An auction that focused on the over-the-top creations of designer Bob Mackie has concluded, and the fabulous ‘fits he made for his most famous client, Cher, brought in some major bucks.
The star of the show was a three-piece costume Cher wore in 1977 on The Sonny & Cher Show, which sold for $101,600 — 25 times its original estimate. Another outfit that went for a lot more than expected was a burgundy organza ensemble that she wore on The Cher Show in 1975 while singing “Take Me Home Country Roads.” That went for $95,250 — nearly 32 times its original estimate.
Other pieces that made a lot of money include a snakeskin ensemble that Cher wore in her 1979 TV special Cher…And Other Fantasies, which sold for $44,450, and a two-piece outfit she wore in 1971 to sing “Stormy Weather” on The Sonny and Cher Show. That one went for $28,575.
One non-Cher ensemble in the auction was Mackie’s 1987 “Earthquake Dress,” which Pink pulled from his archives to wear on the red carpet of the American Music Awards in 2022. That sold for $10,400.
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