Wooden bar from classic comedy Cheers sells for £500,000 at auction

The bar used on the set of the television series Cheers went under the hammer at an auction in Dallas (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)

The bar from the television series Cheers sold for 675,000 US dollars (£543,000) at auction, garnering the highest bid among the nearly 1,000 props, costumes and sets from classic TV shows offered up from a collection amassed by one man over more than three decades.

Heritage Auctions said that the items sold during its three-day event that wrapped up on Sunday in Dallas brought in over 5.0 million dollars (£4 million).