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HOLLYWOOD AUCTION 44




On May 14-15, 2011, Profiles in History will be offering over 1,600 unique pieces of animation and Hollywood history are featured in this sale. In our day one offerings, we are pleased to be working with Van Eaton Galleries in presenting this unprecedented selection of items ranging from the dawn of animation, Gertie the Dinosaur, through the most beloved characters from Walt Disney, Hanna-Barbera, Warner Bros. and Walter Lantz.

Day one highlights include:
  • An historic handwritten letter by Walt Disney urging the creator of Mickey Mouse, Ub Iwerks, to move to California and become his chief animator
  • A collection of Mary Blair original conceptual paintings for The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad, Alice in Wonderland, Cinderella, “It’s a Small World” ride, Melody Time, Peter Pan and Song of the South
  • Herbert Ryman preliminary study for Tokyo Disneyland, signed and dated
  • Rare set of 7 Courvoisier production setups of Dwarfs from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
  • Original production cel of the Evil Queen from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs with Walt Disney signature
  • Walt Disney’s Alpine Climbers one-sheet 40 x 60 in. poster
  • Eyvind Earle Sleeping Beauty production cel and original large pan background
  • Maleficent production cel with key matching background
  • Gustaf Tenngren original concept paintings for Pinocchio
  • Collection of original Walt Disney Studio maquettes from Pinocchio
  • Tyrus Wong original concept painting from Bambi

Day two highlights include:

  • The most famous film car in the world: the original hero road-going “GEN 11” Chitty Chitty Bang Bang car from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
  • Original concrete slab footprints and signatures of Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks and Sid Grauman: the first three imprints to start the tradition at Grauman’s Chinese Theatre
  • Willis O’Brien articulated stop-motion armatures from War Eagles
  • Wicked Witch of the West crystal ball from The Wizard of Oz
  • Marilyn Monroe 1951 screen and publicity worn bathing suit from Let’s Make It Legal
  • Original Discovery space suit chest-pack from 2001: A Space Odyssey
  • Mel Stuart’s hand-annotated script and complete manuscript score for Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
  • The Paley Center for Media original Star Trek costumes from the exhibition “Star Trek: The Tradition Continues”
  • Extremely rare early draft of John Lennon’s handwritten lyrics for “Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds” from Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band

We hope you find something new and exciting from this catalog to add to your collection. Please remember we’re always interested in your future consignments for those who wish to pass ownership of their treasured pieces of Hollywood memorabilia to new caretakers. Thank you for participating and good luck!


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Founded in 1986, Profiles in History is the nation's leading dealer in guaranteed-authentic original historical autographs, letters, documents, vintage signed photographs and manuscripts. In addition to offering only the finest autographs to be found anywhere, Profiles in History proudly stands behind every item offered for sale with the most detailed background information available and a lifetime guarantee of authenticity.

We invite you to visit our on-line catalog, or order a fully-illustrated printed catalog to discover the magic of autographs for yourself! The materials listed herein represent only a small portion of our extensive inventory. Collectors who are interested in a particular individual or area of collecting should contact us directly with their requests.

Profiles in History
26901 Agoura Road, Ste 150
Calabasas Hills, CA 91301

Telephone: (310) 859-7701
Fax: (310) 859-3842
Website: www.profilesinhistory.com
Email: info@profilesinhistory.com




