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Charlie Chaplin’s Bowler Hat – $62500
The hat world has discovered another expensive hat, one that was sold at an auction for the price of 62500 dollars.
Considering the price is no ordinary hat and the fact that it was sold with another item, suggested that these two were the belongings of a famous somebody.
That’s right, the hat, a black-colored felt bowler hat has an unknown manufacturer but the fact that it was the main wardrobe prop for famous silent movie icon Charlie Chaplin, made it clear that this will be sold for a lot of cash.
The cane, a 32-inch bamboo inscribed “CCLT 36” in black ink was also sold along with this hat, both of them being worn by the master Chaplin in the Little Tramp impersonations.
The hat has an remarkable history, being taken by the famous actor from Fatty Arbuckle’s father-in-law, then given to wax sculptor Katherine Keller in 1936, after making a figure of Charlie in the Wax Museum in Kentucky, it finally got auctioned by the wax lady in 2012 with the cane for the amazing sum of 62500 dollars.
Next has a 6 figure price->
