Discussing the sale, Sally Nugent defined: "I wager you liked this whenever you have been a child. As movie costumes go, John Travolta's Saturday Night time Fever swimsuit is iconic, it has simply offered for $260,000."
Jon Kay teased: "I purchased it... no, I did not. It's a white polyester three-piece. What extra do you want, you may really purchase that precise swimsuit featured within the 1977 movie, as he took to the dancefloor there.
"Initially it value $100 when the filmmakers purchased it in a small menswear store in New York, it's considered one of two fits Travolta wore on set.
"You may even apparently nonetheless see the sweat marks on it... you'll have thought for that sort of cash they'd have given it a dry clear however no, or perhaps you pay additional for the sweat."
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Disgusted by the notion, Sally quipped: "Ew sweaty polyester. I imply that is actually not... $260,000."
They later revisited the story, the place Sally branded the swimsuit "style historical past" earlier than Jon added: "It is smelly as nicely. Travolta's sweat stains include it.
"It was initially purchased from a small menswear store for small males, in New York for $100 and now it sells for 1 / 4 of one million dollars.
"You do not purchase a small man, you purchase garments for the small man, or perhaps it's the store that's small I do not know."
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Sally sat subsequent to her co-star along with her hand protecting her face as she tried to comprise her giggles," earlier than Jon requested: "Are you alright?"
She reiterated: "$260,000 for a small swimsuit," earlier than Jon seemed Sally up and down and jibed: "I imply..." referring to her white jacket and nude-coloured trousers.
Her laughter shortly light as she clapped again: "Oh cease! You went there!" earlier than they moved on to Carol Kirkwood for the climate.
The swimsuit was offered by Julien's Auctions in Los Angeles, with a spokesman for Julien's explaining: "This swimsuit is taken into account to be one of the crucial iconic costumes in cinema historical past.
"It's considered one of solely two identified to exist that was used throughout manufacturing. It has by no means been exhibited or offered at public sale earlier than.
"It has grow to be emblematic of not solely the movie however of the entire disco period."
The one-breasted swimsuit jacket, waistcoat and trousers are constituted of one hundred pc polyester, which additionally had exaggerated jacket lapels and flared trousers.
John Travolta's character Tony Manero would usually flip up the collar as a style assertion, making the swimsuit his personal.
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