MUMBAI:he eye patch that John Wayne wore in the 1969 film True Grit is set to go under the hammer. The sale would take place in Los Angeles in October said Heritage Auctions. Other personal items, including Wayne’s Golden Globe that he won for playing Marshal Rooster Cogburn in the same film will also go under the hammer.
Wyane‘s cowboy boots, hats, driving licence, passport and various movie scripts with Wayne‘s handwriting have also been handed over to be auctioned. The items are expected to fetch anything between 60 pounds (100 dollars) and 30,000 pounds (50,000 dollars).
"All these are items that could either stay stored somewhere, or be let loose to the people," the BBC quoted the actor‘s son Ethan Wayne has been quoted as saying. All proceeds from the sale will go to John Wayne Enterprises that supports and funds the John Wayne Cancer Foundation.
Wayne made more than 170 films, mainly Westerns. He died in 1979 of stomach cancer when he was 72.
