Hollywood Auction 74
All 1,893 lots of Profiles in History: Hollywood Auction 74 (Oct 1, 2015). 1,334 sold, 71% sell-through. Top lot $450,000. Prices and results of every lot.
Auction facts
- Auction house
- Profiles in History
- Date
- 2015-10-01
- Location
- Calabasas, CA
- Lots offered
- 1,893
Lots
- Lot 558: John Jensen scene sketch for an unrealized project, “Helen of Troy”
- Lot 559: John Jensen storyboards and reference materials for The Buccaneer
- Lot 560: Mary Poppins original “Uncle Albert” parlor scene study painting by Jim Schaeffing
- Lot 561: Orson Welles early theatrical ephemera collection including The Todd Boys School and Mercury Theatre
- Lot 562: Orson Welles’ first book, for staging Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night with numerous teenage Welles illustrations and Twelfth Night record set with published book and teacher’s guide
- Lot 563: The Cradle Will Rock Orson Welles’ personal theatrical script, plus revision for America’s Musical Theater
- Lot 564: War of the Worlds transcript of the script of the historic Orson Welles radio broadcast
- Lot 565: Orson Welles and John Houseman signed Mercury Theatre exclusivity agreement
- Lot 566: Orson Welles collection of (21) theatrical and radio-publicity photographs, including The War of the Worlds
- Lot 567: Julius Caesar 1938 Columbia Records contract signed by Orson Welles
- Lot 568: Heart of Darkness Orson Welles’ Revised Estimating script
- Lot 569: RKO employment contracts (18) for Orson Welles’ projects including Louis Armstrong for It’s All True and actors in “Welles #1” which became Heart of Darkness and ultimately Citizen Kane
- Lot 570: Orson Welles (3) vintage photographic portraits
- Lot 571: Orson Welles (10) radio and speech scripts
- Lot 572: RKO Radio Pictures (2) deluxe bound campaign announcement manuals including Citizen Kane, Journey Into Fear, Fantasia, Dumbo (plus Walt Disney cartoons), Suspicion, and more
- Lot 573: Orson Welles vintage inscribed and signed photograph
- Lot 574: Orson Welles (3) oversize vintage photographs with one signed by Welles
- Lot 575: Films directed by Orson Welles (70+) vintage scene, portrait, and location photographs
- Lot 576: Orson Welles (25+) vintage and reprint photographs
- Lot 577: “ameriCan” working title for Citizen KAne orson welles’ Personal tyPeD manusCriPt first rough Draft By herman mankiewiCz
- Lot 578: Citizen Kane Orson Welles’ personal typed manuscript “original story and screenplay by Herman J. Mankiewicz”
- Lot 579: Citizen Kane Orson Welles’ personal 3rd revised final shooting script with numerous hand-notations, signed by principal cast members
- Lot 580: Orson Welles’ personal typed and hand-annotated manuscript with direction notes for proposed television adaptation of Citizen Kane
- Lot 581: Citizen Kane Herman Mankiewicz Victorville memo on screenplay 1st page requesting “sexy steno and 12 bottles good scotch”