I just arrived home from one of my visits to California for magazine ideas and articles. While out there, I attended Profiles in History’s Lights, Camera, Romance, The Hollywood Auction #53. There was bidding in person, on the phone, and on the internet. Online bidding was handled by Artfact.
The auctioned hammered $3,200,00 million dollars and totaled $3,907,050 with the bp factored in.
Highlights included:
Lot #69: Collection of (36) Jean Harlow 8 x 10 original camera negatives. Est: $4,000-$6,000. Sold for $10,000.
Lot #93: John Wayne/ cowboys collection of (30) original camera and publicity negatives. Est: $1,200-$1,500. Sold for $18,000.
Lot #160: Collection of (6) black-and-white original camera negatives of Marilyn Monroe by John Florea. Est: $200-$300. Sold for $7,500.
Lot #222: Huge vintage French King Kong poster. Est: $20,000-$30,000. Sold for $20,000.
Lot #372: Theda Bara Cleopatra brass headpiece with single pyramid hanging (and one reproduction). Est: $15,000-$20,000. Sold for $15,000.
Lot #391: North By Northwest collection of (34) special oversize photos by Kenny Bell. Est: $15,000-$20,000. Sold for $20,000.
Lot #408: Columbia logo title art. Est: $,8,000-$12,000. Sold for $25,000
Lot #409: MGM logo title art. Est: $8,000-$12,000. Sold for $25,000
Lot #577: “Gort’s” robot head from The Day the Earth Stood Still. Est: $100,000-$150,000. Sold for $150,000.
Lot #579: USS Discovery from 2010: The Year We Make Contact. Est: $12,000-$15,000. Sold for $37,500.
Lot #620: Leonard Nimoy “Spock” tunic from Star Trek: The Original Series. Est: $80,000-$120,000. Sold for $95,000.
Lot #687: Original screen-used X-Wing Fighter filming miniature from Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope. Est: $80,000-$120,000. Sold for $225,000.
Lot #789: Kate Winslet “Rose DeWitt Bukater” screen-used “Jump Dress” from Titanic. Est: $200,000-$300,000. Sold for $275,000.
Lot #804: Hero screen-used “warden’s sampler” prop from The Shawshank Redemption in original screen-used frame. Est: $800-$1,200. Sold for $30,000.
Lot #825: Orlando Bloom “Legolas” Lothlorien bow from The Lord of the Rings trilogy.Est: $80,000-$120,000. Sold for $310,000.
Lot #857: Johnny Depp “Captain Jack Sparrow” screen-used stunt compass from Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides. Est: $1,000-$1,500. Sold for $20,000.
Lot #889: Johnny Depp “Ichabod Crane” complete costume from Sleepy Hollow. Est: $20,000-$30,000. Sold for $80,000.
