Polly’s Coat Sold In Auction For Manchester Hospital
By Mathilde Grandjean | The Independent | May 23, 2025
The 48-year-old Irish actor wore the period-style grey three-piece suit in the final episode of the sixth series.
The suit, which came with a handwritten note on a piece of script found in a pocket which says: “takes off ring”, sold for £1,650.
The highest price of £3,000 was fetched by a three-piece woolen suit, also worn by Murphy as Tommy Shelby, which comes with a label reading “Tommy suit C”.
Aunt Polly’s tailored coat with stitched patterns from Series 3 Episode 4 was sold in the auction
A hat worn by Sam Claflin, who played fascist MP Oswald Mosley during series five and six, sold for £180, and a coat worn by the late Helen McCrory as Shelby family matriarch Polly Gray in episode four of series three sold for £650.
It concluded on May 20 with a themed event held at the Peaky Blinders bar on Peter Street in Manchester, featuring costume displays and live bidding.
All proceeds from the auction have gone to The Christie Charity, which supports cancer patients and research at the Christie NHS Foundation Trust in Manchester.
Oscar-winner Murphy is set to reprise his role as Birmingham gangster Shelby in a film set after the final season of the show, which ran from 2013 to 2022.
Across six series, Peaky Blinders tackled the rise of fascism, Irish republican politics, and communist activities through the period following the First World War, along with Shelby’s political ambitions.