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August 2nd, 2013 
Peter Nolan 
Costumes from iconic film The Sound of Music, including the dress Julie Andrews wore while singing Do-Re-Mi, have fetched almost $2 million at auction.
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CHARLIE Chaplin’s cane, costumes from The Sound of Music and a jacket worn by Steve McQueen in Bullitt have sold for several million dollars at an auction of Hollywood memorabilia.
The Los Angeles Times reports that a cane from Chaplin’s Modern Times went for $US420,000 ($466,000) at the auction held Sunday and Monday. That includes auction house fees.
Auction house Profiles in History says the Sound of Music clothing went for $US1.56 million ($1.73 million), including the dress Julie Andrews wore while singing Do-Re-Mi.
McQueen’s tweed jacket from Bullitt fetched $US720,000.
A Dorothy dress from The Wizard of Oz sold for $360,000, a polka dot dress worn by Lucille Ball went for $168,000, and $54,000 was the price for an outfit worn by “The Dude” – Jeff Bridges – in Coen Brother’s cult classic The Big Lebowski.
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