''Holy windfall": Batmobile sells for $4.2M

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — "Holy windfall, Batman!" The Batmobile just sold for $4.2 million.

The original 19-foot-long black, bubble-topped car used in the 1960s "Batman" TV show sold at auction Saturday.
The Barrett-Jackson Auction Co. in Scottsdale, Ariz., revealed the selling price but says the winning bidder has not been disclosed.
The car's owner — auto customizer George Barris, of Los Angeles — transformed a one-of-a-kind 1955 Lincoln Futura concept car into the sleek crime-fighting machine. It boasted lasers and a "Batphone" and could lay down smoke screens and oil slicks.
The iconic car was used by Adam West who starred as the Caped Crusader and by Burt Ward, his sidekick Robin known for exclamations beginning with —"Holy."
Barris' publicist says his client is pleased with the auction result.



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The winner is a guy named Rick Champagne. His post-auction interview made it sound as though he was ready to bid whatever it took to win the Batmobile. He owns a logistics company in the Tempe, AZ area.

Overpaid by 3mill.+

He must wanted it really bad to go with his Batmobile collection. Would be cool though to be driving it around and seeing the peoples reactions.