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Icons & Idols: Hollywood And MORE
JULIEN'S AUCTIONS ICONS & IDOLS HOLLYWOOD AUCTION EVENT RETURNS SALUTING WORLD LEADERS AND LEGENDS
Largest Collection of Judy Garland Costumes, Sir C.N. Hinshelwood's 1956 Nobel Peace Prize Medal, President John F. Kennedy's Rocking Chair and Donald Trump's Souvenir Wedding Cake Among First Time Auction Appearances
Featuring Property of Marilyn Monroe, HRH, formerly King Edward VIII, The Duke of Windsor, Neil Armstrong, Charlie Chaplin, Steve McQueen, Barbra Streisand, Bruce Lee, Greta Garbo, Brad Pitt, Grace Kelly, Humphrey Bogart, Evel Knievel and More, Set to Star in Auction Event
Friday, November 17, 2017
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Los Angeles, California — September 21, 2017 — Julien’s Auctions, the world-record breaking auction house, has announced its highly anticipated event Icons & Idols: Hollywood AND MORE to take place on November 17, 2017 at their pop up auction gallery 805 North La Cienega Boulevard, Los Angeles, California and live online. This November’s event offers an unparalleled selection of pieces by leaders and legends, who commanded and transformed the worlds of arts, entertainment, science, politics and history, as well as a number of never-before-seen, auction firsts including the largest costume collection amassed of one of Hollywood’s greatest screen stars, a Nobel Peace Prize medal, a Presidential rocking chair and a wedding cake souvenir from the 45th President of the United States.
One of the most iconic and enduring entertainers of all time, Judy Garland‘s remarkable life and career during Hollywood’s Golden Age was marked by triumphs and tragedy. Loved by millions and generations of fans around the world, her beauty and brilliance continue to burn bright among her legions of admirers, including Michael Siewert, one of the world’s foremost authorities on Judy Garland, who brings his outstanding collection of over 70 of her personal and professional items for the first time to auction. This collection is comprised of her extraordinary and historic film costumes, props, signed contracts and checks, photographs, scripts, jewelry and a piece of luggage Garland used as she traveled on a Cunard ocean liner in the late 1940s. Highlights include: a petal pink turn-of-the-century slip worn by Garland in Meet Me in St. Louis (estimate: $3,000-$5,000) along with the red velvet ball gown she donned while singing “Have yourself a Merry Little Christmas" in the 1944 iconic holiday moment in the film (estimate: $4,000-$6,000); a dress worn while performing "Born in a Trunk" in her 1954 Academy Award® nominated and Golden Globe® winning role in A Star is Born (estimate: $4,000-$6,000) and a deep turquoise waistcoat also from the film (estimate: $2,000-$4,000); her Bob Mackie custom-made embellished cream ensemble worn at her 1964 wedding to Mark Heron, and in a 1965 appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show (estimate: $3,000-$5,000); a slender ivory gown worn by Garland in 1948 while performing “In Your Easter Bonnet” with Fred Astaire in Easter Parade (estimate: $4,000-$6,000) and more.
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For the first time in their company’s history, Julien’s Auctions is proud to present a Nobel Peace Prize medal. The medal, awarded to Sir Cyril Norman Hinshelwood in 1956 by The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences for Chemistry, is 23 carat gold and weighs 202g (estimate: $200,000-$400,000). Born in London, England, Sir Hinshelwood was knighted in 1948 and appointed to the Order of Merit in 1960. In 1956, he was jointly awarded the Nobel Prize with Nikolay Semenov of the USSR for their researches into the mechanism of chemical reactions, specifically in the reaction between hydrogen and oxygen.
Presidential and royal items steeped in history and intrigue will also be featured including a 1963 oak and leather upholstered rocking chair commissioned and gifted by President John F. Kennedy to Senator Stanley Arnold (estimate: $8,000-$10,000), which is an exact replica of Kennedy's famed rocking chair built by White House upholsterer Lawrence Arata on the recommendation of the President’s doctor and a souvenir wedding cake from the 2005 marriage of President Donald Trump to First Lady Melania Knauss (estimate: $1,000-$2,000). As the actual seven-tier wedding cake (reportedly costing $50,000) was not eaten by the wedding guests due to the amount of wire used to make it stand, the individual chocolate truffle cake favors were taken home to enjoy. A pair of pale grey chamois lederhosen, circa 1930s (estimate: $8,000-$10,000).
Bruno Bernard‘s images of Monroe including an original black and white vintage photograph of the star taken and signed by Bernard on the set of The Seven Year Itch (1955) (estimate: $10,000-$20,000); a medical file pertaining to her cosmetic surgery (estimate: $20,000--$30,000); and a mid-1940s black colobus fur coat worn by Monroe to the 1948 film premiere of The Emperor Waltz (estimate: $20,000-$30,000). The black colobus monkey is currently on the endangered species list; this coat may be sold to a resident of California without requiring a Federal permit. A non-California resident may bid on this coat and if he or she were the winning bidder could apply for a Federal permit to remove the coat from the state of California. Other items include signed checks, a silkscreen print by Milton Greene, photographs of Marilyn by Manfred Kreiner and Bert Stern, original color slides from her 1959 film Some Like It Hot, a pelvic x-ray exam, a coffee table, mirror, letters and candid photographs.
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"Each year our incredible selection of items curated for our Hollywood auction events becomes bigger and better, and our November sale is no exception," said Martin Nolan, Executive Director of Julien's Auctions. "From the largest collection of Judy Garland's costumes to a Nobel Peace Prize medal and historical items from Presidents John F. Kennedy and Donald Trump, we are proud to present this extraordinary range of memorabilia at this fantastic auction."
