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Iconic Batmobile Up for Auction

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    Batmobile designer George Barris and Barrett-Jackson CEO Craig Jackson on the Batmobile auction.

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The iconic bat mobile from the 1960s TV show on the auction block.

Take a look at that we are joined.

By the designer George Perez who owns it and Craig Jackson chairman and CEO of Barrett Jackson that company is gonna auction and off for -- thanks for being with us.

George -- -- let's start with the usurp.

Now my understanding is you acquired this car the concept 1955.

Lincoln from Ford.

And you acquired -- what year and how much did you pay for it.

1960 fiction and I paid one dollar from the car and you paid one dollar and then.

Because apparently today reports are could be auctioned off for you know several million dollars the James Bond.

Aston Martin went for five million are you hoping to get more than that.

Well we think that this car has -- more important.

James Bonds car because it was enjoyed by millions of people Clara net.

Yes what's a lot -- John I think about 34 miles a gallon -- Well we never checked out yet but may do if we -- some -- sometime we have to use electricity right.

How much designed did you add to the car was already cut off futuristic concept car what you do to it actually.

Well I have a change offenders.

Qaeda front and then add the -- standards took to double bubbles admitted for Adam -- -- Two two people.

And the -- in the center as well rocket tubes -- that they is that we've made that car become really important.

There's -- to star that means we've -- -- act.

Yes and one last design question -- you -- look we'll go to your auction here.

What do you think of the Miller bat mobile in the more recent films and that that motorcycle feel like I'm.

Well there enjoyable but I felt that my bat mobile was more of the people car.

Not more into it whatever it was -- destroy we're there to make people happy and make it enjoyable.

And entered.

Change does was sweetest things I've -- interview this week now let's go to Craig job Jackson the F auctioneer thanks to be and whether certain.

So you just heard her clients he's -- forbids north -- five million he's gonna get out.

Are you gonna get a.

Well let it takes two people at an auction and but bear Jackson we have a history of setting world records we will have some 5000.

Bidders.

Barrett Jackson Scottsdale is the biggest auction in the world it's been around for 42 years.

And we have a history of selling significant cars like the bat mobile.

And I don't think it's -- of reality that this car will bring multiple poles of millions of dollars.

There's people around the world that can identify with about mobile it's not just the US side did.

Show yesterday from Australia I mean it's been in re runs everywhere around the planet.

It is an iconic vehicle if serious should go to a museum.

Yes now now Craig what do you think is gonna be the bigger bettors looking car buffs or Batman fans.

I think it's gonna be a combination thereof.

And I'm hoping that it is goes to a museum were people from around the world can view this car.

And hopefully.

It's somewhere.

Where we can still go see it -- -- -- Yeah all right -- thank you so much for being with us both you gentlemen good luck -- option -- -- -- make lots of money guys.

Thank you beat -- January 19 it goes up for sale all right we'll make people happy all over the world.

Yeah we're gonna be following it absolutely it does -- and a happy I like.

You know that that the new car is scary thinking but that idea that his car made people happy now I remember watching that as a kid they'd always -- that seat belts have so many stories from from back in the -- -- the TV series -- -- at the time that was so futuristic in the channel momentum -- and that man vehicle the new.

The new car the new helicopter everything else is -- like futuristic -- a different slap that baby together like overnight rate before they did the pilot for the show.

And it remains one of the big guy -- well let's go from.

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