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An original test fedora, used and signed by Harrison Ford. Estimate: $25,000 - $35,000
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LOS ANGELES, CA.- Juliens Auctions and Turner Classic Movies are rolling out the red carpet and pointing the klieg lights at the silver screens greatest treasures starring in their summer blockbuster Hollywood Legends, taking place live Thursday, June 19th, and Friday, June 20th in Los Angeles and online at juliensauctions.com
Nearly 1,000 star making costumes, props, production art, models as well as memorabilia, manuscripts and more spanning 70 years of entertainment from the Golden Age of Hollywood to todays modern classics and the most recognizable film objets dart and ephemera synonymous with the most legendary and beloved stars of all time seen in the worlds favorite movie franchises, genre films and award winning classics will be brought together in this once-in-a-lifetime auction to take home a piece of Hollywood history.
One of Hollywoods most iconic costume pieces of all time emblematic of one of the screens greatest heroes will ride again on Day One of Hollywood Legends celebrating Contemporary Hollywood. An original test fedora, used and signed by Harrison Ford in his legendary role as archaeologist "Indiana Jones" and selected for the production of the action-adventure film franchises 2008 installment Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (estimate: $25,000 - $35,000) will top the auction block. The fedora, composed of genuine fur felt, with a ribbon and bow and created by The Adventurebilt Hat Company, who made the six hero hats for the film, was sent to Ford's personal costume designer Bernie Pollack. Harrison Ford wore and selected the hat in the fitting but it was not ultimately used in the making of the scene when Indiana Jones and Mutt Williams (Shia LaBeouf) arrive in Peru and discuss Harold Oxley (John Hurt).
Rising from the frozen depths of Antarctica comes the terrifying original production-made head prop used in legendary horror master John Carpenters The Thing from the personal collection of the science fiction horror film classics cinematographer Dean Cundey (estimate: $50,000-$70,000). Other production material (estimate: $5,000-$7,000) from the cult classic film includes Dean Cundeys signed production-used final draft script and shooting schedules with notes that include "Wed. Jan. 6/ 1. Head hits floor./ 2. Tongue whips out reaching for desk.
Hot damn! It's the Soggy Bottom Boys! The iconic costumes from the Coen Brothers classic 1930s depression era musical odyssey O Brother, Where Art Thou? will sing their way to the auction block with the appearances of the three gray and white striped hero prison ensembles worn in the films opening by the stars, George Clooney as "Ulysses Everett McGill," John Turturro as Pete Hogwallop," and Tim Blake Nelson as "Delmar O'Donnell" (each estimate: $2,000 - $3,000).
Items from Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood rarely come to auction...until now. The Imperial Osterizer Blend-N-Cycle 10-Speed blender screen-used by the films star Leonardo DiCaprio as Rick Dalton in Quentin Tarantinos Academy Award-winning film is one of the films most memorable props ($3,000 - $5,000). In the film's final scenes, the blender is vigorously used by Rick Dalton to make margaritas for a night at home and holds the blender jar when he discovers three members of the Manson Family (unbeknownst to him) on his private street.
Swooping in from the blockbuster franchise are some of the most fantastical items used by the Harry Potter series iconic characters including the original illuminating wand prop used by Ralph Fiennes as "Lord Voldemort" in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (estimate: $10,000 - $20,000); an original hero wax seal Hogwarts acceptance envelope prop used by Daniel Radcliffe in his titular role as "Harry Potter" in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (estimate: $6,000 - $8,000); and more.
S-ssss-ssss-sssss-smokin'! The original production-made "Mask of Loki" used by Jim Carrey as "Stanley Ipkiss when he transforms into his iconic green faced character The Mask in the 1994 action-comedy cult classic of the same name will delight fans and collectors (estimate: $5,000 - $7,000).
Juliens and TCM will be launching into space, the final frontier with over 60 items from the Star Trek franchise! From cast-signed original series scripts, to a Borg regeneration alcove (estimate: $6,000 - $8,000) from Star Trek: First Contact and Star Trek: Voyager, as well as items from the collections of the series crew members such as a stand-in and photo double for James Minor Worf in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, and pieces from Michael DeMeritt, the Assistant Director for Star Trek: Voyager and Star Trek: Enterprise including props, set dressing, costumes, and memorabilia that will boldly go where no auction has gone before.
A collection of property relating to Disney Animation from the 80s and 90s includes a discovery of a VHS containing a 25-minute work-in-progress cut of a cancelled and never-released animated short called Swabbies starring Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, and Goofy. The VHS that has not surfaced for 40 years is believed to have the most complete version of the short that was ever created.
Terrifying the auction block will be items from the Estate of cult horror film director, Anthony Hickox with objects from his films Waxwork, Waxwork II: Lost in Time, Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat and at the centerpiece of the collection, an original production-used Puzzle Box prop from the 1992 horror film Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth ($3,000 - $5,000) from the legendary Hellraiser franchise.
