TCM Presents .. Mavericks 2021-06-08 Auction - 276 Price Results - Bonhams in CA - Page 12
A Marlon Brando Collection of scripts, letters, andA playscript of Everybody Comes to Rick's, the basisA King Kong large archive of photographs
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Los Angeles, CA, United States
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A voluminous assemblage of legendary actor Marlon Brando's personally annotated books will be sold in Bonhams' Los Angeles Entertainment Memorabilia auction slated for June 8. Among the highlighted lots is a Group of 95 Books on Acting, Film, and Theater with notes in the margins in Brando's hand (estimate: $10,000 - 15,000). Included in the group is On Ibsen, Strindberg and Chekhov by Stella Adler, actress and teacher with whom Brando first studied upon his arrival in New York in the 1940s. Adler had a profound impact on Brando; he often credits her as the person responsible for teaching him how to act. The lot also features Brando's personal copy of Cat on A Hot Tin Roof by Tennessee Williams, famed playwright also known for A Streetcar Named Desire, the 1958 film starring Brando. His character in the film, Stanley Kowalski, is an iconic role for which the actor is best remembered, as well as a seminal figure in the history of cinematography. Bonhams Director of Entertainment Music and Memorabilia Helen Hall commented, "Marlon Brando's collection of literature bears testament to the man behind the screen. The actor, who was a voracious reader, would regularly write in the margins, whether making notes to further research certain topics or to vehemently express disagreement with the book's author. In addition to this near complete Brando library, our June sale contains a vast number of rare Hollywood treasures, including a wonderful group of photographs from the Estate of Stanley Simon. A postal worker throughout his life, Simon amassed a fantastic collection of early film stills taken during the inception of horror film, including beautiful 1932 silver gelatin prints of Boris Karloff in The Mummy and a variety of candid photographs on the sets of Alfred Hitchcock films."
Auction Curator:
Caren Roberts-Frenzel
Caren Roberts-Frenzel
Specialist - Entertainment Memorabilia
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A Russ Meyer 'Bustoon' illustration by Bill Ward: A Russ Meyer 'Bustoon' illustration by Bill WardGouache and graphite on illustration paper, signed ('Ward') in the lower right corner, framed. Overall: 17.25 x 21.25 in.; within mat: 14 x 17.5
0263: A Russ Meyer 'Bustoon' illustration by Bill WardEst. $1,000-$1,500
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A Russ Meyer 'Bustoon' illustration by Bill Ward: A Russ Meyer 'Bustoon' illustration by Bill WardGouache and graphite on illustration paper, signed ('Ward') in the lower left corner, framed. Overall: 17.25 x 21.25 in.; within mat: 14 x 17.5
0264: A Russ Meyer 'Bustoon' illustration by Bill WardEst. $1,000-$1,500
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A Russ Meyer 'Bustoon' illustration by Bill Ward: A Russ Meyer 'Bustoon' illustration by Bill WardGouache and graphite on illustration paper, signed ('Ward') in the lower right corner, framed. Overall: 17.25 x 21.25 in.; within mat: 14 x 17.5
0265: A Russ Meyer 'Bustoon' illustration by Bill WardEst. $1,000-$1,500
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A Russ Meyer group of photographic art prints: A Russ Meyer group of photographic art printsComprising 13 photographs, one black-and-white and the rest color, most of women in various stages of undress and in various locations, one from Faster,
0266: A Russ Meyer group of photographic art printsEst. $800-$1,200
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A Russ Meyer autobiography, signed: A Russ Meyer autobiography, signedThree volume set, hardcover, of A Clean Breast! The Life and Loves of Russ Meyer (Hollywood: Hauck Publishing Company, 2000). Each volume is approximately 1.75 in.
0271: A Russ Meyer autobiography, signedEst. $200-$300
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A Russ Meyer group of photographic art prints: A Russ Meyer group of photographic art printsNine photographic prints comprising eight 16 x 20 in. and an 11 x 14 in. of Russ' models, including his wife Eve Meyer, in various states of undress, 2 of
0272: A Russ Meyer group of photographic art printsEst. $800-$1,200
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A Russ Meyer signed and numbered papier mâché: A Russ Meyer signed and numbered papier mâché sun by Sergio BustamanteLarge papier mâché sculpture of a mustachioed and smiling sun, signed 'Sergio Bustamante' and numbered
0273: A Russ Meyer signed and numbered papier mâchéEst. $600-$800
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A Russ Meyer portrait which hung in his home: A Russ Meyer portrait which hung in his homeGouache on board depicting the highlights of Meyer's life including his army days, his filmmaking, and his women, done in a geometric style, framed. 42 x
0274: A Russ Meyer portrait which hung in his homeEst. $500-$700