Stallone gear under hammer

FROM Rocky boxing gloves to Rambo headbands, memorabilia from action movie star Sylvester Stallone’s Hollywood career are going under the hammer in a December auction expected to raise around $1.5 million (about R22m).

Nearly 500 items from Stallone’s personal archives are being sold, including costumes, props, scripts, notebooks and other memorabilia from the actor’s biggest films, including the Rocky and Rambo franchises, Cliffhanger, The Expendables and Demolition Man, Julien’s

Auctions said.

Highlights include Stallone's boxing gloves from Rocky III, with an estimate of $10 000 to $20 000.

The auction house said the actor, 75, was selling the items because he was selling his house and downsizing.

The “Property from The Life and Career of Sylvester Stallone” sale is on December 5 at Julien’s Auctions in Beverly Hills and will be preceded by an exhibition of the items in London starting next week at the Mall Galleries. | Reuters