Hollywood Auction 53
All 891 lots of Profiles in History: Hollywood Auction 53 (Dec 16, 2012). 626 sold, 70% sell-through. Top lot $310,000. Prices and results of every lot.
Auction facts
- Auction house
- Profiles in History
- Date
- 2012-12-16
- Location
- Calabasas, CA
- Lots offered
- 891
Lots
- Lot 319: Typewritten manuscripts (3) for Adelita – the Legend of a Song by Arthur Rosson and Anthony Samaniego
- Lot 320: Collection of (4) personal typed letters signed from Cecil B. DeMille to Arthur Rosson
- Lot 321: Original manuscript Born To Die by Rowland Brown being the origin of Angels With Dirty Faces
- Lot 322: Collection of vintage personal and on-set candids of Richard and Arthur Rosson
- Lot 323: Arthur Rosson’s personal “hobo” diaries from the years 1904-1906
- Lot 324: Large original ca. 1913 cabinet photo of Liliuokalani, the last Queen of Hawaii, signed by her
- Lot 325: Collection of (7) produced and unproduced treatments and screenplays involving Arthur Rosson. Treatments and screenplays (7 total), most if not all hand typewritten or hand written manuscripts, ranging across the entire span of Arthur Rosson’s Hollywood career, and all from his personal archive, including: The Land Just Over Yonder (produced 1916; Peter B. Kyne/ 38pp); The Painted Lady
- Lot 326: Extensive production archive of Arthur Rosson’s 1917 film Cassidy
- Lot 327: Ben Hecht’s personal typed manuscript screenplay for Underworld with production notes, and prior origin treatment The Killer
- Lot 328: Typed first treatment and 1944 scouting diary for The Rurales, with development communications between Arthur Rosson and Cecil B. DeMille
- Lot 329: Clark Gable’s personal The Misfits script, plus photo inscribed to Arthur Rosson Jr
- Lot 330: Harold Rosson’s keepsake presentation portrait from El Dorado, signed by John Wayne, Howard Hawks and other principal cast and crew
- Lot 331: Inspiration (1931) script
- Lot 332: The Mask of Fu Manchu (1932) script
- Lot 333: Mutiny on the Bounty (1935) script
- Lot 334: Personal Property (1937) script
- Lot 335: Christmas Carol (1938) script
- Lot 336: Babes on Broadway script
- Lot 337: Undercurrent (1946) script
- Lot 338: Nothing But trouble (1944) script
- Lot 339: Cecil B. Demille-signed presentation script, with Henry Wilcoxon’s personal set handbook and silk-bound premier program from Samson and Delilah
- Lot 340: Battleground script
- Lot 341: The Naked Spur (1953) script with MGM casting file
- Lot 342: Bad Day at Black Rock script