John Wayne auction fetches more than $5 million
LOS ANGELES - October 8, 2011
Heritage Auctions said Friday that the auction included items
such as Wayne's last driver's license, a holster and gun belt from
the film "El Dorado" and an eye patch from the 1969 movie, "True
Grit."
The green wool beret Wayne wore in "The Green Berets," went
for $179,250 and a cowboy hat worn in "Big Jake" and "The
Cowboys" fetched $119,500.
The items had been kept by Wayne's family since his 1979 death
from cancer.
A portion of the proceeds will be used by the John Wayne Cancer
Foundation to help fund cancer research, treatment and education.
