Boots, dog tags Alan Alda wore on M*A*S*H raise $125K for charity

The combat boots and dog tags (not shown) Alan Alda wore while playing Hawkeye Pierce during the 11-season run of the television show ‘MASH’ sold for $125,000 on July 28. Image courtesy of Heritage Auctions
The combat boots and dog tags Alan Alda wore while playing Hawkeye Pierce during the 11-season run of the television show ‘MASH’ sold for $125,000 on July 28. Images courtesy of Heritage Auctions
The combat boots and dog tags Alan Alda wore while playing Hawkeye Pierce during the 11-season run of the television show ‘M-A-S-H’ sold for $125,000 on July 28. Images courtesy of Heritage Auctions

DALLAS (AP) – The combat boots and dog tags Alan Alda wore while playing the wisecracking surgeon Hawkeye on the beloved television series M-A-S-H sold at auction July 28 for $125,000.

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Auction of Alan Alda’s long-held M*A*S*H boots and dog tags to benefit nonprofit

The combat boots and dog tags (not shown) Alan Alda wore when portraying Hawkeye Pierce on the legendary war sitcom ‘M-A-S-H’ will be auctioned July 28 to raise money for Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science at Stony Brook University in New York. Images courtesy of Heritage Auctions
The combat boots and dog tags Alan Alda wore when portraying Hawkeye Pierce on the legendary war sitcom ‘M-A-S-H’ will be auctioned July 28 to raise money for Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science at Stony Brook University in New York. Images courtesy of Heritage Auctions
The combat boots and dog tags Alan Alda wore when portraying Hawkeye Pierce on the long-running television series ‘M-A-S-H’ will be auctioned July 28 to raise money for the Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science at Stony Brook University in New York. Images courtesy of Heritage Auctions

DALLAS (AP) – The combat boots and dog tags that Alan Alda wore to portray the wisecracking surgeon Hawkeye on the beloved television series M-A-S-H meant so much to him that when the show ended 40 years ago, he kept them. But he`s now ready to let the pieces go, in service of another passion: his center dedicated to helping scientists and doctors communicate better. Heritage Auctions is offering up the worn boots and military identification tags on July 28 in Dallas.

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Tune in to peerless TV memorabilia collection at Heritage, June 2-4

PL!INKO prize board from ‘The Price Is Right,’ estimated at $10,000-$20,000. Image courtesy of Heritage Auctions, ha.com
‘Cheers’ bar counter, estimated at $100,000-$200,000. Image courtesy of Heritage Auctions, ha.com
‘Cheers’ bar counter, estimated at $100,000-$200,000. Image courtesy of Heritage Auctions, ha.com

DALLAS – From Friday June 2, through Sunday, June 4, Heritage Auctions will offer nearly 1,000 pieces from the Comisar collection of television memorabilia, most of which have never before been to auction. Among its voluminous highlights are The Tonight Show set from which Johnny Carson kept a nation awake and entertained until his 1992 farewell; the desk and New York City skyline where David Letterman became every college student’s Late Night fixture during his NBC tenure; Archie and Edith Bunker’s Queens living room from All in the Family, including the two most famous chairs in sitcom history; and the bar around which the Cheers regulars congregated. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.

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