The Dude’s Famous Robe From ‘The Big Lebowski’ Is Heading to Auction Next Month

Here’s your chance to be The Dude or, uh, His Dudeness, or, uh, Duder, or El Duderino.

The relaxed garb Jeffrey Lebowski (Jeff Bridges) wore in the opening scene of Ethan and Joel Coen’s cult classic The Big Lebowski will go under the gavel at Julien’s Auctions next month.

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The auction house and Turner Classic Movies are celebrating the 25th anniversary of the zany film by holding a dedicated auction during a bigger, four-day Hollywood Legends sale. Taking place on December 16, The Big Lebowski: The Complete Storyboards Auction will include more than 250 items related to the film, including all the storyboards by J. Todd Anderson.

For the unacquainted, the beloved ’90s comedy follows Lebowski, a.k.a. The Dude, and his bowling buddies on a journey that includes a kidnapping, a case of mistaken identity, and lots of White Russians. The Dude wears a number of memorable looks in the movie, but his chill attitude is perhaps best epitomized in his brown knitted fleece bathrobe and cotton Jockey t-shirt. The famed two-piece outfit is expected to fetch between $30,000 and $50,000 at auction.

Other highlights of the sale include Lebowski’s sunglasses, a bowling ball return from the set that has been signed by Jeff Bridges, and multiple bowling pins that the actor has doodled on. Not to mention, the entire film’s storyboards are up for grabs. Created with brush, pencil, pen, and ink on standard bond paper, they feature handwritten text that clarifies moments in the “Tumbleweed Scene” and “Grocery Store Scene,” for example.

“This ‘end to end’ storyboard collection auction is a first for the industry and is expected to garner significant excitement among movie fans around the world,” the auction house said in a statement. “It’s rare for directors to do storyboards for every scene in a film, but that was the method followed by the Academy Award-winning Cohen brothers and Anderson.”

The best part is that a portion of the proceeds from the auction will go to Share Our Strength’s No Kid Hungry campaign. Launched in 2010, it focuses on providing schools and community organizations across the country with the technical assistance, funds, and resources they need to connect kids with nutritional meals.

If The Big Lebowski isn’t your bag, Julien’s is offering memorabilia from many other films in the upcoming Hollywood Legends sale. Running from December 14 to 17, the auction will include 1,000 famous pop culture artifacts, like this animatronic model of E.T.’s head. Happy bidding.

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