Action packed pieces by American mavericks and daredevils round out this event with several items of Evel Knievel, including a 1970 Triumph T100c formerly displayed at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas (estimate: $25,000-$30,000), a Knieval red, white, and blue leather jacket (estimate: $15,000-$18,000), and a parachute for his Formula One dragster (estimate: $10,000-$14,000); a western shirt ripped with “blood” stains worn by Heath Ledger in the passionate fight scene with his co-star, Jake Gyllenhaal in Brokeback Mountain (2005) (estimate: $6,000-$8,000); an original A6L space suit glove designed for astronaut Neil Armstrong in preparation for the 1969 Apollo 11 mission (estimate: $6,000-$8,000); Brad Pitt’s custom designed ensemble suit and shirt (Estimate: $800-$1,200) and fake “bloody” shirt (estimate: $400-$600) worn in his portrayal of John Smith opposite Angelina Jolie in Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005); a vintage baccarat card shoe used in the opening credits of Bruce Lee’s Game of Death (estimate: $4,000-$6,000) as well athletic shoes owned by the martial arts movie star (estimate: $4,000-$6,000) and documents by Hollywood tough guy Humphrey Bogart and larger than life mobsters Charlie “Lucky” Luciano, Meyer Lansky, Arthur "Dutch" Schultz and Albert Anastasia.
Other stand out items include a Gone with the Wind screenplay for the film publicist’s William R. Ferguson (estimate: $20,000-$30,000); an original Colonel Sanders suit worn by Colonel Harland David Sanders for his work with Kentucky Fried Chicken (estimate: $10,000-$20,000); an original Russian Sokol-K space suit, circa 1970s, bearing a Soviet flag and Salyut space station programme patch with gloves and communications headset (estimate: $10,000-$20,000); Charlie Chaplin’s bamboo cane (estimate: $4,000-$6,000) and felt hat worn in Monsieur Verdoux (1947) (estimate: $2,000-$4,000); some of Greta Garbo’s most private pieces including her portrait of Mauritz Stiller (who was credited with discovering the famous and reclusive movie star) painted by Arvid Fougstedt (estimate: $2,000-$4,000), original artwork created by Garbo showing an angel in flight with flowers (estimate: $1,000-$2,000), and more.
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Julien’s Auctions is the world record-breaking auction house to the stars. Collaborating with the famous and the exclusive, Julien’s Auctions produces high profile auctions in the film, music, art and sports markets.
Julien’s Auctions has received international recognition for its unique and innovative auction events, which attract thousands of collectors, investors, fans and enthusiasts from around the world. Julien’s Auctions specializes in sales of iconic artifacts and notable collections including Marilyn Monroe, John Lennon, Ringo Starr, Lady Gaga, Banksy, Cher, Michael Jackson, U2, Barbra Streisand, Les Paul, Neil Young, Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra, Jimi Hendrix, Hugh Hefner, Pelé and many more.
In 2016, Julien’s realized $5 million in the historic auction of the Brazilian soccer icon, three-time World Cup Champion and FIFA Player of the Century’s collection of memorabilia, personal property and awards, which featured the sale of Pelé’s 3 World Cup Gold medals, sold for a combined total of US $970,992 (£674,300),
including his 1970 World Cup winner’s medal sold for $427,100 (£346,000), which set world records for the most expensive Pelé item and the most expensive soccer medal ever sold at auction. In 2020, Julien’s shattered multiple records of sports jerseys sold at auction in the sale of a trio of historic #23 basketball
jerseys worn by Michael Jordan (his historic 1984 “Signing Day” official Chicago Bulls rookie #23 which sold for $320,000, a new world record sale for a jersey worn by the 14 Time All-Star and five-time MVP legend), Barack Obama (the forty-fourth U.S. President’s 1979 #23 Punahou School jersey which sold for
$192,000, a new world record selling price for a high school jersey) and Lebron James (the NBA legend’s 2003-2004 official Cleveland Cavaliers rookie year NBA jersey rookie season which sold for $128,000) which combined totaled $640,000 as well as Colin Kaepernick’s official San Francisco 49ers rookie jersey which
sold for $128,000, a new world record for most expensive NFL jersey sold at auction. Other notable Sports memorabilia sold by Julien’s Auctions include Babe Ruth’s 1938 Brooklyn Dodgers coaching uniform which sold for $187,500 and NASCAR legend Richard Petty’s 1974 Dodge Charger Daytona race-winning car
which sold for $500,000.
In 2016, Julien’s Auctions received its second placement in the Guinness Book of World Records for the sale of the world’s most expensive dress ever sold at auction, The Marilyn Monroe “Happy Birthday Mr. President” dress which sold for $4.8 million. Julien’s Auctions achieved placement in the Guinness Book of World
Records in 2009 for the sale of Michael Jackson’s white glove, which sold for $480,000 making it the most expensive glove ever sold at auction. In 2020, Julien’s Auctions received its third Guinness Book of World Record placement for the sale of Kurt Cobain’s “MTV Unplugged” 1959 Martin D-18E acoustic-electric guitar,
which sold for $6 million making it the world’s most expensive guitar ever sold at auction.
Based in Los Angeles, Julien’s Auctions has a global presence bringing their auctions and exhibitions to targeted destinations worldwide including London, New York, Las Vegas, Japan and China. Live auctions are presented for bidders on-site and online via live streaming video and mobile technology. For more information on Julien’s Auctions, go to www.juliensauctions.com.
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