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259. Chief Inspector Jacques Clouseau's (Peter Sellers) Screen-Matched Suit of Armor on Display ###

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:2,000.00 USD Estimated At:4,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD
259. Chief Inspector Jacques Clouseau's (Peter Sellers) Screen-Matched Suit of Armor on Display ###
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THE PINK PANTHER STRIKES AGAIN (1976) - Chief Inspector Jacques Clouseau's (Peter Sellers) Screen-Matched Suit of Armor on Display - A display of Chief Inspector Jacques Clouseau's (Peter Sellers) screen-matched suit of armor from Blake Edwards' The Pink Panther Strikes Again. Clouseau wore his armor while he infiltrated the castle of Former Chief Inspector Charles Dreyfus (Herbert Lom) to shut down Dreyfus' doomsday machine, before falling out a window and being launched back into the castle by a catapult. Distinctive markings in the distressing of the breastplate screen-match to shots of Clouseau wearing the armor in the film.

This primarily-fiberglass suit of armor, which was originally obtained from famed film and television armorer Bapty in the United Kingdom, features brown leather straps and consists of a gorget, pauldrons, breast and back plates, rerebraces, couters, vambraces, gauntlets, fauld, tassets, cuisses, poleyns, greaves, and one sabaton. The armor has been mounted to a black fabric-lined mannequin for display. Certain elements, such as leather strapping on the bottom of the breastplate and shoulders, appear to have been replaced at some point over the years. It exhibits wear from use and age, including scuffing and scratching throughout, discoloration, cracking, and a missing right sabaton. Dimensions: (displayed) 27" x 18" x 66" (68.75 cm x 45.75 cm x 167.75 cm)

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Estimate: $4,000 - 8,000

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