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Olivia Newton-John’s ‘Grease’ Outfit Sells for $405,000
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<blockquote data-quote="That Bowie Girl" data-source="post: 190094" data-attributes="member: 5"><p>Actress/singer wore iconic leather jacket and black pants during “You’re the One That I Want”</p><p></p><p><img src="https://www.rollingstone.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/MCDGREA_EC006.jpg?resize=900,600&w=450" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/t/olivia-newton-john/" target="_blank">Olivia Newton-John</a>’s iconic <em><a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/t/grease/" target="_blank">Grease</a></em> leather jacket and black pants sold at <a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/t/auction/" target="_blank">auction</a> Saturday for $405,000, more than double its pre-auction estimate.</p><p></p><p>The combined outfit, which the actress-singer wore during the film’s closing performance of “You’re the One That I Want,” was the top-selling item in a <a href="https://www.julienslive.com/m/" target="_blank">Julien’s Live auction</a> dedicated to Newton-John’s personal collection; the black leather jacket itself sold for $243,200 and the pants had a high bid of $162,500.</p><p></p><p></p><p>All proceeds from the sale of the <em>Grease</em> jacket and pants will benefit the Olivia Newton-John Cancer Wellness & Research Centre, while a portion of the 500+ items also sold at auction will also go toward that organization; in 2018, Newton-John <a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-news/olivia-newton-john-cancer-722161/" target="_blank">revealed</a> she is battling cancer for a third time.</p><p></p><p>Other notable items at the Newton-John auction included the actress’ custom-made “Pink Ladies” jacket – monogrammed “Sandy” – from the <em>Grease</em> shoot ($50,000) and a <em>Grease</em> movie poster signed by Newton-John and her co-star John Travolta; expected to fetch $1,000, the movie poster ultimately sold for $64,000. An outfit the singer wore during a performance of “Physical” on the <em>Merv Griffin Show</em> in 1981 hit a high bid of $31,000.</p><p></p><p><img src="https://www.rollingstone.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/GettyImages-1176181630.jpg?w=1024" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p>Olivia Newton-John’s black leather jacket and “Pink Ladies” jacket (TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP via Getty Images)</p><p></p><p></p><p>I just love her and the movie Grease ........I wish her well with her third battle with cancer.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="That Bowie Girl, post: 190094, member: 5"] Actress/singer wore iconic leather jacket and black pants during “You’re the One That I Want” [IMG]https://www.rollingstone.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/MCDGREA_EC006.jpg?resize=900,600&w=450[/IMG] [URL='https://www.rollingstone.com/t/olivia-newton-john/']Olivia Newton-John[/URL]’s iconic [I][URL='https://www.rollingstone.com/t/grease/']Grease[/URL][/I] leather jacket and black pants sold at [URL='https://www.rollingstone.com/t/auction/']auction[/URL] Saturday for $405,000, more than double its pre-auction estimate. The combined outfit, which the actress-singer wore during the film’s closing performance of “You’re the One That I Want,” was the top-selling item in a [URL='https://www.julienslive.com/m/']Julien’s Live auction[/URL] dedicated to Newton-John’s personal collection; the black leather jacket itself sold for $243,200 and the pants had a high bid of $162,500. All proceeds from the sale of the [I]Grease[/I] jacket and pants will benefit the Olivia Newton-John Cancer Wellness & Research Centre, while a portion of the 500+ items also sold at auction will also go toward that organization; in 2018, Newton-John [URL='https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-news/olivia-newton-john-cancer-722161/']revealed[/URL] she is battling cancer for a third time. Other notable items at the Newton-John auction included the actress’ custom-made “Pink Ladies” jacket – monogrammed “Sandy” – from the [I]Grease[/I] shoot ($50,000) and a [I]Grease[/I] movie poster signed by Newton-John and her co-star John Travolta; expected to fetch $1,000, the movie poster ultimately sold for $64,000. An outfit the singer wore during a performance of “Physical” on the [I]Merv Griffin Show[/I] in 1981 hit a high bid of $31,000. [IMG]https://www.rollingstone.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/GettyImages-1176181630.jpg?w=1024[/IMG] Olivia Newton-John’s black leather jacket and “Pink Ladies” jacket (TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP via Getty Images) I just love her and the movie Grease ........I wish her well with her third battle with cancer. [/QUOTE]
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