesn't become self aware and try to kill Linda Hamilton.

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8 — The flying car from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, £308,000
An avid car collector bought the original flying car from 'Chitty Chitty Bang Bang' in 2000 (disclaimer: it doesn't actually fly). It joined the Batmobile in his (possibly underground) garage - he must have great fun acting out his favourite scenes from both franchises. The iconic auto could soon hit the top 5 in our list if it sells for the £730,000 estimate.

7 — Miniature Starship Enterprise from 'Star Trek: Generations', £350,000
In 2006 one serious Trekkie bought the miniature model of the USS Enterprise-D that appeared in the title sequence for the 'Next Generation' TV show, and later in the 'Star Trek: Generations' movie. The ultra-detailed model was used to produce images of the ship cruising through space, and we assume whoever bought it is doing the same thing in a blacked out room while shouting "schhooom" this very second. Well we would be anyway.

6 — Ruby Slippers from 'The Wizard of Oz', £400,000
The most iconic pair of plimsolls ever was bought in 2000. A genuine piece of Hollywood history, these ruby slippers are one of four surviving pairs used in The Wizard of Oz and set back the buyer a cool £400,000. We can't imagine they would get much wear out of them as they must be a nightmare to resole.

5 — Original 'Metropolis' poster, £420,000
The original poster from silent science fiction classic 'Metropolis' was sold by London's Reel Poster Gallery. There are only four in the world, and one is up at the MOMA… that's how special they are. Made in Germany in 1927, Metropolis is about a futuristic urban dystopia and was the most expensive silent film ever made, costing approximately 5 million Reichsmark.

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4 — Cowardly Lion costume from 'The Wizard of Oz', £500,000
The second 'Wizard of Oz' artefact on the list. One film enthusiast took the chance to net a rather expensive costume for their next fancy dress party and bought the outfit worn by the Bert Lahr in the film. It may not go down too well with animal rights activists though; it's made from real lion pelts. Expect the owner to be splattered with red paint by PETA any day now.

3 — Little black dress from 'Breakfast at Tiffany's', £565,000
Any girl looks a million bucks in a LBD (little black dress), but in this case it's almost literally true. Hubert de Givenchy, who designed it for Audrey Hepburn to wear in the 1961 movie, auctioned off the garment for charity in 2006. It sold for £565,000, making it the most expensive dress in Hollywood. It's worth the cash as conversation starter alone. "Oh this thing? It's only the ACTUAL DRESS AUDREY HEPBURN WORE IN BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S!".

2 — Elvis' car from the film 'Spinout', £750,000
In 2011 one lucky punter stepped into The King's blue suede shoes and got their hands on the 1929 Duesenberg Model J Dual Cowl Phaeton from the 1966 film 'Spinout'. After spending £750,000 on the car, the new owner surely has it locked up in a security garage where they can keep it safe and love it tender…

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1 — 'Goldfinger' Aston Martin, £2.5million
The Aston Martin DB5 used in both 1964's 'Goldfinger' and 1965's 'Thunderball' still had most of the Bond gadgets intact, like front and rear rams, 'machine guns' and an ejector seat button. A replica of this car made for the film's press events was sold in 2006 for £1.3 million, while the original fetched a whopping £2.5 million in 2010.

What piece of film memorabilia would you buy? Would you be prepared to fork out millions of pounds to get your hands on it? Heard of any other movie memorabilia being sold for astronomical amounts of money? Let us know below.

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