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Indiana Jones' screen-matched stunt leather jacket from Steven Spielberg's Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. This jacket was custom-made specifically for use by Vic Armstrong, Harrison Ford's primary stunt double, in the second installment of the Indiana Jones series. Armstrong was previously one of Ford's doubles on Raiders of the Lost Ark and he later returned for Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. He is widely known for his work on the Indiana Jones films and published a book on his career entitled "The True Adventures of the World's Greatest Stuntman."

Inspired by classic adventure heroes such as Fred C. Dobbs (Humphrey Bogart) in The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, Jones' iconic costume design was conceived by George Lucas and costume designer Deborah Nadoolman for Raiders of the Lost Ark. For the sequel, new costumes were produced that followed the same basic design with minor revisions as laid out by incoming costumer designer Anthony Powell and assistant Joanna Johnston. The most notable difference is that the pockets on the Temple of Doom jackets were smaller than their Raiders counterparts.

Several jackets were created for use by Harrison Ford, while this jacket was created specifically for Armstrong. Ford injured his back during the filming of the picture, forcing Spielberg to shoot for several weeks with Armstrong serving as Ford's double. He performed extensively in the fight sequence in the mine caves (though Jones does not wear his jacket in that sequence) and also appeared wearing his jacket in the spiked-ceiling room and the main temple, where Armstrong swung down to the floor with his whip. One memorable gag performed by Armstrong while wearing the jacket is the shot where Jones dived under the closing door of the spiked-ceiling room before reaching back in to retrieve his signature fedora.

This specific jacket was used on location in Sri Lanka, where Vic Armstrong doubled as Jones riding an elephant for wide shots of him crossing great vistas alongside his wife Wendy Leech who doubled for Kate Capshaw's Willie Scott; and was sent to Northern California and worn by another performer, American stuntman Dean Ferrandini, who doubled as Jones for the sequences where Indy, Short Round (Ke Huy Quan), and Willie Scott (Kate Capshaw) crash-landed in an inflatable raft in the mountains. The jacket screen-matches to a shot of Jones sledding down the mountain in the yellow raft.

The jacket was fabricated from a lightweight leather for production and features a Bermans and Nathans makers label on the interior labeled "Vic Armstrong 179 Raiders II." It exhibits cosmetic distressing from production as well as genuine distressing from use on the film. There are torn seams in the interior lining and open seams under the right sleeve, as well as tears to the leather on the left sleeve that have been backed with a leather patch panel as part of an in-production repair. Several areas of the jacket exhibit small yellow stains, likely from the inflatable yellow raft.

Indiana Jones' leather jacket is a signature part of his outfit, a look that is instantly recognizable to film fans around the globe. This is believed to be the only genuine, screen-matched Indiana Jones jacket ever made available at public auction and therefore represents a rare opportunity for collectors to obtain a piece of film history. Armstrong is one of the most highly regarded stunt performers in the industry and has won multiple awards including a BAFTA® and a Science & Technology Academy Award. The Indiana Jones character was named as the number two cinema hero of all-time on AFI's "100 Heroes and Villains" list and Temple of Doom remains a fan-favorite installment in the saga. Amongst other accolades, the film further cemented Harrison Ford's status as the biggest star of the 1980s.

Estimate: $200,000 - 400,000





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