Christopher Reeves Superman Cape Sells at Auction, Sets Record

Christopher Reeves original cape from the 1978 film Superman is now the most expensive superhero cape sold at auction. The item brought $193,750 on Monday at the Juliens Auction Icons & Idols event in Beverly Hills, California.

The piece, which appeared in its second auction, features the characters signature yellow S symbol outlined in black on bright red material. It came with a copy of Superman #331 advertising a 1979 movie contest that touts first prize as the actual cape worn by Christopher Reeve in the filming of Superman the movie. As provenance, it also featured nine pages of documents, including a letter to the prize winner signed by DC Comics President Sol Harrison from February 27th, 1978.

The Icons & Idols auction also featured props, costumes and other materials from the Star Trek universe, including Patrick Stewarts Starfleet dress uniform from Star Trek: The Next Generation (which sold for $28,800) and Leonard Nimoys Spock Romulan costume from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine ($20,000).

Other items from the Juliens sale included Dan Aykroyds Raymond Stantz jumpsuit from Ghostbusters II ($32,000), an Andy Warhol 18-karat white gold pocket watch ($10,240) and a pair of Frank Sinatra oil paintings signed Sinatra/65 ($75,000) and Sinatra 53 ($21,250).