Published 10:18 IST, July 2nd 2020

Spacesuit from '2001: A Space Odyssey' to go under the hammer, expected to fetch $200K

A spacesuit from 1968 blockbuster 2001: Space Odyssey, is all set to be auctioned next month, international media reported. The artefact is particularly popular

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A suit from 1968 blockbuster 2001: A  Odyssey, is all set to be auctioned later this month, international media reported. artefact has particularly me helines because it is believed to be worn by David Bowman in iconic scene when he killed HAL. Sci-Fi film was produced and directed by Stanley Kubrick and starred Keir Dullea, Gary Lockwood in le roles. 

To be auctioned on July 17

According to reports, Memorabilia is all set to be auctioned on July 17-18 in Beverly Hills at an estimated price between $200,000 and $300,000. rare artefact was created by filmmaker Stanley Kubrick, who is thought to have destroyed all props and clos from film so that products could t be used in or films without his authorisation. 

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Julien’s auction, which is organising event asserted that suit is especially sought after because it is believed to have been used in one of film's most iconic scenes -- when Bowman destroys HAL 9000, a sentient computer that is killing astronauts onboard to uphold its programmed mission.

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Elaborating furr, Jason DeBord, chief operating officer at auction, reportedly said that only or thing from film to be auctioned is Aries 1B Trans-Lunar Shuttle, which in movie transported Dr Heywood R. Floyd from International Station to moon. iconic item was auctioned by Acemy of Motion pictures Arts and Sciences in 2015 for a price of whopping $344,000. 

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A few days ago, Winnie Pooh cartoon illustrator Ernest Howard Shepard's letter that he h written to one of his fans sold at an auction for a whopping amount of £12,500. Shepard, reportedly wrote letter to one of his fans whose birthday party he couldn't attend. letter was written on March 23, 1935, to a man named Harry Stopes-Roe, whose mor was a close friend of Shepard. In letter, Shepard apologised to Harry for t being able to attend his birthday party that was on March 30 same year, international media reported. 

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10:18 IST, July 2nd 2020