Other highlights from Contemporary Hollywoods most iconic films and series include: an original six-foot filming miniature Jupiter 2 spaceship from the production of the 1998 film Lost in Space (estimate: $10,000 - $20,000); original stunt leg prop part of the Maximilian robot from the 1979 film The Black Hole (estimate: $6,000 - $8,000); illustrator Tom Cranham concept drawings and sepia print of the Visitor's Center Lobby seen in the 1993 blockbuster film Jurassic Park (estimate: $500 - $700); and the original suit ensemble and topcoat worn by Jon Hamm as Don Draper in the pilot episode "Smoke Gets In Your Eyes" of the groundbreaking drama series Mad Men (estimate: $1,000 - $2,000); as well as costumes from Across the Universe, That Thing You Do! Kinsey, Catch Me If You Can, and more.
On Day Two, Classic Hollywood will be feted with the studio film sets most iconic objects from the greatest films and their creators and stars from the Golden Age of Hollywood. Juliens and TCM proudly presents a collection of nearly 80 items from the Estate of Paddy Chayefsky representing the legendary playwright and screenwriters most renowned works such as his 1976 Best Screenplay Golden Globe for the Academy Award-winning satire Network, his 1975 annotated Network script, and a framed prop award honoring newsman Howard Beale played by Peter Finch in Network (estimate: $500 - $700); as well as Chayefskys 1971 Best Screenplay Motion Picture Golden Globe for The Hospital (estimate: $8,000-$12,000), 1955 Cannes Film Festival Palme D'Or given to Paddy Chayefsky for his screenplay for the film Marty (this was the inaugural Palme dOr award) (estimate: $8,000-$12,000); and more.
Just a few days after celebrating what would have been Marilyn Monroes 99th birthday, Juliens Auctions and TCM offers some of the screen goddess most rare and intimate artifacts related to her storied films such as a 1960 sterling silver cigarette box engraved "Dear Dave, / Cut me up - but oh soooo / gently / Love / Marilyn;" gifted by the star to David Bretherton, the film editor on the 1960 comedy film Let's Make Love (estimate: $4,000-$6,000) and an original gouache and ink Let's Make Love drawing created by the art department at the studio signed by Marilyn (who added "Love and Kisses") and signed by Yves Montand, Tony Randall, Arthur Miller and others involved with the comedy ($10,000-$15,000); a 1955/1970s rare black and white photograph, contact sheet print, and negative depicting a rare image of Marilyn with a pensive expression on the set of The Seven Year Itch (estimate: $400-600); and a 1998 print from the photographer Richard Avedons session with the star in 1957 (estimate: $1,000-$2,000).
On film, stage, radio, television and in concerts, Judy Garland was the quintessential entertainer who used her microphone distinctively in her various legendary performances. One example is this show stopping white enamel and gold painted stars microphone featuring the gold lettering judy four times created for the Hollywood legend, from the production of her 1963-64 variety show The Judy Garland Show (estimate: $6,000-$8,000).
An original concept map of the town of Twin Peaks, hand-drawn and signed by visionary filmmaker and co-creator David Lynch of the ground breaking mystery television series of the same name will make an astonishing addition to the auction block (estimate: $40,000-$60,000). Lynch's signature artistic style will also be represented in the offerings of two of his original abstract artworks that the renowned artist created in the late 1980s / early 1990s (each estimate: $20,000-$40,000).
Highlights also include (with estimates): a velvet ballet costume made for Doris Day from the production of the 1962 film Jumbo ($700-900); an Edith Head-designed ensemble worn by Natalie Wood in the film The Great Race consisting of an emerald-colored wool button-up coat, hat and purse with gloves ($1,500 $2,000); David O. Selznicks telegrams about forcing Vivien Leigh to honor her seven-year film contract after she was cast in 1939 for Gone With The Wind (estimate:$400-600); Charlton Hestons 1994 Friars Club Award ($1,000 $2,000); a black and white publicity photograph of silent screen siren Clara Bow from the 1930 film Her Wedding Night ($400-600) and more.
A collection of vintage jewelry and figurines related to the ground breaking singer-actress Josephine Baker will dazzle the auction such as (with estimates): a circa 1930s Art Deco Albert Flamand "Oiseau des Iles" Josephine Baker branded bakelite and feather cuff bracelet ($1,500-$2,500), an extremely rare 1934 Zouzou / Josephine Baker branded cuff bracelet with secret compartment / compact and mirror, made in orange Bakelite and brass ($1,000-$2,000), a metal and wood Art Deco statue of Josephine Baker created by designer Karl Hagenauer ($1,000-$1,500), and a life size cosmetic-counter store display Josephine Baker bust, advertising BAKERFIX, Bakers line of brilliantine hair products to emulate her Eton crop hairstyle ($800-$1,200).
This summer, Juliens and TCM have curated some of the most phenomenal pieces of box office movie magic in our upcoming Hollywood Legends event that will offer two days of non-stop auction entertainment and excitement, said Catherine Williamson, Managing Director of Entertainment, Juliens Auctions. From the iconic costumes from O Brother, Where Art Thou? to the collections of Star Trek and the Estate of Paddy Chayefsky, many of these rare pieces have been unseen since their production and appearances on the screen and will be coming out of the vaults to be offered to the public for the first time.
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