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A CEE SPRING VIS-A-VIS CARRIAGE USED IN THE FILM GONE WITH THE WIND
30 November 2016, 12:00 EST
New YorkUS$70,000 - US$90,000
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A CEE SPRING VIS-A-VIS CARRIAGE USED IN THE FILM GONE WITH THE WIND
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1939. Studio fleet identification disc 126 on the front of the carriage along with the Randall Ranch Motion Picture Livestock Production Co. brand. Built by premier American coachbuilder Brewster & Co. of New York in 1892. (Pebble Beach quality restoration), black with red striping, with luggage rack added on by the studio. Together with a copy of the original 1892 order sheet and receipt (which lists all the original specs of the carriage), copies of the relevant pages of the 1970 David Weitz auction of the MGM property, two stills of the carriage, and a letter to the consignor from S. Philip Rutherford, owner of Randall Ranch Motion Picture Livestock Production Co., the original purchaser at the 1970 auction.
This 19th-century carriage was originally made for C.F. Crocker, vice-president of the Southern Pacific Transportation Company, on June 11, 1892. At the time of its manufacture, Crocker was living in San Francisco (where the carriage was delivered), but by the time of his death in 1897, he was living in Los Angeles, which is likely how it found its way into Metro's property house. During its years at the studio, it appeared in many films, most notably in Gone With the Wind during the scene where Melanie and Scarlett wait at the Atlanta train station to hear news of war casualties, and again in the scene where Aunt Pittypat readies herself to flee Atlanta.
Provenance: purchased, A Public Auction of the Countless Treasures acquired from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, The David Weitz Co, May 15-16, 1970, lot 3/1137, for $2,000 by S. Phillip Rutherford, the owner and president of Randall Ranch Motion Picture Livestock Production Co.; sold by him to the present owner.
This 19th-century carriage was originally made for C.F. Crocker, vice-president of the Southern Pacific Transportation Company, on June 11, 1892. At the time of its manufacture, Crocker was living in San Francisco (where the carriage was delivered), but by the time of his death in 1897, he was living in Los Angeles, which is likely how it found its way into Metro's property house. During its years at the studio, it appeared in many films, most notably in Gone With the Wind during the scene where Melanie and Scarlett wait at the Atlanta train station to hear news of war casualties, and again in the scene where Aunt Pittypat readies herself to flee Atlanta.
Provenance: purchased, A Public Auction of the Countless Treasures acquired from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, The David Weitz Co, May 15-16, 1970, lot 3/1137, for $2,000 by S. Phillip Rutherford, the owner and president of Randall Ranch Motion Picture Livestock Production Co.; sold by him to the present owner.