Hollywood Auction 31
All 1,105 lots of Profiles in History: Hollywood Auction 31 (Mar 28, 2008). 911 sold, 82% sell-through. Top lot $300,000. Prices and results of every lot.
Auction facts
- Auction house
- Profiles in History
- Date
- 2008-03-28
- Location
- Calabasas, CA
- Lots offered
- 1,105
Lots
- Lot 533: Presentation collection of Swing Time sheet music, inscribed by Jerome Kern to Ginger Rogers
- Lot 534: Maurice Chevalier oversize photograph inscribed to Ginger Rogers
- Lot 535: Tyrone Power signed portrait with wife “Annabella”
- Lot 536: John Huston signed legal agreement terminating his contract at Universal
- Lot 537: Lucille Ball oversize signed photograph
- Lot 538: Ruth Roland’s Diary Book for 1934 containing scores of autographs of Hollywood stars
- Lot 539: Michael Curtiz personal casting book from the 1930s. This incredible “Call Bureau Classification” is 289 pages in length, and features scores upon scores of black and white headshots of the leading actors and actresses of the day
- Lot 540: Boris Karloff signed legal agreement terminating his contract at Universal
- Lot 541: Vincent Price signed contract
- Lot 542: Presentation copy of the songs for The Wizard of Oz, signed by Harold Arlen and inscribed to Mannie Mannheim
- Lot 543: Four typed letters signed by Groucho Marx written to Mannie Manheim
- Lot 544: Abbott and Costello signed employment contract dated 1940
- Lot 545: W.C. Fields signed legal agreement for Never Give a Sucker an Even Break (his final film)
- Lot 546: Marlene Dietrich signed letter to Universal regarding payment dispute prior to The Flame of New Orleans
- Lot 547: Elizabeth Taylor signed contract for her first film! Two page typed contract of employment dated April 25, 1941 between Elizabeth Taylor and Universal Pictures
- Lot 548: Handwritten and signed letter from Claude Rains
- Lot 549: Fredric March signed legal agreement terminating his contract at Universal
- Lot 550: Frank Capra signed laudatory letter of reference for Elmo Williams on Liberty Films stationery
- Lot 551: Frank Sinatra signed contract regarding his performance of songs for Universal films
- Lot 552: Errol Flynn signed legal agreement for Against All Flags
- Lot 553: Fay Wray signed contract for Pride of the Family
- Lot 554: Clint Eastwood signed contract with Universal Pictures dated 1954
- Lot 555: Jack Benny signed agency contract representation for his radio and television work
- Lot 556: George Reeves autograph and mini-photo