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Gone With the Wind Dress Was Sold 6,000 Times It’s OG Worth

In the 1960s, an employee at Universal Studios named James Tumblin noticed some dresses on the floor while doing research at The Western Costume Company. In the pile was one of Vivien Leigh’s dresses from “Gone With the Wind.” He was told they were all going to get tossed. So, he offered the owner $20 to buy it. Tumblin eventually sold the dress at an auction for $137,000.