Come on down and take a guess at how much Bob Barker’s signature handheld microphone sold for at an auction — it’s more than you might imagine!
Bob Barker may be best known as the former host of « The Price Is Right, » but the « World’s Greatest MC » — who died Saturday morning at the age of 99 — shared that iconic role with one key prop: his microphone. Barker, who got his first television opportunity on the game show « Truth or Consequences » between 1956 and 1975, made his name at the helm of the longest-running daytime game show in North American TV history.
Barker hosted « The Price is Right » from 1972 to 2007, at which point he handed over the reins to Drew Carey. That included the famous catchphrase, « Come on down! » and the use of an extended microphone with which both hosts interviewed the contestants.
