DEBBIE REYNOLDS: The Auction on Jun 18, 2011 by Profiles in History in CA - Page 5
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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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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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Three elaborate tunics from Marie Antoinette: Three elaborate tunics from Marie Antoinette. (MGM, 1938) Two royal purple velvet tunics with gold bullion Fleur-de-lis pattern and fringe worn by the trumpeters as Norma Shearer arrives at the palace
0097: Three elaborate tunics from Marie AntoinetteEst. $800-$1,200
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John Barrymore costume from Marie Antoinette: John Barrymore "King Louis XV" peach silk brocade jacket and vest with pantaloons and shoes from Marie Antoinette. (MGM, 1938) Peach silk brocade jacket and vest heavy embellished with gold bullion. J
0102: John Barrymore costume from Marie AntoinetteEst. $4,000-$6,000
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Judy Garlandt "Ruby Slippers" from The Wizard of Oz: Judy Garland "Dorothy Gale" Arabian-pattern test "Ruby Slippers" from The Wizard of Oz. (MGM, 1939) Arabian-patterned shoes covered with red sequins and beads lined with red silk. Handwritten "10 W.C.
0111: Judy Garlandt "Ruby Slippers" from The Wizard of OzEst. $120,000-$150,000
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Emerald-green felt jacket from The Wizard of Oz: Emerald-green felt "Ozmite" jacket designed by Adrian from The Wizard of Oz. (MGM, 1939) Green and tan felt jacket with brass belt worn by one of the extras as an Ozmite as Professor Marvel is departi
0112: Emerald-green felt jacket from The Wizard of OzEst. $8,000-$12,000
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Basil Rathbone caped overcoat: Basil Rathbone "Sherlock Holmes" signature iconic caped overcoat from The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Hound of the Baskervilles. (TCF, 1939) Signature tan and black square checked wool cape over
0114: Basil Rathbone caped overcoatEst. $20,000-$30,000
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Andrea Leeds gown from Swanee River: Andrea Leeds "Jane McDowell Foster" purple velvet and pink satin gown from Swanee River. (TCF, 1939) Long coat of rich purple velvet with lace at the sleeves, pink satin lapels and embroidered cord ta
0116: Andrea Leeds gown from Swanee RiverEst. $800-$1,200
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Olivia de Havilland silver satin period gown: Olivia de Havilland "Lady Penelope Gray" silver satin period gown from The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex. (Warner Bros., 1939) Silver satin period gown with lace insert and intricate crisscross
0118: Olivia de Havilland silver satin period gownEst. $4,000-$6,000
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Henry Fonda vest & Edna May Oliver dress: Henry Fonda "Gilbert Martin" vest and Edna May Oliver "Mrs. McKlennar" dress from Drums Along the Mohawk. (TCF, 1939) Taupe brocade long period vest with 9 buttons bearing a United Costumers label t
0120: Henry Fonda vest & Edna May Oliver dressEst. $600-$800
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