A collection of 30 items once owned by the Hollywood legend referred to as `The King of Cool` were among the most coveted items in Heritage Auctions` Entertainment & Music Memorabilia Auction March 18 in Dallas. `We fully expected McQueen`s fans to take notice and they did,` said Margaret Barrett, Director of Entertainment Memorabilia at Heritage Auctions. An Academy Award winner for his role in The Sand Pebbles Steve McQueen also was a star in other popular films, including The Cincinnati Kid, The Thomas Crown Affair, Bullitt, The Getaway and Papillon, and a major player in such all-star cast films as The Magnificent Seven, The Great Escape and The Towering Inferno. Of the 30 McQueen-related items sold in the lot, 17 – including the top eight – were scripts. Leading the way were BullittandLe Mans, each ofwhich realized $55,000, followed by The Great Escape ($50,000), The Thomas Crown Affair (which sold for $20,000 under the f
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