Pulp Fiction's Most Iconic Towel Hits the Auction Block

There’s a scene from Quentin Tarantino’s“Pulp Fiction”that lives rent-free in the minds of movie buffs everywhere—the moment when things go spectacularly, messily wrong in the back of a car. Now, a piece of that cinematic chaos is up for grabs, and it’s not what you’d expect.

Propstore, in partnership with Planet Hollywood, is auctioning off the actual towel used in one of cinema’s most legendary scenes. The setup: John Travolta’s Vincent Vega and Samuel L. Jackson’s Jules Winnfield find themselves in need of serious cleanup after an accidental shooting. Enter Harvey Keitel’s fixer Winston Wolfe, who arrives to handle the mess with professional efficiency. He hoses down the two men and tosses them a towel—a moment that somehow became as memorable as the gunfight itself.

Here’s the thing about movie memorabilia: it works on two levels. On the surface, owning the actual towel from“Pulp Fiction”is a flex for collectors who live and breathe’90s cinema. But there’s something deeper happening here. This isn’t a costume worn by a lead character or a weapon wielded in a climactic scene. It’s a prop so incidental that most people barely register it—yet it’s inseparable from one of the most talked-about moments in the film. That’s the mark of truly iconic filmmaking: the smallest details stick with you decades later.

The auction has already drawn 10 bids, with the current high sitting at $1,000. That’s steep for a towel, sure, but consider what you’re actually buying: a tangible connection to Tarantino’s debut masterpiece, handled by two of the biggest names in Hollywood, on a film set in 1993 that changed how movies tell stories. And yes, the towel in the scene technically belongs to Quentin Tarantino’s character Jimmie Dimmick—which adds another layer of authenticity to the whole affair.

If you’re thinking about jumping in, the auction closes early next month. Fair warning though: you might want to clean up your bidding strategy before you commit. Otherwise, you could end up with some serious buyer’s remorse.