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Sound of Music auction¹

Summary

29 July 2013

A collection of costumes from the classic 1965 film, The Sound of Music, have sold for $1.3m at an auction in California. They included the dress worn by the film's lead character Maria, played by Julie Andrews, when she sang "Do Re Mi."

Reporter:

Peter Bowes

Report

There was intense interest in the iconic costumes as they went under the hammer. Potential buyers, gathered in a Los Angeles auction house, faced competition from bidders³ on the phone and the internet. 

The central piece was Maria's outfit⁴, described by the auctioneers as "a heavy brown homespun Austrian-style dress with a wheat-coloured homespun blouse." The floral lederhosen worn by the Von Trapp children were also part of the collection. The identity of the successful bidder² has not been revealed. 

The Sound of Music costumes were sold as part of a two-day auction of Hollywood memorabilia. Other items included an original cane⁵ used by Charlie Chaplin in the comedy Modern Times and, a month after his death, the clothes worn by James Gandolfini in the final scene of the final episode of The Sopranos, sold for $22,000.