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Auction archive: Lot number 52

A unique and extensive unpublished collection of slides of stars of stage and screen, 1950s-1990s, Sold with Owner Copyright

Classic Hollywood
24 May 2022
Estimate
US$0
Price realised:
US$144,015
Auction archive: Lot number 52

A unique and extensive unpublished collection of slides of stars of stage and screen, 1950s-1990s, Sold with Owner Copyright

Classic Hollywood
24 May 2022
Estimate
US$0
Price realised:
US$144,015
Beschreibung:

A unique and extensive unpublished collection of slides of stars of stage and screen, 1950s-1990s, Sold with Owner CopyrightAn incredible and vast collection of approximately 12,000 previously unpublished color slides, the professional photographs taken by photographer Jon Verzi at various Hollywood events, chronicling the history of Hollywood from the early 1960s through the 1990s, the slides in card frames, the majority with Verzi's handwritten date. A sample of the more prominent stars photographed includes, with some shot on more than one occasion: Marilyn Monroe Elvis Presley, Judy Garland, Cary Grant, Andy Warhol Truman Capote, Audrey Hepburn, Marlon Brando, Elizabeth Taylor, Bette Davis, John Wayne, Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz, Paul Newman, Henry Fonda, Buster Keaton Steve McQueen Peter Sellers, Dick Van Dyke, Martin Luther King Jr., Bobby Kennedy, Richard Nixon, Natalie Wood, Bob Hope, Ingrid Bergman, Shirley Temple, Bing Crosby, Sean Connery, Dustin Hoffman, Roman Polanski Alfred Hitchcock Doris Day, Joan Crawford Jimi Hendrix, Louis Armstrong, Clint Eastwood, Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly, Dorothy Lamour, Betty Grable, Jerry Lee Lewis Mia Farrow, Jack Lemmon, Jack Benny, Kim Novak, Gregory Peck, Stan Laurel, Eartha Kitt, Janet Leigh, Tony Curtis Joan Collins, Joan Fontaine, Rosalind Russell, Debbie Reynolds, Ronald Reagan, Jackie Gleason, Jimmy Durante, Rock Hudson, Burt Lancaster, Barbara Stanwyck, Jim Morrison, George Burns, Ginger Rogers, Karl Malden, Warren Beatty, Jayne Mansfield, Roy Rogers and Dale Evans, Glenn Ford, Lee Marvin, Betty White, Jane Russell, Angela Lansbury, Sophia Loren, Dean Martin, Lana Turner, Julie Andrews, Jackie Cooper, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Fay Wray, Johnny Weissmuller, Eva Marie Saint, John Huston, Sammy Davis Jr., Mary Pickford, Mae West, Eddie Cantor, Liberace, Merle Oberon, Red Skelton, Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx, Moe Howard, Shirley MacLaine, Gloria Swanson, Lana Turner, Mitzi Gaynor, James Mason Peter Lorre, Carol Burnett, Omar Sharif, Robert Mitchum, Peter O'Toole Harold Lloyd, Charlton Heston, Charlie Chaplin, Vivien Leigh, Olivia de Havilland, Ava Gardner, Rita Hayworth, Rita Moreno, Butterfly McQueen, Diana Rigg, Jeanette MacDonald, Jane Powell, Tippi Hedren, Peter Ustinov, Lillian Gish Grace Kelly, Lauren Bacall, Alec Guinness, Marlene Dietrich, Claudette Colbert, Ted Kennedy, Ursula Andress, David Niven Sidney Poitier, William Holden, Gene Autry, Hedy Lamarr, Yul Brynner Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Laurence Olivier, Brigitte Bardot, Lena Horne, Michael Caine, Louise Brooks, Vincent Price, Bruce Lee, Roger Moore, Joe DiMaggio, Boris Karloff, Christopher Lee Princess Margaret and Lord Snowden, George Harrison Barbra Streisand, Veronica Lake, Ella Fitzgerald, Tom Jones, Mick Jagger, Sonny and Cher, Aretha Franklin, Michael Jackson Chuck Berry, Jerry Lewis, Little Richard, Engelbert Humperdinck, Duke Ellington, Roger Daltrey, Bruce Springsteen, Smokey Robinson, Joni Mitchell, Rudolf Nureyev, Kirk Douglas, Richard Pryor, Michael Douglas Harrison Ford, Jack Nicholson, Robert De Niro Liza Minnelli, Courteney Cox, Winona Ryder, Colin Firth, Meg Ryan, and Donna Summer. The present owner holds the copyright to the images and will transfer copyright to the new owner. Expanded listing of names available on request. 2 x 2 in. (each)FootnotesIn 2018, the memorabilia world was awed by the arrival of arguably the greatest autograph collection ever seen: over 25,000 pristine index cards signed by members of the movie, television, music, sports, and political world. Autographs included Jimi Hendrix, Bruce Lee, Jim Morrison, Martin Luther King Jr., Frank Sinatra, Elvis Presley, Marilyn Monroe Judy Garland, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Humphrey Bogart, Boris Karloff, Michael Jackson Muhammad Ali, and Grace Kelly. The collection was the work of a lifelong autograph hound named Jon Verzi, who obtained most of the autographs in person over a 60-year span. What the world didn't know at the time wa

