Hollywood memorabilia is big business , withone - of - a - kind keepsakeslike James Bond ’s Aston Martin fromGoldfingerand Marilyn Monroe ’s flirty white dress fromThe Seven Year Itchfetching well into the millions when they hit the auction bridge block . But for fans of so - bad - they’re - well ‘ fourscore action movies , the holy grail of movie token has just go up for sale : Patrick Swayze ’s modest - horseback riding , and AS - kicking , sweatpants fromRoad House .
Julien ’s auction bridge
The lacing - up , elastic - hem sweats should have gotten equal charge with Swayze — if not an Oscar nominating speech — for their strength alone , as they play a key function in many of the plastic film ’s most awesomely roughshod fight scenes . Like this one :
And while annoyance do n’t hurt , the cost of these drawers could leave your pocketbook with a bit of a contusion : though the current bid is a fairly reasonable $ 400,Julien ’s Auctionsestimates that the concluding dictation will likely be at least double that — in the $ 800 to $ 1200 range . But they ’re not the onlyRoad Housekeepsakes : apair of bootleg armored combat vehicle topsthat Swayze trained in should sell for about $ 600 to $ 800 , while thisjarring tan and red suit combohe wore is expected to fetch as much as $ 3000 .
The point are part of a much larger on-line auction ofProperty From The Estate of Patrick Swayze , which will scarper through April 28 . In improver to some of the late doer ’s personal holding — including clothing , furniture , artwork , old-timer , and an impressive number of cowboy kick and lid — there are many more movie souvenir . Like theleather biker jacketSwayze was wearing when he declared that “ Nobody puts Baby in a corner ” inDirty Dancing(you’re going to want scratch together about $ 6000 to buy that ) and themaroon silk shirt and Reebokshe haunted Demi Moore in ( in a romanticistic elbow room ) inGhost .
But , let ’s get back to those sweatpants … Will they embrace the os pubis as snugly as they did in the movie when practicing roundhouse kicks in real lifetime ? Only one lucky bidder will find out .
