NEW YORK, Nov. 25 (UPI) -- The costume of the Cowardly Lion from the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz sold at auction Monday for $3.1 million.
The costume was auctioned at Bonhams auction house by Los Angeles TV museum founder James Comisar for $3,077,000 including a buyer's premium of $477,000. He said he bought the costume when someone responded to an ad saying, "Wanted: Ruby slippers"