Propstore to auction Batman's Batpod and Indiana Jones's fedora in £10m sale, 4-6 December

The sale and its headline lots

Propstore, the Hertfordshire-based company, will hold its Winter Entertainment Memorabilia Live Auction from 4 to 6 December. The catalogue lists more than 1,400 lots, and the sale is estimated to realise £10 million in total value. Its most talked-about item is the Batpod, the motorcycle Batman rode in The Dark Knight (2008), which appears in a chase scene with Christian Bale's Batman and Heath Ledger's Joker. The same vehicle returned in The Dark Knight Rises (2012), the last film in Christopher Nolan's trilogy. Bale's full Batsuit from Batman Begins (2005), the first film of that trilogy, is also on the list.

Estimates for the top lots

Pre-sale estimates place the Batpod at between £450,000 and £900,000, and the Batsuit at between £125,000 and £250,000. Indiana Jones's fedora and a used stunt shirt, both worn in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984), are expected to sell together for between £400,000 and £800,000. The shirt and the fedora come from the personal collection of stuntman Vic Armstrong, who doubled for Harrison Ford in the first three Indiana Jones films. An eight-foot bullwhip from the same film carries an estimate of £200,000 to £400,000. These figures are estimates rather than prices, so the final totals will depend on bidding.

Propstore founder and chief executive Stephen Lane described the vehicle as a showpiece for the sale.

“The Batpod is an extraordinary feat of filmmaking and engineering, and a spectacular centrepiece for Propstore's Winter Entertainment Memorabilia Live Auction.”

Other lots and collectors' interest

Items from Game of Thrones are also set to go under the hammer. Jon Snow's Longclaw sword, used by Kit Harington between 2011 and 2019, carries an estimate of £50,000 to £100,000. Daenerys Targaryen's dragon egg, used by Emilia Clarke, is estimated at £20,000 to £40,000. The catalogue also includes memorabilia from Superman III and Conan the Barbarian. Lane said that offering the Indiana Jones pieces together gives collectors a single chance to bid on items tied to one of cinema's best-known characters, adding:

“We can't wait to find new homes for these relics with collectors who will treasure their place in film history.”

Bidding format and exhibition

The auction runs across three days, from 4 to 6 December. On the first day, in-person bidding takes place at Bafta's 195 Piccadilly venue in London. Global telephone, online and absentee bidding will be available on all three days. A public exhibition will also be held at The Cumberland Hotel in London, though the reporting gives no dates for it. Final prices will only be known once the sale closes on 6 December.