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
74

Martin Landau personal Smitty and The Lone Ranger (2) original daily comic strip art.

1933-1962 USD 200.00 - 300.00 Unknown
75

Martin Landau personal cartoonist drawing desktop with self-portrait caricature.

ca. 1949 USD 200.00 - 300.00 Unknown
76

Martin Landau (9) original sketches and acting calling card.

ca. 1950-2010 USD 200.00 - 300.00 Unknown
77

Martin Landau (4) early photo booth portrait photographs in metal frames.

ca. early 1950s USD 200.00 - 300.00 Unknown
78

Martin Landau (6) stage photographs, ephemera from Equity Library Theatre production of Goat Song.

1963 USD 200.00 - 300.00 Unknown
79

Martin Landau (16) early photo booth portrait photographs.

ca. early 1950s USD 200.00 - 300.00 Unknown
80

Martin Landau archive of (30+) photos, playbills, and review clippings from his early stage producti

ca. 1950-55 USD 300.00 - 500.00 Unknown
81

Martin Landau (11) early stage photographs and ephemera from Separate Rooms and Glad Tidings.

1952 USD 200.00 - 300.00 Unknown
82

Great directors (8) typed letters signed and (6) additional correspondence to Martin Landau.

1953-2008 USD 400.00 - 600.00 Unknown
83

Martin Landau handwritten early acting bio and (2) headshots with handwritten resume on the versos.

ca. 1940s USD 300.00 - 500.00 Unknown
84

Martin Landau caricature drawn by James Dean on a napkin at a Greenwich Village coffee house.

1955 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Unknown
85

Martin Landau portrait photograph by James Dean, exhibited in Greenwich Village 1954-55.

1954 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Unknown
86

Martin Landau and Bob Heller (3) portrait photographs by James Dean.

ca. 1954 USD 600.00 - 800.00 Unknown
87

James Dean (2) oversize photographs by Roy Schatt and Bob Heller.

1954 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 Unknown
88

James Dean shooting Martin Landau oversize photograph by Roy Schatt.

1954 USD 600.00 - 800.00 Unknown
89

James Dean iconic oversize 'Torn Sweater' series photograph by Roy Schatt for LIFE magazine.

1954 USD 600.00 - 800.00 Unknown
90

Martin Landau (4) photographs, including 2-with James Dean by Roy Schatt.

1954-1956 USD 400.00 - 600.00 Unknown
91

James Dean and Martin Landau oversize photograph by Roy Schatt.

1954 USD 600.00 - 800.00 Unknown
92

Martin Landau and Barbara Bain (2) photographs.

ca. 1950s-60s USD 400.00 - 600.00 Unknown
93

Martin Landau and Bob Heller (2) photographs attributed to James Dean.

1954 USD 200.00 - 300.00 Unknown
94

Martin Landau at Cromwell's Drug Store (2) photographs, attributed to Roy Schatt.

early 1950s USD 200.00 - 300.00 Unknown
95

Martin Landau (2) early caricature sketches, (1) of James Dean one month after death.

ca. 1950s USD 200.00 - 300.00 Unknown
96

Martin Landau personal handwritten draft condolence letter to James Dean's grandparents.

ca. 1955 USD 400.00 - 600.00 Unknown
97

Martin Landau (4) personal Hollywood fan magazines with James Dean content.

1955-56 USD 400.00 - 600.00 Unknown
98

Martin Landau collection of James Dean related ephemera including a fan letter to Dean.

ca. 1950s USD 200.00 - 300.00 Unknown
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