A watch worn by Robin Williams in Dead Poets Society has sold for $ 32,500 at Sotheby 's New York . The late Williams played inspirational English teacher John Keating in the 1989 movie . His quartz pocket watch — engraved with the words “ Robin Williams Dead Poets Society 1988”—was " one of 44 watches sold among other memorabilia collected by the actor and his film producer wife , Marsha Williams . Proceeds from the Creating a Legacy : The Collection of Marsha and Robin Williams sale went to benefit projects supported by the couple and towards establishing a permanent scholarship fund at the Juilliard School .
A watch worn by Robin Williams in Dead Poets Society has sold for $ 32,500 at Sotheby 's New York . The late Williams played inspirational English teacher John Keating in the 1989 movie . His quartz pocket watch — engraved with the words “ Robin Williams Dead Poets Society 1988”—was one of 44 watches sold among other memorabilia collected by the actor and his film producer wife , Marsha Williams . Proceeds from the Creating a Legacy : The Collection of Marsha and Robin Williams sale went to benefit projects supported by the couple and towards establishing a permanent scholarship fund at the Juilliard School .