DEBBIE REYNOLDS: The Auction on Jun 18, 2011 by Profiles in History in CA
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Marilyn Monroe "Subway" dress, from The Seven Year ItchJoanne Woodward dress from The Three Faces of EveDebbie Reynolds gown from How the West Was Won
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Beverly Hills, CA, United States
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DEBBIE REYNOLDS: The Auction

For over 50 years screen legend Debbie Reynolds has been collecting and preserving Hollywood costumes and props from Academy Award winning films including Gone With the Wind, Ben Hur, My Fair Lady, The Sound of Music and Casablanca. This colossal collection includes garments designed by Travilla, Travis Banton and Edith Head some of the industry?s most renowned costume designers and were worn by film icons Marilyn Monroe, Judy Garland, Charlton Heston, Greta Garbo, Elizabeth Taylor, Bette Davis, Gene Kelly, Richard Burton and more. The Debbie Reynolds Collection is deemed to be the most significant collection of Hollywood costumes and props since the liquidation of the MGM and FOX studios in the 1970?s. The entire collection contains over 3,500 costumes, 20,000 original photographs, several thousand original movie posters, original costume sketches and hundreds of key props from film history. Profiles in History plans to sell this massive collection through a series of auctions starting with this one on June 18, 2011. There will be almost 600 of Debbie?s very best and most historic costumes and props including the most famous costume in screen history with an estimated value of 1 to 2 million dollars, Marilyn Monroe's ?subway? dress from The Seven-Year Itch. Other highlights include: - Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (20th Century-Fox, 1953) Marilyn Monroe costume worn as Lorelei Lee: signature red sequin dress from ?Just Two Little Girls from Little Rock? opening musical number, designed by Travilla. - The Sound of Music (20th Century-Fox, 1965) Julie Andrews brown jumper and blouse with original guitar, from ?Do-Re-Mi?. - Charlie Chaplin ?Tramp character? signature bowler top hat. - The Wizard of Oz (MGM, 1939) Judy Garland?s ?Dorothy? original blue and white gingham test dress with puff-sleeved white blouse from the first two weeks of filming, designed by Adrian, plus the matching fabled ruby slippers in the ?Arabian test? pattern. And much, much more.
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Francis X. Bushman helmet from the 1925 Ben-Hur: Francis X. Bushman "Messala" historic winged charioteer helmet from the 1925 Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ. (MGM, 1925) Historic brass charioteer winged helmet with tan leather insert. Measures 11" lo
0006: Francis X. Bushman helmet from the 1925 Ben-HurEst. $20,000-$30,000
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Tunic with suede top attributed to Ben-Hur: Tunic with rust suede top embellished with brass hemispheres attributed to Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ. Teal fabric tunic armored with heavy suede rust-colored leather, embellished with varying bras
0008: Tunic with suede top attributed to Ben-HurEst. $600-$800
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Effects from the estate of Mary Pickford: Porcelain teapot, hand-painted lacquer wall hangings and other effects from the estate of Mary Pickford. Porcelain teapot with hand-painted leaves, flowers and fruit measuring 8 in. tall. No manufactu
0013: Effects from the estate of Mary PickfordEst. $400-$600
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1918 Ford Model T used in Laurel & Hardy films: 1918 Ford Model T used in Laurel & Hardy films. Acquired by Debbie Reynolds at the 1970 MGM sale. This piece was bought with no wheels and was on blocks (the wooden wheels had rotted). Debbie's fa
0020: 1918 Ford Model T used in Laurel & Hardy filmsEst. $20,000-$30,000
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