GUEST:
This was actually my husband Arthur's suit that he wore doing photo double work in the film Winning in 1969, which starred his brother, Paul Newman. Arthur and Paul looked very much alike. They sounded identical. And often, when the film process is going on, some of the principal photography moves from one location to another. And then when they're ready to do editing and other fill work, they needed Paul. But Paul perhaps was not available. So Arthur was fitted with a suit which was custom-made for him, identical to Paul's, and he was placed in mock-up cars and did that work.

APPRAISER:
It literally allowed Paul to be in two places at one time.

GUEST:
It did. And Arthur did this more than once.

APPRAISER:
How many films do you think he did for Paul?

GUEST:
Maybe 25 or 30 films.

APPRAISER:
A lot.

GUEST:
(laughs)

APPRAISER:
A lot. Very cool.

GUEST:
And Arthur was a life member of the Directors Guild of America.

APPRAISER:
Yes, your husband, Arthur, had a very vibrant career beyond his association with his brother.

GUEST:
He did.

APPRAISER:
How tall was your husband?

GUEST:
He was just under six, and Paul was just about five-ten. So Arthur was about an inch, about an inch-and-a-half taller than Paul.

APPRAISER:
Oh, I bet Paul loved that. (both laugh)

APPRAISER:
His photo double made him look even taller.

GUEST:
Right.

APPRAISER:
And we have a photo of your husband, Arthur, in a mock-up car wearing the suit with the, the helmet. And then we have Paul.

GUEST:
Right.

APPRAISER:
In the same suit, basically. Identical suit from the film Winning, as you said, from 1969. This film kicked off Paul Newman's love of racing. He was lucky enough that when he started to do this film, it was the first time he had high-performance racing school instruction from professional instructors. You had Lake Underwood and Bob Sharp...

GUEST:
Yes.

APPRAISER:
...taught him how to race, and that just ignited this passion that lasted for the rest of his career. Obviously, one of the most famous things to come out of that was him forming his own racing team, Newman/Haas, which won over 100 races. They won eight driver championship races in the IndyCar circuit, so it's a really important part of his life and an important part of his career. The film tried to get it right. They tried to get the racing to look real. They really shot things on real racetracks. They had real race car drivers. They had Bobby Unser, they had Roger McCluskey. Some really big names in racing..

GUEST:
Right.

APPRAISER:
...to help give it some reality in the film. And of course, it starred his wife, Joanne Woodward, as the love interest.

GUEST:
Yes.

APPRAISER:
The top prices for any clothing from film is women, women, women.

GUEST:
Mm-hmm.

APPRAISER:
Because they have glamorous dresses.

GUEST:
Yes.

APPRAISER:
90% of what men wear in film...

GUEST:
Uh-huh.

APPRAISER:
...is a suit, which, it could be Clark Gable, but it's still a suit. And so even though you have huge names from big movies, suits are kind of boring to look at. And I have to say, this is one of the sexier male costumes, because there's something very sexy about... GUEST (laughs): About a guy in this kind of a jumpsuit.

APPRAISER:
Yes! So it's, this is a, a sexy, sexy costume.

GUEST:
That, that, that goes 125 miles an hour around a race track. (laughs) APPRAISER (laughs): Yeah, exactly. So that's what really elevates this. Because it's not Paul's, we have to value it slightly differently. But it is still a photo double, and it is still something that was seen onscreen in the film. And it's not just any old photo double, it's the fact that his brother wore it, is very important. And they've made documentary about this. A book was written about it. Uh, Adam Carolla came out with a documentary in 2015, Winning. Now, your, your husband was featured in the documentary?

GUEST:
Oh, yes.

APPRAISER:
So he's, he's recognized as a very important part of, of the career…

GUEST:
He is.

APPRAISER:
Paul's career, as well.

GUEST:
Yes, he is.

APPRAISER:
I think because this film is so important, and you're, you can't go buy Paul's-- this is as close as you're gonna get, and it looks identical to what you saw Paul wear onscreen-- I think an auction estimate would probably be around $20,000 to $30,000.

GUEST:
Wonderful.

APPRAISER:
I would not be surprised if it absolutely went past that. If this were Paul's, I think an estimate at auction would be at least $80,000 to $120,000.

GUEST:
Wow. They both would be very happy.

APPRAISER:
If you were going to insure this, I would probably put it at least $50,000.