Going once, going twice... KA-POW! Batmobile sold for $4.2m

original car used by the cape crusader in the classic television series in 1960 broke auction in Arizona

A man in Arizona with a soft spot for Batman and Robin Batmobile bought the original $ 4.2 million at auction on Saturday. Rick Champagne, a Phoenix-area logistics owner, bought the car that appears in Batman beloved series, which lasted from 1966 to 1968, starring Adam West and Burt Ward, after a wave of mind call offers in Scottsdale, Arizona.

"I really liked Batman grow and I came here with the intention of buying the car," said Champagne, 56, a brief interview after buying the car. "Indeed, I could buy it. It was a dream come true."

Barrett-Jackson Auction

It was the first time the car goes on sale. In addition to the bid price of $ 4.2 million, paying about $ 420,000 Champagne in price.

• The Batmobile is based on a 1955 Lincoln Futura, a prototype built in Italy by the Ford Motor Co. In 1965, it was purchased for a nominal fee by customizer George Barris a note, which was 15 days and $ 15 000 for the vehicle transformed for the show. He has owned it since. Barris told Reuters he had provided vehicles for movies and television before, but it would be very different.

"With every wee pow, bang, wow, I want the car to do something like the actors," said Barris, 87, before the auction. "Car had to be a star itself. And he became one. "

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