Imagine the thrill of owning Rocky Balboa's boxing gloves or John Rambo's Army jacket.
One of the biggest movie stars of the world, actor, writer and director Sylvester Stallone, the only actor with the distinction of opening a number one film across five decades, will offer fans a chance to bid on more than 1,000 iconic costumes and props from his famous action films, including the "Rocky," "Rambo," and "The Expendables" franchises. A portion of the proceeds from the auction, to be conducted by Heritage Auctions (www.HA.com), will be donated to charities and organizations that assist veterans and wounded United States servicemen and servicewomen.
Regarding his consigned items, "I thought other people would really appreciate the memorabilia. So, rather than keep it all in storage I thought I should just pass everything on," said Stallone, as he explained in an interview for the Fall 2015 issue of Heritage's “The Intelligent Collector” magazine.
There will be public exhibits in Dallas, New York, and Los Angeles this summer and early fall of selected items consigned by Stallone. The auction will be held live and online by Heritage in Los Angeles, Calif., on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, Dec. 18, 19, 20. The sale will be held at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza Hotel.
"We've had tremendous worldwide response since the initial announcement this past July about 'Stallone - The Auction.' Because of the overwhelming reaction by fans, Mr. Stallone has consigned additional items from his international superstar career," explained Greg Rohan, president of Heritage Auctions.
"Mutually agreeing to move the date to December (originally scheduled to take place in October) will give us time to organize the items and create their descriptions for the expanded auction catalog. Also, with the upcoming release of Mr. Stallone's new film, 'Creed,' in November, there will be even greater worldwide interest, and the timing will be perfect for the auction," said Rohan.
"There are more than 1,400 props, costumes and personal items consigned by Mr. Stallone that will be available to his fans worldwide. He is an international superstar, and these items include some of the iconic, cultural symbols of clothing and props from his most famous and loved action films including the 'Rocky' and 'Rambo' series," said Rohan.
Among the items that will be offered will be the following:
From the Academy-Award winning 1976 film, "Rocky," the black leather jacket he wore in his role as Rocky Balboa and Rocky Marciano's boxing glove pendant trainer Mickey Goodmill (actor Burgess Meredith) gave to Rocky.
The boxing gloves Stallone used as Rocky and the World Heavyweight Championship Belt he won in "Rocky II" in 1979, and Rocky's "tiger" jacket worn in that film.
Rocky's boxing trunks from the match against Clubber Lang (Mr. T) in the 1982 movie, "Rocky III."
Stallone's screen worn, white "Balboa" boxing robe from the 1985 film, "Rocky IV."
A U.S. Army flag patch jacket Stallone wore as John Rambo in 1982 in the first film in the Rambo series, "First Blood."
Fans can also bid on costumes and props used by Stallone in "Judge Dredd" (1995), the recent "The Expendables" movies and Rocky's Harley Davidson motorcycle that appeared in both "Rocky III" (1982) and "Rocky V" (1990).
"We anticipate a tremendous response by Mr. Stallone's fans around the world," said Rohan.
For more information, visit www.HA.com.