Hollywood Auction 26
All 945 lots of Profiles in History: Hollywood Auction 26 (Dec 14, 2006). 689 sold, 73% sell-through. Prices and results of every lot.
Auction facts
- Auction house
- Profiles in History
- Date
- 2006-12-14
- Location
- Calabasas, CA
- Lots offered
- 945
Lots
- Lot 289: Charlton Heston kaftan from Ben-Hur
- Lot 290: Scene painting for the last scene of Ben-Hur
- Lot 291: Six “Star of Bethlehem” painted storyboards/concept artwork from Ben-Hur
- Lot 292: Pair of Roman legionnaire javelins made for Julius Caesar (1953) and subsequently used in Spartacus, Ben-Hur and other biblical epics
- Lot 293: Pair of Roman legionnaire spears made for Julius Caesar (1953) and subsequently used in Spartacus, Ben-Hur and other biblical epics
- Lot 294: Clark Gable’s personal leather-bound script for It Started in Naples
- Lot 295: Clark Gable signed studio contract and related Paramount legal documents for It Started in Naples
- Lot 296: Medieval spear made for and used in Spartacus and also last used in Mel Brooks’ Robin Hood: Men in Tights
- Lot 297: “Edgar” Mystery Writers of America award
- Lot 298: Jackie Gleason “Sgt. Slaughter” military jacket from Soldier in the Rain
- Lot 299: Willis O’Brien original panoramic matte painting design sketch for It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
- Lot 300: Concept painting for Cleopatra
- Lot 301: Collection of Egyptian props made for Elizabeth Taylor in Cleopatra
- Lot 302: Roman document case with internal leather document tubes from Cleopatra
- Lot 303: Richard Burton archbishop vestments from Becket
- Lot 304: Prop painting from The Art of Love
- Lot 305: James Stewart “Wyatt Earp” seersucker jacket from Cheyenne Autumn
- Lot 306: Anatomical head carried by Rex Harrison as “Professor Henry Higgins” during the “Let a Woman in Your Life” (“I’m an Ordinary Man”) number in My Fair Lady
- Lot 307: Original shooting script for The Sand Pebbles
- Lot 308: Steve McQueen sailor costume from The Sand Pebbles
- Lot 309: Fess Parker shirt from Smokey
- Lot 310: James Cagney handwritten letter and a signed postcard to Joan Blondell
- Lot 311: Katharine Hepburn signed program cover for Coco
- Lot 312: Orson Welles military coat and shirt from Catch-22