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 1279: Vintage (2) first edition hardcover with original dust jackets novels by Walker Percy, including The Moviegoer
- Lot 1280: Collection of (4) vintage art books by Ed Ruscha, including (3) inscribed and signed by Ruscha
- Lot 1281: Collection of (50+) vintage hardcover books on current events and historical subjects, including (25+) inscribed and signed to George Christy
- Lot 1282: Collection of (60+) vintage hardcover art books, including volumes inscribed and signed by Otto Lang, Janel Lessing, Andrew Wyeth, and Ed Ruscha
- Lot 1283: Collection of (65+) vintage books on fashion, architecture, decorating and design, including (3) signed and inscribed by Erté to George Christy
- Lot 1284: Catch-22 vintage hardcover second printing with dust jacket signed and inscribed by Joseph Heller
- Lot 1285: Omensetter’s Luck by William H. Gass vintage hardcover first edition with dust jacket
- Lot 1286: Alfred Hitchcock inscribed and signed book and letter
- Lot 1287: Blazing Saddles advance 1-sheet poster
- Lot 1288: Collection of (6) vintage Hollywood Auction Catalogues from the David Weisz Co. MGM studio sale and the SothebyParke-Bernet 20th Century Fox studio sale
- Lot 1289: Givenchy: 40 Years of Creation inscribed by fashion designer Hubert de Givenchy to journalist George Christy, including (2) pieces of personal correspondence signed by Givenchy to Christy
- Lot 1290: Collection of books (5) pertaining to Andy Warhol and his Factory, including (1) The Philosophy of Andy Warhol inscribed and signed by Warhol to George Christy
- Lot 1291: Collection (8) Danielle Steele hardcover novels, many first editions, all inscribed and signed by Danielle Steele
- Lot 1292: Liberace handwritten signed bejeweled letter to George Christy
- Lot 1293: Nutcracker illustrated by Maurice Sendak inscribed and signed by Sendak
- Lot 1294: World Without Men by Helmut Newton signed and inscribed by Newton to George Christy
- Lot 1295: Entertainment columnist George Christy’s (100+) film, literary and arts presskit archive
- Lot 1296: Collection of (7) art books by photographer Bruce Weber, including (1) inscribed and signed by Weber and (4) postcards handwritten by Weber to Christy
- Lot 1297: Collection of (2) Billy Wilder incomplete scripts for Best Picture winners The Apartment and The Lost Weekend
- Lot 1298: Inherit the Wind color revision script with extensive notations by editor Fred Knudtson
- Lot 1299: Bing Crosby (2) fishing licenses and (3) awards. Including Crosby’s mimeographed bird hunting journal
- Lot 1300: Tennessee Williams letter signed to author James Leo Herlihy with accompanying book
- Lot 1301: Warner Bros. commemorative brass “key to the studio”
- Lot 1302: El Cid presentation sword given to Pierre DuPont including The Making of El Cid book and Samuel Bronston’s El Cid oversize photo book