Auction archive: Lot number 52
Auction:
Datum:
24 May 2022
Auction house:
Bonhams London
24 May 2022 | Los Angeles
Beschreibung:

A unique and extensive unpublished collection of slides of stars of stage and screen, 1950s-1990s, Sold with Owner CopyrightAn incredible and vast collection of approximately 12,000 previously unpublished color slides, the professional photographs taken by photographer Jon Verzi at various Hollywood events, chronicling the history of Hollywood from the early 1960s through the 1990s, the slides in card frames, the majority with Verzi's handwritten date. A sample of the more prominent stars photographed includes, with some shot on more than one occasion: Marilyn Monroe Elvis Presley, Judy Garland, Cary Grant, Andy Warhol Truman Capote, Audrey Hepburn, Marlon Brando, Elizabeth Taylor, Bette Davis, John Wayne, Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz, Paul Newman, Henry Fonda, Buster Keaton Steve McQueen Peter Sellers, Dick Van Dyke, Martin Luther King Jr., Bobby Kennedy, Richard Nixon, Natalie Wood, Bob Hope, Ingrid Bergman, Shirley Temple, Bing Crosby, Sean Connery, Dustin Hoffman, Roman Polanski Alfred Hitchcock Doris Day, Joan Crawford Jimi Hendrix, Louis Armstrong, Clint Eastwood, Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly, Dorothy Lamour, Betty Grable, Jerry Lee Lewis Mia Farrow, Jack Lemmon, Jack Benny, Kim Novak, Gregory Peck, Stan Laurel, Eartha Kitt, Janet Leigh, Tony Curtis Joan Collins, Joan Fontaine, Rosalind Russell, Debbie Reynolds, Ronald Reagan, Jackie Gleason, Jimmy Durante, Rock Hudson, Burt Lancaster, Barbara Stanwyck, Jim Morrison, George Burns, Ginger Rogers, Karl Malden, Warren Beatty, Jayne Mansfield, Roy Rogers and Dale Evans, Glenn Ford, Lee Marvin, Betty White, Jane Russell, Angela Lansbury, Sophia Loren, Dean Martin, Lana Turner, Julie Andrews, Jackie Cooper, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Fay Wray, Johnny Weissmuller, Eva Marie Saint, John Huston, Sammy Davis Jr., Mary Pickford, Mae West, Eddie Cantor, Liberace, Merle Oberon, Red Skelton, Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx, Moe Howard, Shirley MacLaine, Gloria Swanson, Lana Turner, Mitzi Gaynor, James Mason Peter Lorre, Carol Burnett, Omar Sharif, Robert Mitchum, Peter O'Toole Harold Lloyd, Charlton Heston, Charlie Chaplin, Vivien Leigh, Olivia de Havilland, Ava Gardner, Rita Hayworth, Rita Moreno, Butterfly McQueen, Diana Rigg, Jeanette MacDonald, Jane Powell, Tippi Hedren, Peter Ustinov, Lillian Gish Grace Kelly, Lauren Bacall, Alec Guinness, Marlene Dietrich, Claudette Colbert, Ted Kennedy, Ursula Andress, David Niven Sidney Poitier, William Holden, Gene Autry, Hedy Lamarr, Yul Brynner Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Laurence Olivier, Brigitte Bardot, Lena Horne, Michael Caine, Louise Brooks, Vincent Price, Bruce Lee, Roger Moore, Joe DiMaggio, Boris Karloff, Christopher Lee Princess Margaret and Lord Snowden, George Harrison Barbra Streisand, Veronica Lake, Ella Fitzgerald, Tom Jones, Mick Jagger, Sonny and Cher, Aretha Franklin, Michael Jackson Chuck Berry, Jerry Lewis, Little Richard, Engelbert Humperdinck, Duke Ellington, Roger Daltrey, Bruce Springsteen, Smokey Robinson, Joni Mitchell, Rudolf Nureyev, Kirk Douglas, Richard Pryor, Michael Douglas Harrison Ford, Jack Nicholson, Robert De Niro Liza Minnelli, Courteney Cox, Winona Ryder, Colin Firth, Meg Ryan, and Donna Summer. The present owner holds the copyright to the images and will transfer copyright to the new owner. Expanded listing of names available on request. 2 x 2 in. (each)FootnotesIn 2018, the memorabilia world was awed by the arrival of arguably the greatest autograph collection ever seen: over 25,000 pristine index cards signed by members of the movie, television, music, sports, and political world. Autographs included Jimi Hendrix, Bruce Lee, Jim Morrison, Martin Luther King Jr., Frank Sinatra, Elvis Presley, Marilyn Monroe Judy Garland, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Humphrey Bogart, Boris Karloff, Michael Jackson Muhammad Ali, and Grace Kelly. The collection was the work of a lifelong autograph hound named Jon Verzi, who obtained most of the autographs in person over a 60-year span. What the world didn't know at the time wa

Auction archive: Lot number 52
Auction:
Datum:
24 May 2022
Auction house:
Bonhams London
24 May 2022 | Los Angeles
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