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 625: Archive of Academy Award presentation programs and related member material for various years from 1944 through the 1980s. The lot includes a large archive of programs for the Academy Award presentations, from 1944 through the 1980s, along with a number of invitations, schedules of membership screenings of the nominated films, and other related material
- Lot 626: Academy Award 1950 watch and display
- Lot 627: Photoplay magazine “Best Screenplay” award for The Bells of St. Mary’s
- Lot 628: Rosalind Russell’s Golden Globe Award for Sister Kenny
- Lot 629: Bette Davis Walk of Fame star
- Lot 630: Photoplay magazine “Best Motion Picture” award for The Godfather
- Lot 631: Director’s Guild of America 50th Anniversary poster signed by Woody Allen, Elia Kazan, Bob Fosse, and many others
- Lot 632: Director’s Guild of America Lifetime Achievement Award presented to Sheldon Leonard
- Lot 633: Sammy Davis, Jr. bust award from the Royal Academy of Dance
- Lot 634: Charles Schulz original Peanuts daily comic strip artwork
- Lot 635: Set of 1970 MGM/David Weisz auction catalogs
- Lot 636: Burgess Meredith award collection
- Lot 637: Rare handwritten signed letter from Woody Guthrie, in which he gives an extensive critique of the “old timey” music recorded by jazz legend Stella Brooks! One page handwritten letter, dated August 4, 1946, written to “Dear Moe and all”, regarding a recent recording by Stella Brooks, the mercurial jazz and blues singer of the 1940s. In full: “Setting here listening to your Stella Brooks album
- Lot 638: An Incomparable Treasure: J.R.R. Tolkien’s manuscript of Bilbo’s Last Song, accompanied with two autograph letters & the Pauline Baynes original painting for Bilbo’s Last Song!
- Lot 639: Original concept artwork featuring “Gandalf” and the Hobbits “Frodo” and “Sam” used to create the movie poster for the 1978 animated film The Lord of the Rings, signed by artist Tom Jung
- Lot 640: Original concept artwork used to create the Style-B movie poster for the 1978 animated film The Lord of the Rings, signed by artist Tom Jung
- Lot 641: Original animation cel from Lord of the Rings (the animated film) signed by animator/director Ralph Bakshi
- Lot 642: Two original photographs and a poster relating to the historic Woodstock musical gathering
- Lot 643: John Lennon handwritten letter to the Queen regarding “The Troubles” in Northern Ireland
- Lot 644: John Lennon and Yoko Ono signed book, Grapefruit. Signed book, entitled Grapefruit
- Lot 645: Madonna signed promotional hat for Music
- Lot 646: Set model for Barbra Streisand’s 1994 “The Concert” tour
- Lot 647: Pair of original scripts for the Lawman episodes “The Gang” and “Red Ransom”
- Lot 648: Vintage script from the Perry Mason episode “The Case of the Jilted Jockey”