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11. Cowardly Lion costume No. 1 – $826,000
Here’s the second of our The Wizard of Oz entries and it shows what a big deal that film was since both Cowardly Lion costumes are on this list of crazy expensive memorabilia. Bert Lahr played the sad-sack lion without a lick of courage in the MGM classic from the 1930s. This costume was sold 10 years ago, in 2006, by a sculptor by the name of Bill Mack. There is some dispute about if both of the remaining costumes were actually used in the film and in the case of Costume No. 1, there are those who think it was only used for still photography.
