Profiles in History: The Icons and Legends of Hollywood - Day 1, 60449, Calabasas Hills

Auction Details

Auction Date
September 25, 2019 - September 25, 2019
Page Size: 198 items in 8 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
2

Johnny Weissmuller (11) official athletic record certificates and Olympics ephemera.

ca. 1920s-1940s USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 Unknown
14

Peggy Jean McIntyre personal autograph book signed by many celebrities including Charlie Chaplin.

ca. 1930s-1940s USD 400.00 - 600.00 Unknown
15

The Ritz Brothers pop-up skeleton book from The Gorilla.

1939 USD 600.00 - 800.00 Unknown
17

20th Century-Fox President Spyros Skouras's Best Picture Academy Award for Gentleman's Agreement.

1947 USD 300,000.00 - 500,000.00 Unknown
26

Judy Garland signed William Morris Agency contract.

1951 USD 200.00 - 300.00 Unknown
34

James Mason 'Sir Brack' signature chainmail from Prince Valiant.

1954 USD 400.00 - 600.00 Unknown
39

Alfred Hitchcock signed self-caricature sketch.

ca. 1950s-1960s USD 600.00 - 800.00 Unknown
46

Yul Brynner 'Dmitri Karamazov' costume sketch from The Brothers Karamazov.

1958 USD 400.00 - 600.00 Unknown
54

'Cypriot Driver' costume sketch by Elizabeth Haffenden for Ben-Hur.

1959 USD 600.00 - 800.00 Unknown
55

Cliff Lyons 'The Lubian' costume sketch by Elizabeth Haffenden for Ben-Hur.

1959 USD 600.00 - 800.00 Unknown
56

'Master of Chariots' costume sketch by Elizabeth Haffenden for Ben-Hur.

1959 USD 600.00 - 800.00 Unknown
58

Doris Day 'Jan Morrow' costume sketch for Pillow Talk by Jean Louis.

1959 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 Unknown
59

Marilyn Monroe rare promotional thermometer for Some Like It Hot.

1970s-80s USD 600.00 - 800.00 Unknown
62

Marilyn Monroe, Clark Gable, Wallach, Clift, Huston signed fan letter from the set of the Misfits.

1960 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Unknown
63

Marilyn Monroe (3) personal fan letters from American servicemen during the Korean War.

1952 USD 400.00 - 600.00 Unknown
64

Martin Landau personal (2) early 19th century broadsides for performances of Shakespeare by Kean.

1828-1830 USD 100.00 - 200.00 Unknown
65

Martin Landau collection of (9) Platinum Age comic anthologies including 1-signed by Leo O'Mealia.

1905-50 USD 300.00 - 500.00 Unknown
66

Martin Landau personal Famous Funnies, Series 1, #1 - the 1st newsstand comic book.

1934 USD 300.00 - 500.00 Unknown
67

Martin Landau personal The Gumps original Sunday comic art by Gus Edson.

ca. 1937-48 USD 200.00 - 300.00 Unknown
68

Martin Landau personal (35+) The Spirit Sunday sections and (3) Will Eisner comics books.

ca. 1949-1950 USD 200.00 - 300.00 Unknown
69

Martin Landau personal (2) The Gumps original daily comic strip art by Sidney Smith and Gus Edson.

N/A USD 200.00 - 300.00 Unknown
70

Gus Edson original self-caricature, 'The Gumps' artwork & more from the collection of Martin Landau.

ca. 1946 USD 400.00 - 600.00 Unknown
71

Martin Landau collection of early artwork, photographs, ephemera from his career as a cartoonist.

ca. 1940s-1950s USD 200.00 - 300.00 Unknown
72

Martin Landau personal Terry and the Pirates original daily comic strip art.

1940 USD 200.00 - 300.00 Unknown
73

Martin Landau personal (16) issues of MAD magazine.

1953-57 USD 200.00 - 300.00 Unknown
  • ALDE, Apr. 8: GUEVARA (ANTONIO DE). Histoire de Marc-Aurèle, Empereur Romain, vray miroir et horloge des Princes. Paris, Pierre et Galliot du Pré, frères, 1565. €3,000 to €4,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: HEURES DE LA VIERGE. Horæ in laudem beatissimæ virginis Mariæ ad usum Romanum. Paris, Charles L'Angelier, 1556. €4,000 to €5,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: MONTAIGNE (MICHEL DE). Les Essais. Édition nouvelle, trouvée après le deceds de l'autheur… Paris, Abel L'Angelier, 1595. €6,000 to €8,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: [ROJAS (FERNANDO DE)]. Celestina, tragicomedia di Calisto et Melibea, tradotta de lingua castigliana in italiano idioma… Venise, 1531. €2,000 to €3,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: CAMÕES (LUÍS DE). Os Lusiadas. Lisbonne, Pedro Crasbeeck, 1613. €2,000 to €3,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Bruxelles, Roger Velpius & Huberto Antonio, 1611. €6,000 to €8,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: LA FONTAINE (JEAN DE). Fables choisies, mises en vers. Paris, Denys Thierry et Claude Barbin, 1678-1694. €6,000 to €8,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Madrid, Joaquin Ibarra, 1780. €3,000 to €4,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: DIDEROT (DENIS) ET JEAN LE ROND D'ALEMBERT. Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers. Paris, 1751-1765. €15,000 to €20,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. LAMARTINE (Alphonse de). Les Laboureurs. Poème tiré de Jocelyn… Lyon, J. A. Henry, 1883. €8,000 to €10,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. Livre de prières tissé d'après les enluminures des manuscrits du XIVe au XVIe siècle. Lyon, [A. Roux], 1886. €5,000 to €6,000.
  • Sotheby’s
    Books, Manuscripts & Objects from Three Important Collections
    Open for Bidding 2-17 April
    Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: [Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun]. Le Roman de la Rose, [Geneva or Lyons, c.1481], first printed edition of the most important medieval French vernacular poem. £200,000 to £300,000.
    Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Castiglione. Il libro del cortegiano. [Venice], April 1528, first edition, in a magnificent binding by Jean Picard for Jean Grolier. £100,000 to £150,000.
    Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Jacobus de Cessolis. Schachzabelbuch, Strasbourg, 1483, von der Lasa copy. £50,000 to £70,000.
    Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: World Championship, 1972. A collection of 84 press photographs of the famed match between Spassky and Fischer. £2,000 to £3,000.
    Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Ben Franklin. Autograph letter signed, to Lord Shelburne, British Prime Minister, during peace negotiations, November 1782. £15,000 to £20,000.