If you’ve seen the 1984 prequel Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom then you’ll have seen this iconic fedora, worn by stunt double Dean Ferrandini in the scene where Indy, Willie and Short Round (happy birthday Ke Huy Quan who turns 53 today) leap out of the cargo plane in an inflatible raft, bound for adventure. That brown felt fedora fetched £487,000 ($630,000) in Los Angeles last Thursday, breaking the record for Temple of Doom fedoras which had stood since 2021 at £232,000 ($300,000).
The fedora was also worn by Ford’s stunt-double in the 1984 film, Dean Ferrandini, and was sold with previously unpublished photos of the stuntman wearing the now-iconic costume on location. Ferrandini died last year. The hat came from his personal collection.
The sable-coloured fedora was an update to the original featured in the first Indiana Jones film – Raiders Of The Lost Ark – with a “more tapered” crown then the first, Propstore, the auction house, said.
Created by the Herbert Johnson Hat Company in London, the inside lining features gold monogrammed initials “IJ”.