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Auction Name
15 Treasures From the Cecil B. DeMille Lifetime Collection Hollywood/Entertainment Signature Auction
Auction Date
07/15/2025 - 07/15/2025
Sale Number
#7426
Total Lots
213
Sold Lots
132
Lots Sold
61.97%
Unsold Lots
81
Total Sales (USD)
693,938.00
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
468,000.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
702,000.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)
665,600.00
High Estimate of All Lots (USD)
998,400.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.
69.51%

Top twenty five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
90249

Cecil B. DeMille Signed Cancelled Checks and Stationery Assortment.

 USD 1,600.00 - 2,400.00 USD 93,750.00
90154

The Ten Commandments (Paramount, 1956), Bound Presentation Script.

 1956 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 32,500.00
90181

The Ten Commandments (Paramount, 1956), Fortunino Matania Scene Concept Sketch.

1956 USD 12,800.00 - 19,200.00 USD 30,000.00
90142

Samson and Delilah (Paramount, 1949), Harold von Schmidt Commissioned Painting.

 1949 USD 16,000.00 - 24,000.00 USD 27,500.00
90258

Cecil B. DeMille Collection of (24) Awards with Display Case.

 USD 9,600.00 - 14,400.00 USD 16,250.00
90184

The Ten Commandments (Paramount,1956), Group of (13) "Parting of the Red Sea" Storyboard Artworks.

1956 USD 19,200.00 - 28,800.00 USD 15,000.00
90064

The Sign of the Cross (Paramount, 1932), Three Sheet Poster.

 1932 USD 1,600.00 - 2,400.00 USD 15,000.00
90030

The Ten Commandments (Paramount, 1923), Moses Ascending Mount Sinai Concept Painting.

1923 USD 12,800.00 - 19,200.00 USD 15,000.00
90052

The King of Kings (DeMille Pictures Corporation, 1927), Pair of Limited Edition "The Life of Christ from the Motion Picture King of Kings" Photograph Albums.

 1927 USD 3,200.00 - 4,800.00 USD 13,750.00
90144

Samson and Delilah (Paramount, 1949), Austin Briggs Commissioned Painting.

 1949 USD 6,400.00 - 9,600.00 USD 11,875.00
90155

The Ten Commandments (Paramount, 1956), Charlton Heston "Moses" Character Concept Artwork by Arnold Friberg.

 1956 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 11,250.00
90186

The Ten Commandments (Paramount, 1956), Group of (56) Assorted Storyboard Sketches Attributed to Harold Michelson.

 1956 USD 9,600.00 - 14,400.00 USD 11,250.00
90168

The Ten Commandments (Paramount, 1956), Fortunino Matania Character Concept Artwork.

1956 USD 9,600.00 - 14,400.00 USD 11,250.00
90260

Cecil B. DeMille Large Leather Portfolio with Awards and Honors.

 USD 6,400.00 - 9,600.00 USD 10,625.00
90180

The Ten Commandments (Paramount, 1956), Group of (3) Concept Composite Artworks for the "Parting of the Red Sea".

1956 USD 3,200.00 - 4,800.00 USD 10,000.00
90185

The Ten Commandments (Paramount, 1956), Group of (10) "Chariots Pursue the Israelites" Storyboard Artworks.

1956 USD 12,800.00 - 19,200.00 USD 10,000.00
90124

Samson and Delilah (Paramount, 1949), Henry Clive Character Concept Artwork for Hedy Lamarr "Delilah".

 1949 USD 1,600.00 - 2,400.00 USD 9,375.00
90158

The Ten Commandments (Paramount, 1956), Edith Head (Anne Baxter) "Nefretiri" Costume Sketch.

 1956 USD 3,200.00 - 4,800.00 USD 9,375.00
90203

The Ten Commandments (Paramount, 1956), Half Sheet, One Sheet, and Six Sheet Posters.

 1956 USD 3,200.00 - 4,800.00 USD 9,375.00
90014

Male and Female (Famous Players-Lasky Corporation, 1919), Gloria Swanson 13" x 10" Original Custom Studio Photographs (6) by Edwin Bower Hesser and Arthur F. Kales. Cecil B. DeMille Estate.

1919 USD 1,600.00 - 2,400.00 USD 8,125.00
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    Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
    Available for Immediate Purchase
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    Sotheby’s: A.A. Milne, Ernest Howard Shepard. Winnie The Pooh, United Kingdom, 1926. First UK edition. $17,580.
    Sotheby’s: Ernest Hemingway. Three Stories And Ten Poems, [Paris], (1923). First edition of Hemingway’s first published book. $75,000.
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    Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
    Available for Immediate Purchase
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