Sound of Music, Wizard of Oz costumes fetch $1.56m at auction

Costumes from the 'Sound of Music' and the 'Wizard of Oz' have been sold for a whooping 1.56 million dollars in a Hollywood memorabilia auction.

According to Calabasas-based Profiles in History auction house, the auction also had Charlie Chaplin's cane from his renowned flick 'Good Times', which was sold for 420,000 dollars- which is far more than double its 120,000 dollars to 150,000 dollars pre-auction estimate, the LA Times reported.

The costumes from the 'Sound of Music', including the Von Trapp children's drapery outfits and the brown dress Julie Andrews wore while singing 'Do-Re-Mi' fetched 1.56 million dollars.

As per the final bid results, other wardrobe pieces such as 'Dorothy's dresses' from 'The Wizard of Oz' fetched 360,000 dollars, while a polka dot dress Lucille Ball wore as Lucy Ricardo was sold for 168,000 dollars.

An outfit worn by Jeff Bridges as the Dude in 'The Big Lebowski' was sold for 54,000 dollars.