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Bob Falfa's (Harrison Ford) cowboy hat from George Lucas' coming-of-age comedy American Graffiti. Local drag racer Falfa wore his signature hat while challenging John Milner (Paul Le Mat) to race during a fateful night in Northern California in 1962.

After Lucas allegedly requested that he cut his hair for the film, Ford instead suggested that Falfa wear a cowboy hat. This hat has been owned since late 1973 or early 1974 by Sam Crawford, a big fan of the film upon its release, who arranged to purchase the 55 Chevy that Falfa drove in the film directly from Universal Studios. Crawford's ownership of the 55 Chevy vehicle, which had also been used in an earlier film that Graffiti producer Gary Kurtz made called Two Lane Blacktop, is well documented including a feature in the May 1976 issue of Street Rodder magazine. Included in the purchase deal for the car were the 55 Chevy's original prop license plate (see lot 26), and this lot - Harrison Ford's hat.

This cream-color woven straw cowboy-style hat features aeration holes on the sides of the crown, a gray elastic-blend hatband around the circumference of the crown, and a decorative red, black, and yellow feather accent. The interior features a brown leather sweatband. It exhibits loose threads in the hatband. Included as additional provenance are a pair of original letters to Crawford from Bunny Alsup, the assistant to producer Gary Kurtz, that reference Crawford's purchase of the car. One letter is dated January 1974 and is on Universal letterhead, the other is from February 1977 and is on Star Wars letterhead. The hat is an incredible artifact to have survived and has been with the same owner for nearly 50 years. It represents a significant moment in film history, the start of young actor Harrison Ford's relationship with George Lucas, which ultimately produced some of the greatest characters in the history of film-Han Solo and Indiana Jones.

Estimate: $25,000 - 35,000

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