Hollywood: A Collector's Ransom Auction 109
All 1,606 lots of Profiles in History: Hollywood: A Collector's Ransom Auction 109 (Dec 19, 2019). 617 sold. Top lot $320,000. Prices and results of every lot.
Auction facts
- Auction house
- Profiles in History
- Date
- 2019-12-19
- Location
- Calabasas, CA
- Lots offered
- 1,606
Lots
- Lot 245: Howard Hughes aviator chronograph personally gifted to photographer J.B. Scott
- Lot 246: Stuart Oderman personal collection of Silent Era-stars (30+) signed portraits
- Lot 247: Collection of (60+) signed photographs of Golden Age stars from MGM Costume and Wardrobe matron Vicky Nichols
- Lot 248: Louise Brooks signed studio fan photo
- Lot 249: Mae West signed contract for the stage production of Diamond Lil
- Lot 250: Jean Harlow rare signed photograph
- Lot 251: Gary Cooper signed oversize photograph inscribed to Harold Lloyd
- Lot 252: You Can’t Take It With You cast signed photo including director Frank Capra
- Lot 253: Cary Grant signed oversize portrait photograph
- Lot 254: Cecil B. DeMille signed oversize photograph
- Lot 255: The Northwest Mounted Police shooting script signed by Cecil B. DeMille, Gary Cooper, and more
- Lot 256: Humphrey Bogart rare handwritten signed chess moves played on set during production of Casablanca
- Lot 257: “A Pictorial History of the Movies” presented to Rufus Byars and signed by Humphrey Bogart, Bette Davis, Hattie McDaniel, Robert Benchley, Edward Arnold and others
- Lot 258: U.S Army photographer Sgt. Melvin Neft collection of (55+) signed celebrity photographs and ephemera
- Lot 259: Hollywood Insider Stuart Oderman collection of (80+) celebrity signed photographs and ephemera
- Lot 260: Louise Brooks typed letter regarding Marion Davies, Lili Damita, and scandalous lesbian escapades during Hollywood’s Golden Age
- Lot 261: Alfred Hitchcock self caricature signed
- Lot 262: Princess Grace handwritten letter to Zsa Zsa Gabor and collection of personal photographs of Gabor
- Lot 263: Carole Lombard “Mary Grayson” sketch by Travis Banton for It Pays to Advertise
- Lot 264: Greta Garbo signed personal bank check
- Lot 265: Plymouth Adventure (3) costume and character study sketches by Walter Plunkett
- Lot 266: Leslie Caron “Lise Bouvier” (2) costume sketches attributed to Walter Plunkett for An American in Paris
- Lot 267: Stewart Granger “Thomas Seymour” and Guy Rolfe “Ned Seymour” (2) costume sketches by Walter Plunkett for Young Bess
- Lot 268: Maria Tallchief “Pavlova” costume sketch by Helen Rose for Million Dollar Mermaid