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Auction Name: Screen and Stadium Legends
Auction Date: 07/01/2025 - 07/01/2025
Sale Number: #30847
Total Lots: 50
Sold Lots: 38
Lots Sold: 76.00%
Unsold Lots: 12

Total Sales (USD): 328,594.00
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD): 164,500.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD): 226,800.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (USD): 187,500.00
High Estimate of All Lots (USD): 263,100.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.: 124.89%

Top twenty five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
61		Baseball: A 1915 Boston Red Sox Team Photo Postcard - Babe Ruth's Rookie Season!,	1915	USD 100,000.00 - 125,000.00	USD 165,600.00
20		Wizard of Oz: A Pair of Western Costume Company Replica Ruby Slippers,	1989	USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00	USD 127,500.00
10	Van Nest Polglase	Citizen Kane: An Original Van Nest Polglase Production Sketch of "Xanadu" for Citizen Kane,	1941	USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	USD 5,120.00
21	Tom Kelly	Tom Kelly (1914-1984): Marilyn Monroe on Red Velvet,	1949	USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	USD 4,608.00
32		The Blue Brothers: An Original prop poster from the film,	1980	USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	USD 2,560.00
35		Moss Mabry (1918-2006): Costume Sketch for Liza Minelli in Rent-a-Cop,	1987	USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	USD 2,048.00
6		Gone With the Wind: An Unbound Script,	1939	USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	USD 2,048.00
24		Douglas Kirkland (1934-2022): Charlie Chaplin, Sophia Loren and Marlon Brando on the set for A Countess from Hong Kong,	1966, printed later	USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	USD 2,048.00
31	Bill Davis	Bill Davis (b.1949): A "Happy Birthday Sagittarius More to Come" Bumper break artwork from The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson,	1970s	USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00	USD 1,536.00
38		Superman: A Movie Theatre Marquee Sign,	1978	USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	USD 1,280.00
8		Gone With The Wind: Six copies of varying versions of the Gone With the Wind premiere souvenir program,	1939	USD 700.00 - 900.00	USD 1,216.00
25	Bert Six,	James Dean: Rebel Without a Cause Negative by Bert Six,	1955	USD 500.00 - 700.00	USD 1,024.00
7		Gone With The Wind: A Dialogue Cutting Continuity Screenplay,	1939	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	USD 1,024.00
14	Gilbert Adrian	Gilbert Adrian (1903-1959): A Fantasy Wedding artwork,	circa 1950	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	USD 1,024.00
16		Walter Cohick Plunkett (1902-1982): 'Seascape',	1957	USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	USD 1,024.00
2	Clarence Sinclair Bull	Clarence Sinclair Bull (1896--1979): Five Oversized Greta Garbo Photographic Portraits in Portfolio,	1929-1931	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	USD 960.00
1	Clarence Sinclair Bull	Clarence Sinclair Bull (1896--1979): Five Oversized Greta Garbo Photographic Portraits in Portfolio,	1929-1931	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	USD 960.00
41		Star Trek First Contact: A Third-Draft script,	1996	USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	USD 832.00
42		Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace Printer's Proof,	1999	USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	USD 832.00
40		The Fifth Element: An Early Original Draft Script,	1995	USD 700.00 - 900.00	USD 768.00

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