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Burt Reynolds' Bandit 1977 Pontiac Trans Am sells for $480,000

Burt Reynolds' Bandit 1977 Pontiac Trans Am sells for $480,000

Thirty-five years ago, no Hollywood star had the box-office power of Burt Reynolds — and there's still a little of that magic left, based on an auction of Reynolds' personal items this weekend that included a 1977 Pontiac Trans Am in "Smokey and the Bandit" style, which sold for a stunning $480,000.

The Trans Am was one of several hundred items Reynolds sold through the Julien's Auction house at a sale in Las Vegas last weekend, from his awards and art collection to props from several of his movies. None drew quite the bidding that the Trans Am did — a car that was detailed as a promotional vehicle for the movie, then given to Reynolds after the movie wrapped. (It's a different Trans Am than the one up for sale by the Wellborn collection in Florida.)