Elements of a Wonder Woman TV costume were auctioned for a total of over $240,000 at a Los Angeles auction this week.
The outfit, worn so famously by Lynda Carter in the 1970s, was the star of Julien’s Auctions Channel Surfing Broadcast to Binge sale.
The Wonder Woman body suit was part of a TV costume Lynda Carter wore to super stardom in the 70s series. Image courtesy of Julien’s Auctions.
Listed separately, buyers registered super-heroic winning bids for a bodysuit with bracelets ($130,000); $32,500 for a lasso of truth prop; $26,000 for earrings and tiara; and an estimate-busting $52,000 for a pair of red boots.
All of the items exceeded their low estimates.
Assembling the full outfit cost buyers – who have not yet been named – $240,500 against a total low estimate of $160,000.
The distinctive high boots, red with a white stripe, performed best to go $12,000 over their high estimate of $30,000.
Lynda Carter was an iconic TV Wonder Woman, a superheroine character created for DC Comics in 1941. The character has also been played by Linda Harrison, Adrianne Palicki, and most recently in big-budget movies by Gal Gadot.
Wonder Woman first appeared in DC Comics in the 1940s and has been a consistently popular and collectible character since then and in all media.
Julien’s Auctions said: “This uniform and Carter’s portrayal of Wonder Woman (including her legendary “spin” transformation) are some of the most iconic imagery of 70’s television and superhero iconography that have lasted and endured over the last 50 years.”
All of the Wonder Woman items come from the Warner Brothers Archive.
The huge sale continued into a second day on May 7, with a door from the TV sitcom Cheers achieving $163,000. A table from Frasier, the Cheers spin-off series, made $78,000.
The door at Cheers was an unmissable part of a familiar and much-loved set design. Image via Julien’s Auctions.
TV collectibles can have great value. In 2024, the $21.1 million brought in by a Game of Thrones sale made it the second highest grossing entertainment auction ever held.
Superheroes and comics have very established and vibrant collecting markets. Wonder Woman’s debut in print, in All-Star Comics #8, is extremely valuable, with high-condition-rated copies going for $936,223 in August 2017 and $1.5 million in 2024.
