Auction house, Nate D. Sanders Auctions sent me a press release today for their March 28th Pop Culture Auction.
Items being auctioned include what is described in the press release as, the first Oscar© for Best Original Score to Con Conrad for the song,“The Continental” featured in the 1934 film, “The Gay Divorcee“*1, a typewriter owned by Orson Wells in the 1930’s and 40’s, Steve McQueen’s 1970 passport, and other pop memorabilia related items. Lot #2 above, the “1934 Oscar©”, has been removed from the auction listing. I am awaiting a reply from Nate D. Sanders Auctions as to why.
POP CULTURE COLLECTION TO BE AUCTIONED MARCH 28, 2012
THE FIRST “BEST ORIGINAL SONG” OSCAR, ORSON WELLES’ PERSONAL TYPEWRITER AND STEVE MCQUEEN’S PASSPORT AMONG ITEMS
March 26, 2012 – LOS ANGELES, Calif. – Orson Welles’ personal typewriter that he owned while co-authoring Citizen Kane, the first Best Original Song Academy Award Oscar and Steve McQueen’s passport highlight a remarkable collection of Hollywood memorabilia to be auctioned off by Nate D. Sanders on March 28.
The first Oscar awarded for Best Original Song (Est $100,000-$150,000) went to Con Conrad for The Continental in The Gay Divorcee in 1934. The Gay Divorcee launched Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire into stardom, and was their first picture to win an Academy Award. Also nominated for Best Picture, it was the pair’s second film together.
Orson Welles used this signed Underwood Standard Portable Typewriter (Est $10,000-$15,000) during the 1930’s and 1940’s at the peak of his career
In 1941, Welles won a Best Screenplay Oscar for his debut film Citizen Kane, named by the American Film Institute in 2007 as the greatest film of the past 100 years. Welles went on to write the screenplays for classic films such as the Magnificent Ambersons and The Lady from Shanghai.
Welles signed the typewriter with a marker, highlighting a 12-piece lot of memorabilia originally obtained from the Orson Welles estate. Nate D. Sanders is also offering Welles’ famous smoking pipe set and other pieces of his personal collection, originally obtained from his estate.
Nate D. Sanders auctioned off over $3 million worth of Oscars last month and sold Orson Welles’ Academy Award in December for $861,000.
Steve McQueen’s 1970 American passport (Est. $30,000-$50,000) displays the Hollywood rebel’s satirical sense of humor. The media often erroneously listed
McQueen’s name of Steven Terrance McQueen as Terrance Stephen McQueen.
While in London, McQueen’s passport expired and he was forced to apply for a re-issued one at the American embassy. McQueen decided to apply as Terrance Stephen McQueen to see if the U.S. Department of State would approve it, which it did.
The auction ends Wednesday, March 28, 2012 at 5 pm Pacific Standard Time. Bids can be placed online at www.NateDSanders.com or by phone at 310-440-2982.
Additional information on the typewriter, Oscar©, passport, and other items, can be found at http://www.natedsanders.com/catalog.aspx
*All photos ©Nate D. Sanders, Movie Prop Collectors, and their respective owners.
*1: Article updated on March 27th 11:59 PM
