One of the fashion icon’s most memorable pieces of clothing.

The jacket Prince wore in his film Purple Rain will go up for auction this summer, the Associated Press reports.

The black blazer is worn by Prince while riding his motorcycle with Apollonia early in the film to ‘Take Me With U’. The original seller explained that her sister received the jacket from Prince after working as a makeup artist on Purple Rain.

“It’s definitely the most important piece of screen-worn Prince clothing that’s ever come up for auction,” said Joe Maddalena, president of the California-based auction house, Profiles in History who explained that Prince memorabilia “just really doesn’t exist”.

“It seems like he controlled it all … this is the first time ever for something like this, and it might be the only time because the rest of the costumes may be in his (personal) wardrobe,” he said.

The lot will be auctioned on June 29th in the range of $6000 and $8000, but being “the star of the show”, it is expected to rise much higher.

For the video below for a look at the jacket.

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