You should be dancing: Saturday Night Fever suit up for sale
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GARDENA, United States – If you have ever fancied yourself a disco legend – and let’s be honest, who hasn’t? – this could be your chance, as actor John Travolta’s Saturday Night Fever suit goes up for auction.
The most famous three pieces of polyester in movie history are going under the hammer in California this month, offering one lucky buyer the opportunity to set the dance floor on fire – just do not get too close to the naked flames.
The wing-lapelled suit, in which a dashing young Travolta broke many a 1970s heart, is the centrepiece of the “Hollywood: Classic and Contemporary” collection at Julien’s Auctions in Beverly Hills.
“I mean, this is the disco era,” said Mr Martin Nolan, executive director of the auction house.
“This is what we remember. When people talk about disco, you think of Saturday Night Fever, you think of the Bee Gees, you think of John Travolta.”
The suit, with its high waistband, flared pant legs and – presumably – an inexhaustible supply of static electricity, is expected to fetch up to US$200,000 (S$266,000) at the auction, which starts from April 22 to 23.
But, said Mr Nolan, the price could go even higher.
The offering is one of around 1,400 items up for grabs at an auction that runs the gamut of the last 100 years of cinema.
Other memorabilia include Charlie Chaplin’s cane, a hoverboard from Back To The Future III and the original headdress worn by American actress Theda Bara in 1917‘s Cleopatra.
Harry Potter fans will be able to bid on various prop wands, while there will also be costumes from various movie franchises including John Wick, Batman, Iron Man and Star Wars. AFP