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350562240777 May-02-12 Jun-01-12 08:56:56 $7,950.00 Abraham Lincoln Autograph Endorsement Signed Available
350562240778 May-02-12 Jun-01-12 08:56:56 $950.00 Eddie Cantor Rare Vintage Vaudeville Photograph Signed Available
350562240779 May-02-12 Jun-01-12 08:56:56 $3,950.00 Ronald Reagan Autograph Letter Signed Available
350562240781 May-02-12 Jun-01-12 08:56:56 $3,950.00 Orson Welles Oversize Vintage Photograph Signed Available
350562240782 May-02-12 Jun-01-12 08:56:56 $2,500.00 Thomas Ince Rare Typed Letter Signed Available
350562240783 May-02-12 Jun-01-12 08:56:56 $3,950.00 Arthur Conan Doyle Autograph Statement Signed Available
350562240784 May-02-12 Jun-01-12 08:56:56 $295.00 Federico Fellini Excellent Photograph Signed Available
350562240785 May-02-12 Jun-01-12 08:56:56 $2,950.00 Warren G. Harding Autograph Letter Signed to his future White House Secretary Available
350562240787 May-02-12 Jun-01-12 08:56:56 $2,950.00 James Madison Autograph Letter Signed Shipment of Lisbon Wine to Washington Available
350562240790 May-02-12 Jun-01-12 08:56:56 $9,500.00 Our Gang Extremely Rare Vintage Oversize Photograph Signed by the Cast Available
350562240791 May-02-12 Jun-01-12 08:56:56 $12,500.00 Franklin D. Roosevelt Typed Letter Signed as President Available
350562240792 May-02-12 Jun-01-12 08:56:56 $3,950.00 Lon Chaney Sr. Rare Photograph Signed Available
350562240793 May-02-12 Jun-01-12 08:56:56 $950.00 George Frederick Root Autograph Musical Quotation Signed Battle Cry of Freedom Available
350562240794 May-02-12 Jun-01-12 08:56:56 $2,500.00 Thomas Sully Autograph Letter Signed Available
350562240795 May-02-12 Jun-01-12 08:56:56 $595.00 Charles Schwab Pristine Photograph Signed Available
350562240797 May-02-12 Jun-01-12 08:56:56 $2,950.00 Alfred Hitchcock Photograph Signed with Hand-drawn Self-caricature by Hitchcock Available
350562240798 May-02-12 Jun-01-12 08:56:56 $1,500.00 Frank Capra, James Stewart, Jean Arthur Photo Signed Mr. Smith Goes Washington Available
350562240799 May-02-12 Jun-01-12 08:56:56 $7,500.00 George Gershwin Excellent Photograph Signed at the piano Available
350562240801 May-02-12 Jun-01-12 08:56:56 $695.00 Lyndon B. Johnson Superb Signed Photograph Available
350562240802 May-02-12 Jun-01-12 08:56:56 $9,500.00 A A. Milne Oversize Photograph Signed w/ son Christopher Robin & Winnie-the-Pooh Available
350562240803 May-02-12 Jun-01-12 08:56:56 $4,950.00 Theodore Roosevelt Discusses His Favorite Hunting Rifle Available
350562240804 May-02-12 Jun-01-12 08:56:56 $495.00 Princess Grace de Monaco Grace Kelly and Prince Rainier III Photo Signed by Both Available
350562240806 May-02-12 Jun-01-12 08:56:56 $9,500.00 Rudolph Valentino Rare Autograph Letter Signed Bigamy Trial Available
350562240807 May-02-12 Jun-01-12 08:56:56 $9,500.00 Vivien Leigh Photograph Signed in Character Scarlett O'Hara Gone with the Wind Available
350562240808 May-02-12 Jun-01-12 08:56:56 $19,500.00 James Monroe Letter Signed Treaty of Ghent Available
350562240809 May-02-12 Jun-01-12 08:56:56 $15,000.00 Apollo 11 NASA Photograph Signed Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins, Buzz Aldrin Available
350562240810 May-02-12 Jun-01-12 08:56:56 $2,500.00 Frank Capra Photograph Signed by Capra and principle cast members Lost Horizon Available
350562240811 May-02-12 Jun-01-12 08:56:56 $3,950.00 David Ben-Gurion Typed Letter Signed Available
350562240812 May-02-12 Jun-01-12 08:56:56 $9,500.00 3 Vintage Photographs Signed by 3 Iwo Jima Mt. Suribachi flag-raising Survivors Available
350562240813 May-02-12 Jun-01-12 08:56:56 $1,950.00 Andrew Wyeth Wonderful Vintage Photograph Signed Available
350562240815 May-02-12 Jun-01-12 08:56:56 $2,500.00 Patsy Cline Exceptional Vintage Photograph Signed Available
350562240816 May-02-12 Jun-01-12 08:56:56 $9,500.00 F.D.R. votes to limit the term for N.Y. state governor Available
