Janice
03-01-2007, 12:58 PM
Reprinted from NewsMax.com
TV's Batmobile Sells for $233,000 at Auction
A Batmobile from the 1960s television series "Batman” has sold at auction for nearly a quarter of a million dollars.
The car was the sixth built for the 120-episode ABC show based on the comic book superhero. It’s 20 feet long, black with scarlet lines.
"It’s a fantastically iconic piece of machinery – the Batman appeal spans more than 30 years,” Anthony Godin, auction manager at Coys auctioneers in London, told the New York Sun.
"It’s the Batmobile! Who wouldn’t want to own it?”
Coys, which handled the auction, declined to identify the seller, but disclosed that the winning bid, $233,000, came from a private museum based in the Cayman Islands.
TV's Batmobile Sells for $233,000 at Auction
A Batmobile from the 1960s television series "Batman” has sold at auction for nearly a quarter of a million dollars.
The car was the sixth built for the 120-episode ABC show based on the comic book superhero. It’s 20 feet long, black with scarlet lines.
"It’s a fantastically iconic piece of machinery – the Batman appeal spans more than 30 years,” Anthony Godin, auction manager at Coys auctioneers in London, told the New York Sun.
"It’s the Batmobile! Who wouldn’t want to own it?”
Coys, which handled the auction, declined to identify the seller, but disclosed that the winning bid, $233,000, came from a private museum based in the Cayman Islands.