With “Wrestlemania season” underway at WWE, Heritage Auctions has some cool wrestling memorabilia from such legends and Randy “Macho Man” Savage and Kevin Von Erich in its Winter Platinum Sports auction.
If you are a fan of professional wrestling, you know that it is “Wrestlemania season” at WWE.
With the biggest wrestling event of the year approaching on April 19-20, Heritage Auctions has some amazing wrestling memorabilia in its Winter Platinum Night Sports Catalog Auction, including 18 of the most colorful and outrageous outfits worn by “Macho Man” Randy Savage.
The “Macho Man” (real name Randy Mario Poffo) was one of the biggest stars in both WWE and WCW, a wrestling legend that John Cena once called “one of the all-time greats.” As his character evolved, he became known for his colorful costumes and wildly popular interviews and catch phrases—“oooh, yeah.”
Heritage’s “Macho Man” collection includes a signed shirt designed by Michael Braun for the July 30, 1988, taping of WWF Superstars, during which Savage and wrestling legend Hulk Hogan shook hands to become the Mega Powers tag team.
Also up for bid is the full outfit Savage wore in his famous Snap into a Slim Jim commercials (complete with sunglasses) and a 1997 costume (tighten the bandana) worn during his WCW NOW days.
The auction also includes a large collection of memorabilia from another ring legend: Kevin Von Erich. The Von Erich Collection includes ring jackets, trunks and signed photographs of Von Erich, the beloved former wrestler whose collection tells the story of his brothers and father documented in the 2024 movie “The Iron Claw.”
The Savage and Von Erich collections are featured in the auction alongside game-worn memorabilia from such sports legends as Babe Ruth, Mickey Mantle, Roger Maris, and John Carlos.
“It is always an honor and a privilege to work with these incredible pieces of American history—those uniforms worn by Hall of Fame greats during defining moments, those cards deemed the most beautiful and the rarest, those treasures from games and careers about which books have been written and movies have been made,” said Chris Ivy, director of sports auctions at Heritage. “We do not take this lightly, recognizing how fortunate we are to work among these items and to have consignors like John Carlos [and] Kevin Von Erich, who trust us to take their treasures and share them with the world.”
The Von Erich Collection also includes the original iconic gold robe reproduced for the acclaimed 2023 movie The Iron Claw, in which Zac Efron played Kevin. It also features two of his match-worn trunks (yes, even the gold pair) and several of Kevin’s ring jackets worn during his triumphant stint in World Class Championship Wrestling in the 1980s. There’s even the jacket shared by Kevin and brothers Mike and David, the only one worn by all three Von Erichs.
There are also numerous photos signed by Kevin, Kerry, their brothers and father Fritz, as well as the last known photo taken of David, the cowboy known wrestler as The Yellow Rose of Texas who died of an intestinal infection in Japan on Feb. 10. 1984. Kevin also offers every WWE Hall of Fame plaque given to all the Von Erichs, father and sons, in 2009.
“There are people that would appreciate these things more than I do,” Kevin said through Heritage. “I want other people to have it, the people that would want it. I’m glad to know there are people out there that would want it to tell the truth because a lot of it’s just pictures and jackets—but a lot of work went into it.”
The Heritage Winter Platinum Night Sports Catalog Auction runs through Feb. 22-23.
