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Lot 1085

A Union Pacific promotional railroad spike

10 December 2019, 14:00 PST
Los Angeles

Sold for US$382.50 inc. premium

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A Union Pacific promotional railroad spike

Paramount Pictures, 1939. Gold railroad spike, each side engraved with a promotional message: "A Paramount Picture"; "Cecil B. DeMille's 'Union Pacific'"; "Starring Barbara Stanwyck–Joel McCrea"; "70th Anniversary Completion First Trancontinental Railroad." This spike was likely distributed at the film's April 28 premiere in Omaha, part of the city's Golden Spike Days. Union Pacific was directed by Cecil B. DeMille, and along with John Ford's Stagecoach (1939), marked the transition of the Western from a B-movie staple to a serious, big-budget film genre.
1.25 x 1.25 x 5.75 in.

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