Cowardly Lion costume fetches $3M
NEW YORK — Bert Lahr’s Cowardly Lion costume from the classic film “The Wizard of Oz” has sold for more than $3 million at an auction in New York City.
The big cat outfit had been authenticated as the one Lahr wore in the 1939 film. Its face is a sculpted likeness of the late actor.
It sold at an auction of Hollywood items at Bonhams on Monday.