This spectacular Suit of Lights was worn by legendary Spanish Bullfighter Antonio Ordóñez. It was purchased by Ernest Hemingway—who was a close friend of Ordóñez—during Hemingway’s “Dangerous Summer” of 1959, when he was following the bullfighting circuits.
Matadors were superstitious about wearing costumes with blood stains on them, such as this one. David Meeker Collection.