Jeff Bridges' 'Big Lebowski' cardigan goes up for auction on May 14
On the way into the office Wednesday morning, Marketplace's Steve Chiotakis mentioned that the cardigan sweater worn by Jeff Bridges in 1998's "The Big Lebowski" would be up for bid as part of a Hollywood memorabilia auction which starts Saturday.
Live bidding will take place at the Saban Theater (8440 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills) as well as online (through icollector.com), and bidding is expected to start at between $4,000 and $6,000.
If you can't abide that kind of pocket change, pour a White Russian and hang tight. As Katharine Crnko points out in her Marketplace report, a tribute sweater, made by Pendleton Woolen Mills (makers of the original), will apparently be available come September -- for a more affordable $188.
Which means you'll be able to buy the sweater -- and a rug that will really tie the room together.
Dude.
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Photo: John Goodman, left, and Jeff Bridges in a scene from the Coen brothers' 1998 cult classic "The Big Lebowski." The cardigan sweater Bridges wore will be up for bid starting Saturday as part of a Hollywood memorabilia auction. Credit: Gramercy Pictures.
This dude abides.
DBDH!
Posted by: Don't Blame Del Harris! | May 11, 2011 at 04:31 PM
The dude abides....
Posted by: Chris | May 11, 2011 at 04:54 PM
Yeah! The cardigan abides... well written, dude!
Posted by: AirLumiere | May 11, 2011 at 05:00 PM
What an incredible movie. I doubt we'll see this kind of comedy again. Everything is so safe nowadays. If the cardigan is $6,000, how much for the "whites"???
Or am I "out my element" in such a request?
Posted by: Ken | May 11, 2011 at 05:41 PM
Dude, how about the bathrobe the Dude wore in the opening scenes? I am down $500 for that one man
Posted by: the Big Big Lebowski | May 11, 2011 at 05:44 PM
If they'd only auction off the bowling pin pipe.
Posted by: Kent | May 11, 2011 at 06:48 PM
Barring my win of the actual cardigan, I'd never pay more than $30 bucks for one. If The Dude could afford one, I should be able to as well. There ain't no way I'm paying $188 for imitation bum clothing (and The Dude was most certainly a bum).
Posted by: Hal | May 11, 2011 at 07:13 PM
DUDE: 1972 Pontiac LeBaron.
YOUNGER COP: Color?
DUDE: Green. Some brown, or, uh, rust, coloration.
YOUNGER COP: And was there anything of value in the car?
DUDE: Huh? Oh. Yeah. Tape deck. Couple of Creedence tapes. And there was a, uh... my briefcase.
YOUNGER COP: In the briefcase?
DUDE: Papers. Just papers. You know, my papers. Business papers.
YOUNGER COP: And what do you do, sir?
DUDE: I'm unemployed.
DUDE: Oh and my rug was stolen also.
YOUNGER COP: A separate incident? How interesting!
DUDE: Yeah, and one other incident, man. My cardigan sweater. That thing really held my wardrobe together.
Posted by: Ripley | May 11, 2011 at 07:38 PM
FINALLY!!!
Posted by: MIKE T | May 11, 2011 at 07:44 PM
I've already got one just like it. It too has stains from unmentionable sources, and a couple roach burns...
Posted by: deepwater805 | May 11, 2011 at 08:25 PM
That rug really tied the room together, did it not?
Posted by: Maude | May 11, 2011 at 08:33 PM
I bought an identical and original Pendleton sweater to this one on eBay for $40. They're out there - but they're not THE one the Dude wore.
I predict the winners will be the founders of LebowskiFest. Mark it, Dude.
Posted by: TheDude73 | May 11, 2011 at 09:11 PM
Ken: You're like a child who wanders in to the middle of a conversation.........
Do you even have a frame of reference?
Posted by: aaron d. | May 11, 2011 at 10:03 PM
Uh, I'm just gonna go find a cash machine.
Posted by: Jason | May 12, 2011 at 12:55 AM
@#$@ing auctioneers KNOW I don't do anything on the Sabbath!
Posted by: Walter | May 12, 2011 at 01:28 AM
DUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUDE
Posted by: the Big Big Lebowski | May 12, 2011 at 02:33 PM
I beg to differ... it is not "bum wear" - it is a Cowichen sweater - or at least Cowichen inspired. They were from a native people in Canada. You can knit your own if you can find the appropriate un-spun yarn. Hand-knits in pure wool are NOT bum wear in my opinion. (And yes, I covet this sweater and aspire to knitting my very own.)
Posted by: Heather | May 12, 2011 at 03:58 PM