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Bonhams: Entertainment Memorabilia

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Auction Name Entertainment Memorabilia Total Sales (USD) 473,691.00
Auction Date January 26, 2014 - January 26, 2014 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 188,250.00
Sale Number #21024 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 273,250.00
Total Lots 353
Sold Lots 290 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 227,800.00
% of Lots Sold 82.15% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 329,500.00
Unsold Lots 63 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 143.76%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
2072

A screenplay of Howard Hawks' The Big Sleep

1945 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 81,250.00
2084

A Ben Stahl painting for Ben-Hur

1960 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 25,000.00
2035

A screenplay of Preston Sturges' The Miracle of Morgan's Creek

1942 USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 9,375.00
2185

A final screenplay of the Steve McQueen classic, Bullitt

1968 USD 700.00 - 900.00 USD 9,375.00
2320

An Andy Warhol and the Velvet Underground poster

1966 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 8,750.00
2139

Piper Laurie's script for The Hustler

1961 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 8,125.00
2369

Alvin Petty original artwork for the Metallica Creeping Death single

1984 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 8,125.00
2402

A Walt Disney Studios inspirational drawing of Bacchus and Cupids from Fantasia

1940 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 8,125.00
2015

A group of Norma Shearer photographs

USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 7,750.00
2032

A preliminary screenplay of Meet John Doe

USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 7,500.00
2176

A Bruce Lee inscribed and signed first edition of Chinese Gung Fu

1963 USD 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 7,500.00
2149

A Piper Laurie collection of scripts for Twin Peaks

1990-91 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 6,875.00
2046

A collection of celebrity signed photographs

1940s USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 6,500.00
2060

A William Cameron Menzies illustration for Gone With The Wind

1939 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 6,250.00
2218

A Mary Martin collection of awards and memorabilia

1959-60 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 6,250.00
2071

Darryl Zanuck's annotated copy of the first draft screenplay of Cluny Brown

1945 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 5,625.00
2130

Billy Wilder's annotated screenplay of Fedora, with related production material

1977 USD 700.00 - 900.00 USD 5,000.00
2043

A pair of titles by George Hurrell, Portfolios II and III

1980 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 4,750.00
2318

A Jimi Hendrix "Pinnacle" concert poster

1968 USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 4,750.00
2173

An Adele Balkan costume sketch for Elizabeth Taylor in Cleopatra

1963 USD 700.00 - 900.00 USD 4,125.00
2017

A group of photographs of Irving Thalberg

1937 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 4,000.00
2085

A Ben Stahl painting for Ben-Hur

USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 4,000.00
2174

An Adele Balkan costume sketch for Elizabeth Taylor in Cleopatra

1963 USD 700.00 - 900.00 USD 4,000.00
2319

David Bailey's Box of Pin-Ups

1965 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 4,000.00
2106

An Al Hirschfeld drawing of Leslie Caron and Louis Jourdan in Gigi

USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 3,750.00
  • Sotheby’s
    Modern First Editions
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Winston Churchill. The Second World War. Set of First-Edition Volumes. 6,000 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: A.A. Milne, Ernest H. Shepard. A Collection of The Pooh Books. Set of First-Editions. 18,600 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Salvador Dalí, Lewis Carroll. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Finely Bound and Signed Limited Edition. 15,000 USD
    Sotheby’s
    Modern First Editions
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ian Fleming. Live and Let Die. First Edition. 9,500 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter Series. Finely Bound First Printing Set of Complete Series. 5,650 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell to Arms. First Edition, First Printing. 4,200 USD
  • Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 546. Christoph Jacob Trew. Plantae selectae, 1750-1773.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 70. Thomas Murner. Die Narren beschwerung. 1558.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 621. Michael Bernhard Valentini. Museum Museorum, 1714.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 545. Sander Reichenbachia. Orchids illustrated and described, 1888-1894.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1018. Marinetti, Boccioni, Pratella Futurism - Comprehensive collection of 35 Futurist manifestos, some of them exceptionally rare. 1909-1933.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 634. August Johann Rösel von Rosenhof. 3 Original Drawings, around 1740.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 671. Jacob / Picasso. Chronique des Temps, 1956.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1260. Mary Webb. Sarn. 1948. Lucie Weill Art Deco Binding.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 508. Felix Bonfils. 108 large-format photographs of Syria and Palestine.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 967. Dante Aligheri and Salvador Dali. Divina Commedia, 1963.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1316. Tolouse-Lautrec. Dessinateur. Duhayon binding, 1948.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1303. Regards sur Paris. Braque, Picasso, Masson, 1962.
  • Doyle, May 1: Thomas Jefferson expresses fears of "a war of extermination" in Saint-Dominigue. $40,000 to $60,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An exceptional presentation copy of Fitzgerald's last book, in the first issue dust jacket. $25,000 to $35,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The rare first signed edition of Dorian Gray. $15,000 to $25,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The Prayer Book of Jehan Bernachier. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, May 1: Van Dyck's Icones Principum Virorum Doctorum. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The magnificent Cranach Hamlet in the deluxe binding by Dõrfner. $7,000 to $10,000.
    Doyle, May 1: A remarkable unpublished manuscript of a voyage to South America in 1759-1764. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Doyle, May 1: Bouchette's monumental and rare wall map of Lower Canada. $12,000 to $18,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An rare original 1837 abolitionist woodblock. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An important manuscript breviary in Middle Dutch. $15,000 to $25,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An extraordinary Old Testament manuscript, circa 1250. $20,000 to $30,000.
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