CELEBRITY AUCTION
Credit: GAMES Magazine
December, 1993

The eleven items listed below are in random order. Each fetched a pretty penny at auctions held in the past seven years at Christie's and Sotheby's. Can you list the items in order, from the least to the highest amount paid? For an additional challenge, try to guess the prices - which are shown in the answers.

Note from GAMES editors: Choosing based on your own preferences may be useful, but bear in mind that not everyone shares your own exquisite taste.

Note from JA: Interests and market values are always changing. This list was compiled in 1993, so the popularity and prices reflect that time period.

Movie poster from the original King Kong
Marilyn Monroe's black dress from "Some Like It Hot"
Michael Jackson's white glove
Charlie Chaplin's bowler hat and bamboo cane
Herman Mankiewicz's script for "Citizen Kane"
The ruby slippers from "The Wizard of Oz"
The last jersey worn by Mickey Mantle
Vivien Leigh's day dress from "Gone With the Wind"
1910 Honus Wagner baseball card
A copy of the first Superman comic book
One cel from Walt Disney's "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs"

Answers - from lowest to highest amount paid:

1. Vivien Leigh's dress - $16,000 
2. Michael Jackson's glove - $30,000 
3. Marilyn Monroe's dress - $38,500 
4. Movie poster from King Kong - $57,200 
5. Mickey Mantle's baseball jersey - $74,000 
6. First Superman comic book - $82,500 
7. Charlie Chaplin's hat and cane - $148,500 
8. The ruby slippers from The Wizard of Oz - $165,000
9. One cel from Walt Disney's Snow White - $209,000
10. Herman Mankiewicz's Citizen Kane script - $231,000 
11. 1910 Honus Wagner baseball card - $451,000 

Note: The Honus Wagner baseball card was purchased by hockey star Wayne Gretzky in 1991. The card is extremely rare - only 40 have surfaced, just 10 of which are in superb condition. It is generally considered the most coveted baseball card of all time. The card was printed with an advertisement for Piedmont cigarettes on the back. Wagner, a Hall-of-Fame player, forced the company to cease issuing the card shortly into the print run. Accounts differ as to whether the reason was his opposition to smoking or his belief that he was not being adequately compensated.