Costumes from the 'Sound of Music' fetch $1.3 million at auction

A selection of costumes from Julie Andrews' classic movie The Sound Of Music have sold at an auction in California for $1.3 million.The garments included the main outfit worn by the Hollywood legend's character Maria, which was described in the auction handbook as "a heavy brown homespun Austrian-style dress with a wheat-coloured homespun blouse".[caption id="attachment_995737" align="alignleft" width="380"] Julie Andrews as Maria in the poster for the Sound of Music[/caption]Floral lederhosen worn by cast members who played the Von Trapp children also went under the hammer at the Profiles in History auction, reported Contactmusic.Another highlight was a costume worn by late actor James Gandolfini in his final scene of The Sopranos, which sold for $22,000.The outfit was placed under auction before Gandolfini passed away from a heart attack while in Italy last month.A painting of the plantation building Tara from Gone With The Wind, used in the 1939 film's opening sequence, fetched $270,000, and a diving helmet from 1954 movie 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea sold for $75,000.PTI