UNITED STATES: PREVIEW OF HOLLYWOOD AND ROCK AND ROLL MEMORABILIA AUCTION AT SOTHEBY'S IN NEW YORK.

Record ID: 337689

  • Title: UNITED STATES: PREVIEW OF HOLLYWOOD AND ROCK AND ROLL MEMORABILIA AUCTION AT SOTHEBY'S IN NEW YORK.
  • Date: 17th December 1997
  • Summary: NEW YORK, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES (DECEMBER 17, 1997) (RTV - ACCESS ALL) 1. GV/CU: VARIOUS EXTERIORS OF SOTHEBY'S AUCTION HOUSE (2 SHOTS) 0.13 2. GV: WIDE OF HOLLYWOOD MEMORABILIA 0.18 3. GV/CU: CAPE WORN BY CHRISTOPHER REEVE IN SUPERMAN, 1978 (ESTIMATED VALUE 7-9000 U.S. DOLLARS) (2 SHOTS) 0.28 4. GV/CU/TILT: OSCAR AWARD STATUETTE (FARCIOT EDOUART ACADEMY FIRST AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING TRANSPERENCY SPECIAL EFFECTS IN REAP THE WILD WIND, 1942 (ESTIMATED VALUE 10-15,000 U.S. DOLLARS) (2 SHOTS) 0.42 5. GV/CU: COSTUMES - INCLUDING TEST DRESSES FOR DOROTHY IN THE WIZARD OF OZ AND MUNCHKIN COSTUME/ PAN OF TOMMY COTTONARO'S MUNCHKIN COSTUME FROM THE 1939 CLASSIC FILM THE WIZARD OF OZ (ESTIMATED VALUE 10-12,000 U.S. DOLLARS) (2 SHOTS) 0.57 6. GV: CALENDAR PHOTOS (DRESSED AND UNDRESSED) OF MARILYN MONROE AND FAUX ALLIGATOR TRAVELAIRE SUITCASE FROM GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES, 1953. (ESTIMATED VALUE 2-3000 U.S. DOLLARS) 1.04 7. CU/ZOOM/GV: GLASS KEROSENE LAMP FROM GONE WITH THE WIND, 1939 (ESTIMATED VALUE 6-8000 U.S. DOLLARS) 1.19 8. GV/CU: CAPTAIN KIRK'S STARFLEET COMMAND JACKET FROM STAR TREK II: THE WRATH OF KHAN, 1982 (ESTIMATED VALUE 3-5000 U.S. DOLLARS) (VARIOUS) (2 SHOTS) 1.31 9. GV/CU: ORIGINAL PAINTING FOR THE MOVIE POSTER FOR HOME ALONE II, 1992 (ESTIMATED VALUE 7-9000 U.S. DOLLARS) (2 SHOTS) 1.40 10. GV: WIDE OF PEOPLE LOOKING AT MEMORABILIA IN GALLERIES 1.50 11. CU: DANA HAWKES, DIRECTOR OF COLLECTIBLES, SAYING: "THE CLIENTELE THAT WILL BE COMING IN ARE CHRISTMAS SHOPPERS. WHAT WE DO FIND IS PEOPLE WANT THINGS SENT OVERNIGHT SO THAT THEY ARRIVE FOR CHRISTMAS DECEMBER 25... THAT'S WHAT'S DIFFERENT THIS TIME OF YEAR" (ENGLISH) 2.18 12. GV/CU/TILT: MADONNA'S RED SILK SPANISH SKIRT AND BUSTIER WORN DURING "WHO'S THAT GIRL TOUR" 1987 (ESTIMATED VALUE 16-18,000 U.S. DOLLARS) (2 SHOTS) 2.29 13. GV/CU: A JOHN LENNON DRAWING FROM THE 1969 BED-IN AT THE QUEEN ELIZABETH HOTEL IN MONTREAL CANADA - CARICATURE OF JOHN LENNON AND YOKO ONO WITH THE INSCRIPTION "GROW YER HAIR!" (ESTIMATED VALUE 4-6000 U.S. DOLLARS) (2 SHOTS) 2.39 14. GV: PEOPLE LOOKING AT ROCK AND ROLL MEMORABILIA AT GALLERY 2.45 Initials s.3 - p.3 Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved.
  • Embargoed: 1st January 1998 12:00
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  • Location: NEW YORK, UNITED STATES
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  • Country: USA
  • Reuters ID: LVA4FHJIOEYS4KS79V16NRH82R56
  • Story Text: INTRO: Just in time for the holidays, Sotheby's will be auctioning Hollywood and Rock and Roll memorabilia at the weekend -- with items ranging from Christopher Reeve's Superman cape to Beatles and Madonna mementos.

    Highlights of Sotheby's annual collector carousel sale on Saturday (December 20) include actor Christopher Reeve's Superman cape from the 1978 movie, and costumes and props from hundreds of classic and recent movies, including Gone with the Wind, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, The Wizard of Oz, Star Trek II, and Home Alone II.

    Dana Hawkes, director of collectibles for Sotheby's said this sale was different from others because of its timing and subject matter.

    "The clientele that will be coming in are Christmas shoppers," she said. "People want things sent overnight so they'll arrive by December 25, that's what's different this time of the year," Hawkes said.

    Sotheby's will auction the Hollywood memorabilia Saturday morning (December 20) and Rock and Roll memorablia, on Saturday afternoon. The Rock and Roll mementos include a dress worn by Madonna on her "Who's that Girl" tour as well as plenty of Beatles' and Doors material.


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