Indiana Jones’ Signature Fedora Sells for a Whopping $630,000

When astir radical deliberation of Indiana Jones, the archetypal representation that pops up is Harrison Ford wearing his signature fedora. The chapeau became an iconic quality itself wrong the franchise, gaining a tag enactment connected 1989’s poster for The Last Crusade: “The antheral with the chapeau is back!” Indy was adjacent consenting to hazard his beingness to drawback his signature accessory, snagging it backmost from beneath a descending doorway successful 1984’s Temple of Doom.  

So it came arsenic nary astonishment that Propstore, a movie and TV memorabilia company, revealed it had sold 1 of Indiana Jones’ screen-and-photo-matched fedoras for an outstanding $630,000. While Indiana Jones wore aggregate fedoras passim the 5 films, this peculiar topper was from The Temple of Doom.

Propstore’s backstory connected the hat notes it was crafted by the Herbert Johnson Hat Company successful London, and was designed by Johnson with Temple of Doom costume designers Anthony Powell and Joanna Johnston. It’s a somewhat tweaked plan compared to the chapeau seen successful Raiders of the Lost Ark, and according to the auction house, it “matches movie shots, accumulation stills, and behind-the-scenes footage of Ford successful the colony acceptable connected determination successful Sri Lanka, successful the excavation cart pursuit changeable astatine Elstree Studios, and successful the stream series changeable successful the U.S. The chapeau was besides worn by the precocious stunt performer Dean Ferrandini.”

© Propstore

The auction catalog gives this elaborate description: “The fedora is made of sable-colored rabbit felt and features a acheronian brownish ribbon and a leather sweatband imprinted with the Herbert Johnson Hat Company sanction and address, arsenic good arsenic a tag marked size 7 1/4 (size 59 European.) The sweatband is notably stamped with the initials ‘I J’ successful gold, a diagnostic applied specifically to the hats Herbert Johnson made for the 3 archetypal installments of the Indiana Jones saga. It besides features immoderate constitution residue astatine the beforehand of the sweatband. The style, placement, and size of the markings are each accordant with different known authentic examples of Temple of Doom fedoras.”

The chapeau was antecedently owned by Ferrandini, who died past year, and the auction batch besides included unpublished photos of Ferrandini successful his Indiana Jones costumes and a missive of authenticity signed by his wife.

Propstore’s existent auction of amusement memorabilia contains much than 1,400 further lots—including much Indiana Jones curios, specified arsenic this unsettling “Roasted Pig and Piglets Banquet Dish” prop from a deleted Temple of Doom scene—and runs done August 18. Interested participants tin spot bids online oregon via telephone by visiting https://propstore.com/liveauction.

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