Chaplin Hat and Cane Sell for Record Sum
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LOS ANGELES – A Charlie Chaplin hat-and-cane set has sold for nearly $140,000 at auction.
The $139,250 bid broke a record for the most ever paid for a Chaplin hat-and-cane set, of which there are several, said Bonhams & Butterfields spokeswoman Janelle Grigsby, who would not say who bought the items.
The bowler hat was stamped with manufacturer’s details inside the hatband; the cane was 32 inches and made of bamboo.
Also auctioned were the two-headed llama from the original “Doctor Dolittle,” in 1967, starring Rex Harrison ($4,780); a book inscribed by John Lennon ($9,560); a Walt Disney celluloid from “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” ($8,365), and a saxophone played by President Clinton ($7,768).
