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 800: Original behind-the-scenes still from The Invisible Man featuring director James Whale
- Lot 801: Limited Edition Bust of make-up artist Jack Pierce
- Lot 802: Original still featuring Claude Rains and William Harrigan in The Invisible Man
- Lot 803: Original Merian C. Cooper and Willis O’Brien signed in-house invoice for the construction of the “two small apes” – the stop-motion King Kong figures for Son of Kong
- Lot 804: Black velvet special-effects costume from The Invisible Man
- Lot 805: Tribal shield from She, also used in Mighty Joe Young
- Lot 806: Los Angeles Adventurers’ Club award to director Michael Curtiz
- Lot 807: Willis O’Brien miniature landscape piece from Gwangi with diorama and display box
- Lot 808: Lou Costello khaki sport jacket from Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein
- Lot 809: Vincent Price costume from The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
- Lot 810: Spearhead from She
- Lot 811: Casper the Friendly Ghost animation cel for the episode “Puss ‘N’ Boos”
- Lot 812: Rattan chair from Rick’s Café Americain in Casablanca
- Lot 813: Collection of High Noon Academy Award ephemera
- Lot 814: Collection of 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea Academy Awards ephemera
- Lot 815: Charles Middleton “Ming the Merciless” cape from Flash Gordon
- Lot 816: Lance Fuller “Brack” jumpsuit from This Island Earth
- Lot 817: Robert Dix “Crewman Grey” tunic and pants from Forbidden Planet
- Lot 818: Earl Holliman “ship’s cook” uniform costume from Forbidden Planet
- Lot 819: Yvonne De Carlo’s personal shooting script for The Ten Commandments inscribed by DeMille
- Lot 820: Ian Keith “Rameses I” Egyptian Throne used in The Ten Commandments
- Lot 821: Original 14k gold amulet of The Ten Commandments tablets, presented to Yvonne De Carlo by Cecil B. DeMille
- Lot 822: John L. Jensen costume design “Ethiopian Woman with jewels” for The Ten Commandments, with handwritten notes by Cecil B. DeMille
- Lot 823: Robert Taylor leather chest armor from Quo Vadis