Items from Evans' legendary career in film including a Hollywood Walk of Fame Plaque presented to Evans on May 23, 2003 to commemorate the placement of his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame (estimate: $3,000-$5,000); his 1974 Golden Globe for Chinatown which won for "Best Motion Picture/Drama” (estimate: $3,000-$5,000) (photo above); Evans' early draft annotated script of The Godfather that includes some interesting notes on casting such as Gene Hackman, Pat Hingle or Robert Ryan who were early considerations for the role of Tom Hagen which ultimately went to Robert Duvall and changed and deleted scenes (estimate: $3,000-$5,000); Evans' third draft Chinatown script signed by the Academy Award winning film's screenplay
writer Robert Towne with the note written on the front page dated 12/23/77, “For my Favorite Producer, Hope to give you many, many more and two in the New Year” (estimate: $8,000 - $10,000); Evans' brass “name” that hung on his Paramount Studios' office door (estimate: $300-$500); a group of 100 never before seen black and white photographic contact sheets of behind-the-scenes images on the set of Chinatown depicting the cast including Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, John Huston and director Roman Polanski who also appeared in the film (estimate: $3,000-$5,000); Evans' script from 1974's The Godfather II marked “Second Draft" (estimate: $1,000-$2,000); a key to New York City presented to Evans by Mayor Abraham Beame on October 19, 1975 (estimate: $1,000-$2,000); Evan's three large Rolodexes from the 1980s-1990s containing dozens of the producer's Hollywood friends and business contacts including: Wes Anderson, Army Archerd, Warren Beatty, Candice Bergen, Jacqueline Bissett, Peter Bogdanovich, Francis Ford Coppola, Tony Danza, Barry Diller, Faye Dunaway Mia Farrow, Carrie Fisher, Heidi Fleiss, Andy Garcia, Hugh Hefner, Dennis Hopper, Angelica Huston, Louis Malle, Shirley MacLaine, Liza Minnelli, Helmut Newton, Jack Nicholson, Roman Polanski, Mario Puzo, Rob Reiner, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Liz Smith, Aaron Spelling and Elizabeth Taylor to name just a few (estimate: $400-$600); Evan's 1980 U.S. passport containing multiple entry stamps and visas to Malta, Antigua, Barbados, France, Japan, Tahiti, Mexico, and others (estimate: $2,000-$4,000); Evans' personal pair of Oliver Peoples brand "Robert Evans" black framed and gradient blue lens prescription eyeglasses with the ends chewed by Evans, as was his habit (estimate: $2,000-$3,000); plus, his scripts of Marathon Man, Love Story, photographs from the film The Sun Also Rises, archival and professional portrait photos, film industry membership cards and more.