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F1: McQueen Movie Race Suit Sold For $984,000 At Auction
The name on the suit is Steve McQueen’s character...
Adam Cooper  | http://www.speedtv.com  |  Posted December 18, 2011   Balen (BEL)
The race suit, bears the name of Steve McQueen’s character in the movie, Michael Delaney. (Photo: Profiles In History)
A race suit worn by Steve McQueen in the Le Mans movie has been sold in a California auction for $800,000 plus a further $184,000 in premium fees and taxes.

The amazing $984K total makes the suit most expensive item of motor racing related memorabilia we’re ever likely to see, excluding complete cars.

The overalls, bearing the name of McQueen’s character Michael Delaney, were given away in a UK newspaper competition in 1971.

The Profiles in History auction catalog explained: “When principal filming of Le Mans was completed, Solar Productions donated this suit to the British newspaper, The Observer for a special Le Mans-themed contest in 1971.

“By answering 3 Le Mans history questions correctly, 12 year-old Timothy Davies of Wolverhampton, England was chosen as the winner and presented with the suit by racing driver Richard ‘Dickie’ Attwood, winner of the 1970 Le Mans race and driver of the Porsche 917K Gulf car during driving sequences in the film.”

Davies is not the big beneficiary however, as he had sold the overalls on.
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