SWNS Robby the Robot from the sci-fi film “Forbidden Planet” has become the world’s most expensive piece of classic movie memorabilia after selling for $5.3 million. The seven-foot-tall ...

"Robby the Robot" – from the 1956 sci-fi classic "Forbidden Planet" – was sold for $5.375 million – a record price for a movie prop, the Bonhams New York auction house said Tuesday.

Last week Robby the Robot, the iconic Hollywood robot created for the 1956 film Forbidden Planet, sold for more than $5 million. Robby was reportedly created for $125,000 and appeared in a number ...

Now that robots have progressed from science fiction to reality, it isn't all that surprising that Robby the Robot's price has surpassed all but one of the most iconic movie props in history.

One of the most famous robots in pop-culture history has been sold at auction. The costume for Robby the Robot, made iconic through the film Forbidden Planet, has been sold through the New York ...

Robby the Robot might be primitive by today’s movie prop standards, but the three-piece costume is so iconic that it recently sold at a Bonhams auction in New York for a staggering $5,375,000.