{"id":32544,"date":"2014-11-23T01:40:47","date_gmt":"2014-11-22T17:40:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=32544"},"modified":"2014-11-22T22:54:24","modified_gmt":"2014-11-22T14:54:24","slug":"cowardly-lion-costume-worn-by-bert-lahr-in-1939-film-wizard-of-oz-to-be-auctioned","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2014\/11\/23\/cowardly-lion-costume-worn-by-bert-lahr-in-1939-film-wizard-of-oz-to-be-auctioned\/","title":{"rendered":"Cowardly Lion costume worn by Bert Lahr in 1939 film \u2018Wizard of Oz\u2019 to be auctioned"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_32545\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-32545\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/6900897388_0c414c5e9d_o.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-32545\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/6900897388_0c414c5e9d_o.jpg\" alt=\"The costume for the Cowardly Lion in the \u2018Wizard of Oz\u2019 was made from real lion skins. TRF_Mr_Hyde \/ Flickr.\" width=\"500\" height=\"373\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/6900897388_0c414c5e9d_o.jpg 500w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/6900897388_0c414c5e9d_o-300x223.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-32545\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The costume for the Cowardly Lion in the \u2018Wizard of Oz\u2019 was made from real lion skins. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/scottchene\/6900897388\/\" target=\"_blank\">TRF_Mr_Hyde<\/a> \/ Flickr.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>LOS ANGELES\u2014Bert Lahr\u2019s Cowardly Lion costume from the classic film \u201cThe Wizard of Oz\u201d is up for sale.<\/p>\n<p>The costume will be auctioned with other Hollywood items Monday in New York by Bonhams, according to a spokesman for costume owner James Comisar.<\/p>\n<p>The big cat outfit has been authenticated as the one Lahr wore in the 1939 film, according to a Bonhams\u2019 sales catalogue. It is topped by a sculpted likeness of the late actor.<\/p>\n<p>A secondary costume used in the film was sold at auction in recent years for close to $1 million, the owner\u2019s spokesman said.<\/p>\n<p>Comisar has a trove of TV memorabilia from shows including \u201cI Love Lucy\u201d and \u201cLost.\u201d He has said he plans to use money from the Cowardly Lion costume sale to exhibit his collection.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LOS ANGELES\u2014Bert Lahr\u2019s Cowardly Lion costume from the classic film \u201cThe Wizard of Oz\u201d is up for sale. The costume &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":32545,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[106],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32544","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-hollywood","mauthors-the-canadian-press"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32544","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32544"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32544\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32545"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32544"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32544"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32544"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}