Debbie Reynolds: The Auction
All 587 lots of Profiles in History: Debbie Reynolds: The Auction (Jun 18, 2011). 557 sold, 95% sell-through. Top lot $4,600,000.
Auction facts
- Auction house
- Profiles in History
- Date
- 2011-06-18
- Location
- Calabasas, CA
- Lots offered
- 587
Lots
- Lot 25: Carole Lombard “Connie Randall” beige gown by Travis Banton from No Man of Her Own
- Lot 26: John Gilbert “Antonio” and Reginald Owen “Charles” costumes from Queen Christina
- Lot 27: Edna May Oliver “Aunt March” burgundy period dress from Little Women
- Lot 28: Katharine Hepburn “Jo” brown period dress designed by Walter Plunkett from Little Women
- Lot 29: Claudette Colbert signature gold-lamé and emerald royal boudoir long-trained gown by Travis Banton from the 1934 Cleopatra
- Lot 30: Cleopatra reissue U.S. three-sheet poster for the 1934 version
- Lot 31: Boris Karloff “Count Ledrantz” period navy blue tail coat with black velvet trim from House of Rothschild
- Lot 32: Freddie Bartholomew’s “Sergei” filming diary from Anna Karenina – “I am a little nervous at acting with such a great actress.”
- Lot 33: Collection of (20) original MGM set continuity stills for Merry Widow, Smilin’ Through, Anna Karenina, Three Comrades, and others
- Lot 34: Greta Garbo “Anna Karenina” signature dark green velvet period dress designed by Adrian from Anna Karenina
- Lot 35: Harpo Marx signature historic vintage top hat and wig acquired directly from him
- Lot 36: Cine Simplex Model D 35mm motion picture camera circa 1930s. Cine Simplex Model D serial number 102 circa 1930s 35mm motion picture camera
- Lot 37: Charles Laughton “Capt. Bligh” complete Royal Navy uniform from Mutiny on the Bounty
- Lot 38: Clark Gable “Christian” Ivory wool vest and pantaloons from Mutiny on the Bounty
- Lot 39: Cast iron and wood lifeboat miniature from Mutiny on the Bounty
- Lot 40: Shirley Temple “Virginia Cary” green plaid period dress with jacket from The Littlest Rebel
- Lot 41: Ronald Colman “Robert Clive” Salmon satin period coat and pantaloons and dark mauve satin period outfit from Clive of India
- Lot 42: Marion Davies monumental oil painting by Federico Beltran Masses from Davies’ estate
- Lot 43: Marion Davies oil painting
- Lot 44: Marion Davies oil painting
- Lot 45: W. C. Fields “Commodore Jackson” royal blue 2-piece captain’s suit from Mississippi
- Lot 46: W. C. Fields archive of signed contracts, typed letters signed and studio correspondence for the years 1932-1937
- Lot 47: Archive of W. C. Fields contracts, correspondence and salary accounting forms for the years 1932-1943
- Lot 48: W. C. Fields joke box and wordplay archive!! W. C. Fields’ personal small leather box containing an archive of approx. 120 slips of paper (3 in. x 5 in. and 4 ½ in. x 5 ¼ in.) completely handwritten and notated by Fields in pencil being a storehouse of words and terms with definitions as well as working drafts of various jokes including, “To bartender, F