350562240818 May-02-12 Jun-01-12 08:56:56 $495.00 Marlene Dietrich Legal Contract Signed The Spoilers 1941 Available
350562240819 May-02-12 Jun-01-12 08:56:56 $3,950.00 Frederic Remington Autograph Letter Signed Bucking Bronco Available
350562240820 May-02-12 Jun-01-12 08:56:56 $4,950.00 The Von Trapp Family Singers! Available
350562240821 May-02-12 Jun-01-12 08:56:56 $12,500.00 Richard Nixon Oversize Photograph Signed as President to Warren E. Burger Available
350562240822 May-02-12 Jun-01-12 08:56:56 $5,950.00 Einstein Photograph With Unpublished Poem Signed Available
350562240823 May-02-12 Jun-01-12 08:56:56 $39,500.00 Thomas Jefferson Autograph Letter Signed Syllabus Books to Prepare Son for Law Available
350562240825 May-02-12 Jun-01-12 08:56:56 $4,950.00 Brigham Young Document Signed 1861 Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints Available
350562240826 May-02-12 Jun-01-12 08:56:56 $2,500.00 Iwo Jima Photograph of Mt. Suribachi flag-raising Signed Medal of Honor Heroes Available
350562240827 May-02-12 Jun-01-12 08:56:56 $6,500.00 Harry Houdini Photograph Signed Twice and Inscribed Available
350562240829 May-02-12 Jun-01-12 08:56:56 $9,500.00 Rembrandt Peale Autograph Letter Signed Available
350562240830 May-02-12 Jun-01-12 08:56:56 $9,500.00 Andrew Jackson writes on "the blessings of education" Available
350562240831 May-02-12 Jun-01-12 08:56:56 $250.00 Robert Taylor Vintage Photograph Signed Available
350562240833 May-02-12 Jun-01-12 08:56:56 $75,000.00 Woodrow Wilson & William H. Taft Historic Archive Available
350562240837 May-02-12 Jun-01-12 08:56:56 $9,500.00 Charles Lindbergh Original Color Lithography Spirit of St. Louis Signed Available
350562240839 May-02-12 Jun-01-12 08:56:56 $5,950.00 F. Scott Fitzgerald Signed M-G-M agreement 1938 Available
350562240840 May-02-12 Jun-01-12 08:56:56 $3,950.00 Kurt Weill Document Signed Registers Composition Concerto for violin and winds Available
350562240842 May-02-12 Jun-01-12 08:56:56 $4,950.00 John F. Kennedy Typed Letter Signed with Handwritten Postscript 1953 Available
350562240843 May-02-12 Jun-01-12 08:56:56 $4,950.00 Mark Twain Autograph Aphorism Signed Be good & you will be lonesome Available
350562240844 May-02-12 Jun-01-12 08:56:56 $595.00 Glenn Miller Photograph Signed Available
350562240786 May-02-12 Jun-01-12 08:56:57 $795.00 Vernon Duke Autograph Letter Signed 3 pages April, 1953 Available
350562240789 May-02-12 Jun-01-12 08:56:57 $3,950.00 Truman Capote Autograph Letter Signed to George Cukor about My Fair Lady Available
350562240796 May-02-12 Jun-01-12 08:56:57 $2,950.00 Thomas Wolfe Typed Letter Signed Available
350562240800 May-02-12 Jun-01-12 08:56:57 $950.00 Ernst Lubitsch Vintage Signed Photograph Available
350562240805 May-02-12 Jun-01-12 08:56:57 $795.00 Errol Flynn Handsome Signed Photograph Available
350562240814 May-02-12 Jun-01-12 08:56:57 $25,000.00 Harry S. Truman Historic Proclamation Signed President w Handwritten Inscription Available
350562240817 May-02-12 Jun-01-12 08:56:57 $15,000.00 The Contruction of the U.S.S. Constitution Available
350562240824 May-02-12 Jun-01-12 08:56:57 $950.00 "The Midnight Kiss", Mario Lanza's first starring role Available
350562240832 May-02-12 Jun-01-12 08:56:57 $9,500.00 James Whale Rare Autograph Letter Signed Available
350562240834 May-02-12 Jun-01-12 08:56:57 $1,500.00 Buster Keaton M-G-M Agreement Signed Available
350562240835 May-02-12 Jun-01-12 08:56:57 $150.00 Charlton Heston Photograph Signed Available
350562240836 May-02-12 Jun-01-12 08:56:57 $4,950.00 Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt and his "Turkey Cabinet" Available
350562240838 May-02-12 Jun-01-12 08:56:57 $7,950.00 JFK pursues his best friend's girlfriend Available
350562240841 May-02-12 Jun-01-12 08:56:57 $695.00 George M. Cohan vintage photograph signed Available
350562240845 May-02-12 Jun-01-12 08:56:57 $3,950.00 Charles Lindbergh Excellent Photograph Signed Spirit of St. Louis Available
