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Lot 663

A group of Rudolph Valentino-owned items

30 November 2016, 12:00 EST
New York

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A group of Rudolph Valentino-owned items

Comprising a truncheon with wooden handle with brown leather covering and engraved silver metal top, with beaded silver metal strap; a humidor of East Indian design, with damaskeened Arabic, foliated design overlaid with gold, green velvet lining, and brass base; a small metal incense burner of East Indian design with handle and lid; and a canvas tablecloth with red velvet applique with gold braiding on an iridescent background. The truncheon is a "ravenka" similar to the one used by Valentino in The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1921). Valentino used the incense burner to heat his eyelash makeup for his films. Comes with five photographs of Valentino with the truncheon and one photograph of the tablecloth in Valentino's home.
Provenance: Truncheon: Butterfield and Butterfield, Hollywood Memorabilia Auction, February 26-27, 1996, Lot 3855. Humidor: Rudolph Valentino estate auction, December 10, 1926, Lot 191. Incense burner: Gifted to William Self by George Ullman, with a letter of authenticity from Self.
Truncheon: 17 in; humidor: 4 x 6 x 7 ¼ in; incense burner: approximately 3 1/2 x 5 1/4 in; (diameter) 2 1/2 in; tablecloth: 21 1/2 x 104 in

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