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'Grease' leather jacket returned to Olivia Newton-John
12/12/2019
Fan returns Olivia Newton-John’s ‘Grease’ jacket after auction
A fan bought Oliva Newton-John’s iconic leather jacket from ‘Grease’ for $243,200 and then returned it back to its rightful owner. FOX Business’ Lauren Simonetti with more.
Olivia Newton-John’s iconic ‘Grease’ jacket is the one that she wants but she didn’t expect to get back after it sold for more than $200,000 at auction this fall.
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The anonymous buyer of the star’s leather jacket, worn by Newton-John’s character, Sandy, in the 1978 film, gave the $243,200 item back to her.
In October, two separate collectors became the fortunate owners of the jacket and the pants, which the actress famously had to be sewn into, at an auction benefitting the Olivia Newton-John Cancer Wellness & Research Centre in Australia. The skintight satin pants, now owned by the founder of Spanx, went for $162,500, bringing the dollar amount of the combined ensemble, which debuted in the film's final scene, to $405,700, Julien’s Auctions, which brokered the sale, said.
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