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When three of Burt Reynolds’ personal movie cars hit the auction block in Las Vegas, one 1978 Pontiac Trans Am towered over the rest of the sale. Built to be screen-accurate to the Bandit car from Smokey and the Bandit, it fetched $192,500 — more than five times what two nearly identical, non-Reynolds Trans Ams sold for in the very same auction. The gap reveals just how much a direct celebrity connection can move a muscle car’s value. How much of that price was for the car, and how much was for the legend behind it?

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