Overview

• The vest was adapted by costume designer Marilyn Vance from a camel-and-chocolate brown sweater sourced at Marshall Field’s for the film’s iconic “Twist and Shout” sequence.
• Sotheby’s offered the item on June 24 in New York as the inaugural lot of its newly dedicated Popular Culture department.
• Final bids reached $279,400, undercutting pre-sale expectations even as 11 collectors competed.
• Collector and sports business reporter Darren Rovell consigned the vest, and the winning bidder also received a Chicago Cubs ticket featured in the movie’s Wrigley Field scene.
• Sotheby’s plans to stage dedicated pop culture auctions every October and April, showcasing memorabilia from film, television, music and comics.