By Mike Coppola
LOS ANGELES
Holy priceless collection! Batman
and Robin's costumes from the iconic 1960s television series starring the late
Adam West are set to go on sale in Los Angeles for an estimated $150,000 to
$200,000.
Burt Ward played Robin alongside
West's caped crusader in 120 episodes of the camp cult hit "Batman"
from 1966-68, battling flamboyant villains from The Joker to Catwoman.
According to Hollywood
memorabilia auction house Profiles in History, the sale will be the only known
pair of complete costumes from the superhero duo.
Other items from the show going
under the hammer on Dec 17 include the bust of Shakespeare containing a secret
switch to open the Batcave, and the Batmobile's famous phone.
The pieces belong to the
collection of John Azarian, described by the auction house as the "most
important collection of classic TV and superhero artifacts in existence."
The sale also includes tunics
worn by William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy as Captain Kirk and Spock on the
original Star Trek, estimated at $40,000 to 60,000 each.
The Fonz's signature leather
jacket from "Happy Days" is predicted to yield at least $25,000.
In September, the same auctioneer
sold Darth Vader's helmet from "The Empire Strikes Back" for
$1,125,000.