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Entertainment Memorabilia including Animation Art

Auction 20984
Los Angeles
5 May 2013, starting at 10:00 PDT.
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Auction highlights

The literary archive of Milton Berle
Sold for US$ 158,500 inc. premium
The literary archive of Milton Berle
Milton Berle's Joke File
Sold for US$ 64,900 inc. premium
Milton Berle's Joke File
Ten commandments tablets used in original film
Sold for US$ 60,000 inc. premium
A pair of Mt. Sinai granite tablets from The Ten Commandments
Bohlin "JR" belt buck with brown leather belt made by 3D
Sold for US$ 18,750 inc. premium
A Larry Hagman Bohlin "JR" belt buckle

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Rudolph Valentino book entitled Day Dreams. Together with six photographs of Valentino by Abbe, including in character in Monsieur Beaucaire, and at home at Falcon Lair.
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3000
A Rudolph Valentino book and photographs
Sold for US$ 437 inc. premium
TLS from Gloria Swanson, pasted down to 1920s fan scrapbook. Together with two 8 x 10 photographs of Swanson, circa 1920s, and two photographs of Swanson by Edwin Bower Hesser.
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3001
A Gloria Swanson letter and photographs
Sold for US$ 312 inc. premium
Photograph of John Barrymore, inscribed "To Maria / with love / from / Jack / 1925."
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3002
An inscribed photograph of John Barrymore
Sold for US$ 275 inc. premium
SILENT FILM: Monte Blue and Patsy Ann Miller, Hogan's Alley, Warner Bros., 1925; Willard Louis, Hogan's Alley, Warner Bros., 1925; Warner Baxter with guitar, probably from In Old Arizona, Fox, 1928; Warren Baxter personality portrait in hat
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3003W
A group of four original promotional paintings for silent films
Sold for US$ 125 inc. premium
A RUDY VALLEE ORIGINAL PAINTED PORTRAIT ON BOARD.(PURCHASED FROM HIS ESTATE)
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3004W
An original promotional painting for Rudy Vallée and his Connecticut Yankees
Sold for US$ 875 inc. premium
AN 18K GOLD TIFFANY PERFUME BOTTLE. OWNED BY NORMA TALMADGE SCHENK, ENGRAVED NTS.
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3005
A Norma Talmadge Tiffany & Co. gold perfume bottle
Sold for US$ 3,125 inc. premium
Group of 33 photographs by Edwin Bower Hesser including Buddy Rogers, Richard Dix, Lloyd Hughes, Sam Hardy, Esther Ralston, Alice Joyce, Claudette Colbert, Betty Blythe and William Powell.
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3006
A group of photographs of early film stars by Edwin Bower Hesser
Estimate:
US$ 300 - 500
£200 - 330
€230 - 390
20 photos of Marilyn Miller, including as Sunny (clown costume), as a ballerina in the Ziegfeld Follies, in a riding costume, in a fur-trimmed coat and wearing white tie and a top hat. 3 photographs (one each) of John Boles, Lois Moran, and Irene Rich. $200-300
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3007
A group of photographs of Marilyn Miller by Edwin Bower Hesser
Sold for US$ 125 inc. premium
A STEICHEN MATTED PHOTO OF MARY PICKFORD
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3008
An Edward Steichen photograph of Mary Pickford
Estimate:
US$ 800 - 1,200
£530 - 790
€620 - 930
A LARGER SREICHEN PHOTOGRAPH OF MARY PICKFORD
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3009
An Edward Steichen photograph of Mary Pickford
Estimate:
US$ 1,000 - 1,500
£660 - 990
€780 - 1,200
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