Hollywood & Entertainment Auction 118
All 590 lots of Profiles in History: Hollywood & Entertainment Auction 118 (Dec 18, 2020). 372 sold, 63% sell-through. Top lot $252,000.
Auction facts
- Auction house
- Profiles in History
- Date
- 2020-12-18
- Location
- Calabasas, CA
- Lots offered
- 590
Lots
- Lot 1: Edward Hopper original pencil drawing of "Jean Valjean" from Victor Hugo’s epic novel Les Misérables
- Lot 2: Collection of (16) vintage photographs taken of various movie sets and stages at Universal City
- Lot 3: U.S. Navy full dress box set, Marine Corps boxed epaulets and authentic vintage (2) USN ceremonial swords
- Lot 4: Actors and Directors (49) behind the scenes photographs
- Lot 5: W. C. Fields collection of programs, magazines, music and ephemera
- Lot 6: W. C. Fields early Vaudeville era signed photograph
- Lot 7: W. C. Fields early cancelled personal check to his sister Adele
- Lot 8: W. C. Fields window card for Fools for Luck
- Lot 9: W. C. Fields (6) early production photographs including David Copperfield and The Bank Dick
- Lot 10: Six of a Kind Final Cutting Continuity script
- Lot 11: W. C. Fields collection of posters and advertising broadsides
- Lot 12: W. C. Fields one-sheet poster for David Copperfield
- Lot 13: W. C. Fields insert card poster for Poppy
- Lot 14: W. C. Fields one sheet poster for My Little Chickadee
- Lot 15: Ralph Ceder, Associate Director’s personal copy of Never Give a Sucker an Even Break script with working title "The Great Man"
- Lot 16: W. C. Fields signed billiards photograph from Follow the Boys
- Lot 17: W. C. Fields collection of vinyl comedy records
- Lot 18: The Birth of a Nation hand-painted Danish three-sheet
- Lot 19: The Broken Coin and Gold Diggers of 1935 rare promotional coins
- Lot 20: L'Atlantide (Queen of Atlantis) presentation copy inscribed to producer Seymour Nebenzal by author Pierre Benoit
- Lot 21: Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks collection of (14) photographs
- Lot 22: Fay Wray collection of (6) character and glamour portrait photographs
- Lot 23: Monumental collection of (40+) hats, helmets and caps from unidentified productions
- Lot 24: Comedians and stars collection of (9) photographs including Buster Keaton, Stan Laurel, W.C. Fields, Our Gang, William Boyd signed photo and more