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By Damon Poeter
Well-heeled Batman fans have a shot at owning their very own signature piece of the comic book franchise—the original Batmobile from the Caped Crusader's campy 1960s television series has been put up for sale for the very first time.
As noted by io9.com, The distinctively customized 1955 Lincoln Futura concept car by the Ford Motor Company is being auctioned in January by Scottsdale, Ariz.-based Barret-Jackson. The winning bidder can expect to pony up quite a bit more than the $1 auto customizer George Barris reportedly paid for it in the late 1950s. Years later, he transformed it into the Batmobile just a few weeks before the 1966 pilot episode of the Batman TV series started filming.
"There are only a few items in life that are able to capture the soul of an era. Not many people can say they own a pinnacle point in history that revolutionized a particular genre and an entire industry that followed in its footsteps," reads the Barrett-Jackson lot listing for the car.
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By Damon Poeter
Well-heeled Batman fans have a shot at owning their very own signature piece of the comic book franchise—the original Batmobile from the Caped Crusader's campy 1960s television series has been put up for sale for the very first time.
As noted by io9.com, The distinctively customized 1955 Lincoln Futura concept car by the Ford Motor Company is being auctioned in January by Scottsdale, Ariz.-based Barret-Jackson. The winning bidder can expect to pony up quite a bit more than the $1 auto customizer George Barris reportedly paid for it in the late 1950s. Years later, he transformed it into the Batmobile just a few weeks before the 1966 pilot episode of the Batman TV series started filming.
"There are only a few items in life that are able to capture the soul of an era. Not many people can say they own a pinnacle point in history that revolutionized a particular genre and an entire industry that followed in its footsteps," reads the Barrett-Jackson lot listing for the car.
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