--- ---  # The Original Cowardly Lion Costume from _The Wizard of Oz_ Is Up for Auction by [Maya Rhodan](https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Nov 24, 2014 1:38 PM UTC  Bert Lahr as the Cowardly Lion in a scene from the film 'The Wizard Of Oz', 1939. Bert Lahr as the Cowardly Lion in a scene from the film 'The Wizard Of Oz', 1939.MGM Studios/Getty Images by [Maya Rhodan](https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Nov 24, 2014 1:38 PM UTC The iconic Cowardly Lion costume donned by Bert Lahr in the _Wizard of Oz_ is [up for auction](http://www.bonhams.com/press%5Frelease/17822/) in New York. The costume is one of many rare film relics being sold at the Bonhams auction house on Monday. The costume is fashioned from actual lion hide and was worn in over a dozen scenes in the 1939 film, Bonhams said. The costume is sure to go for a pretty penny, the Associated Press reports: A secondary version recently sold for [almost $1 million](https://news.yahoo.com/wizard-oz-cowardly-lion-costume-sale-024024998.html). The costume will appear alongside other film memorabilia including props from the _Wizard of Oz and_ costumes from _Gone with the Wind_, _Pretty Woman_ and _Rosemary’s Baby_ as a part of “[TCM Presents: There’s No Place like Hollywood.](http://www.bonhams.com/press%5Frelease/17822/)” Wizard of Oz: Original Cowardly Lion Costume up for Auction ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3602041/wizard-of-oz-cowardly-lion-costume/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3602041/wizard-of-oz-cowardly-lion-costume/"},"headline":"The Original Cowardly Lion Costume from The Wizard of Oz Is Up for Auction","datePublished":"2014-11-24T13:38:23.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T02:19:01.835Z","description":"Could fetch more than $1 million","url":"https://time.com/3602041/wizard-of-oz-cowardly-lion-costume/","keywords":["movies","Auctions","costumes","films"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6ebec4112c5e2fba/69876a7b524fc0840edeaecb/burt-lahr-wizard-of-oz-cowardly-lion-costume.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Maya Rhodan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/"}],"articleSection":"History","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6ebec4112c5e2fba/69876a7b524fc0840edeaecb/burt-lahr-wizard-of-oz-cowardly-lion-costume.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Bert Lahr In 'The Wizard Of Oz' as the Cowardly Lion","caption":"Bert Lahr In 'The Wizard Of Oz' as the Cowardly Lion","creditText":"MGM Studios/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/history/","name":"History"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3602041/wizard-of-oz-cowardly-lion-costume/","name":"The Original Cowardly Lion Costume from The Wizard of Oz Is Up for Auction"}}]}] ```