350562240846 May-02-12 Jun-01-12 08:56:57 $1,950.00 Lon Chaney, Jr. as "The Wolf Man" Available
350562240847 May-02-12 Jun-01-12 08:56:57 $35,000.00 R.E. Lee writes Gen. Beauregard reinforcing his lines Available
350562240848 May-02-12 Jun-01-12 08:56:57 $250.00 Kate Smith Vintage Signed Photograph Available
350562240858 May-02-12 Jun-01-12 08:56:59 $9,500.00 Thomas Jefferson 4-Language Ship's Papers Signed as President 1807 Available
350562240859 May-02-12 Jun-01-12 08:56:59 $1,500.00 Irwin Kostal Rare Photograph Signed Available
350562240860 May-02-12 Jun-01-12 08:56:59 $9,500.00 Jules Verne Rare Autograph Letter Signed Available
350562240861 May-02-12 Jun-01-12 08:56:59 $2,500.00 John Silas "Jack" Reed Typed Letter Signed Communist Labor Party Available
350562240862 May-02-12 Jun-01-12 08:56:59 $1,500.00 Eleanor Roosevelt Elegant Photograph Signed as First Lady Available
350562240863 May-02-12 Jun-01-12 08:56:59 $350.00 Kim Novak Vintage Photograph Signed Available
350562240865 May-02-12 Jun-01-12 08:56:59 $15,000.00 George Gershwin TLS with Autograph Musical Quotation Rhapsody in Blue Available
350562240866 May-02-12 Jun-01-12 08:56:59 $950.00 Ernst Lubitsch Typed Letter Signed Available
350562240867 May-02-12 Jun-01-12 08:56:59 $950.00 Frank Capra Vintage Photograph Signed Available
350562240868 May-02-12 Jun-01-12 08:56:59 $4,950.00 Dashiell Hammett Autograph Letter Signed mentioning The Thin Man Available
350562240869 May-02-12 Jun-01-12 08:56:59 $2,950.00 James Polk Document Signed as President co-signed by James Buchanan Available
350562240874 May-02-12 Jun-01-12 08:56:59 $9,500.00 Walt Disney Early Oversize Photograph Signed Available
350562240876 May-02-12 Jun-01-12 08:56:59 $295.00 Jack Webb Photograph Signed Available
350562240879 May-02-12 Jun-01-12 08:56:59 $4,950.00 Harry S. Truman Typed Letter Signed as President Comparing Himself to Jefferson Available
350562240881 May-02-12 Jun-01-12 08:56:59 $39,500.00 John Adams Excellent Autograph Letter Signed June 3, 1786 Available
350562240883 May-02-12 Jun-01-12 08:56:59 $19,500.00 John Quincy Adams Fantastic Autograph Letter Signed 3 pages April 15, 1808 Available
350562240889 May-02-12 Jun-01-12 08:56:59 $2,950.00 Joseph Sessford Pair of Autograph Letters Signed Abraham Lincoln Assassination Available
350562240890 May-02-12 Jun-01-12 08:56:59 $3,950.00 Marlon Brando Typed Letter Signed to George Cukor about Pal Joey Available
350562240891 May-02-12 Jun-01-12 08:56:59 $9,500.00 Kurt Weill "Mack the Knife" Autograph Musical Quotation Available
350562240892 May-02-12 Jun-01-12 08:56:59 $395.00 Herbert Hoover Photograph Signed Available
350562240893 May-02-12 Jun-01-12 08:56:59 $3,950.00 Dashiell Hammett M-G-M Document Signed 1938 Available
350562240895 May-02-12 Jun-01-12 08:56:59 $2,950.00 Harry S. Truman Typed Letter Signed as President Available
350562240896 May-02-12 Jun-01-12 08:56:59 $6,950.00 Abraham Lincoln Document Signed as President Available
350562240899 May-02-12 Jun-01-12 08:56:59 $15,000.00 Theodore Roosevelt Autograph Letter Signed on Importance of Faith in Politics Available
350562240900 May-02-12 Jun-01-12 08:56:59 $1,500.00 H.G. Wells discusses his disdain for U.S. Journalists Available
350562240907 May-02-12 Jun-01-12 08:56:59 $3,950.00 John F. Kennedy Typed Letter Signed with Handwritten Postscript 1952 Available
350562240911 May-02-12 Jun-01-12 08:56:59 $2,950.00 H.G. Wells Excellent Autograph Statement Signed Available
350562240856 May-02-12 Jun-01-12 08:57:00 $1,950.00 Rita Hayworth Vintage Photograph Signed Available
350562240864 May-02-12 Jun-01-12 08:57:00 $2,950.00 William T. Sherman Impressive Signed Cabinet Photograph & Autograph Note Signed Available
350562240870 May-02-12 Jun-01-12 08:57:00 $19,500.00 John Adams Autograph Letter Signed October 24, 1780 Available
350562240871 May-02-12 Jun-01-12 08:57:00 $2,950.00 John D. Rockefeller Photograph Signed Available

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