Sell or Auction Your Akira Kurosawa Autograph for up to Nearly $1,000 or More at Nate D. Sanders Auctions
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Akira Kurosawa (Japanese: 黒澤明, Hepburn: Kurosawa Akira, March 23, 1910 – September 6, 1998) was a Japanese film director, screenwriter, and producer who directed 30 films in a career spanning 57 years. He is regarded as one of the most important and influential filmmakers in the history of cinema.
Below is a recent realized price for a Akira Kurosawa autograph. We at Nate D. Sanders Auctions can obtain up to this amount or more for you:
Akira Kurosawa Autograph. Sold for nearly $1,000.
The following are some entertainment items we have sold at auction:
Oscar presented to legendary Hollywood actress Mary Astor for Best Supporting Actress as Sandra in 1941’s ”The Great Lie.” Astor began as a star of the silent era and successfully transitioned into talkies. In this film, she plays a concert pianist caught in a love triangle with her costars George Brent and Bette Davis. Directed by Edmund Goulding, it was adapted by Lenore J. Coffee from the Polan Banks novel ”January Heights.” The Oscar ceremony was held at the Biltmore in Los Angeles on 26 February 1942, a landmark year for film, in which ”How Green Was My Valley” and ”Citizen Kane” took home Oscars. It was also a career-defining year for Astor, whose work opposite Humphrey Bogart in ”The Maltese Falcon” contributed to her lasting fame. Issued during the period when the traditional Oscar statue was only given to actors in leading roles, this bronze tablet-style award features the Oscar figure in relief. Beside it, the words ”Academy / of / Motion Picture / Arts & Sciences / Award of Merit / for / Outstanding / Achievement” appear. Mounted to a black marble base. A plaque on the front of the base is engraved: ”Presented to Mary Astor / In Recognition of Her Performance in / ‘The Great Lie’ / 1941”. Award measures 6.25” in total height, 5.75” across, and base measures 3.25” deep. Oxidation to metal plate near the base and to plaque around the edges. Tarnishing to plaque, and a few very small and shallow chips to base edges. In very good condition. Mary Astor’s only Academy Award. Sold for $171,089.
Marilyn Monroe’s personal copy of the unfinished 1962 film ”Something’s Got to Give,” abandoned after the star’s untimely death in 1962. In fact, most of the film’s completed footage remained unseen for many years. Monroe notoriously had missed a slew of shooting days due to a ”sinus infection” that disappeared at night, when she was photographed about town. This infuriated director George Cukor, and Twentieth Century-Fox went so far as to fire her on 11 June 1962 for missing 17 of the 30 shooting days. But, when co-star Dean Martin countered with, ”No Marilyn, no picture”, the studio relented and took her back, though she sadly died less than two months later. Script runs 161pp. long with 51 revised pages. Spine of script has the film’s title printed in black lettering with the date ”March 29, 1962.” Cover has ”Final / Confidential / For Planning Purposes Only” printed on it, as well as, ”Something’s Got to Give / March 29, 1962” and ”Property of / Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation” imprinted with the studio logo. Script measures 8.5” x 11” with some minor creasing, else very good. Housed in a custom-made red cloth box with a matching red leather slipcase. With Christie’s provenance. Sold for $25,428.
‘Gone With the Wind” Cast Signed Novel — Signed by 12, Including Clark Gable, Vivien Leigh, Olivia de Havilland, Leslie Howard & Hattie McDaniel — With PSA/DNA COA
Very rare ”Gone With the Wind” novel signed by the cast. New York: The MacMillan Co., 1938, later edition. Novel is signed on the front endpapers by the leading cast members: Clark Gable, Vivien Leigh, Olivia de Havilland, Leslie Howard, Hattie McDaniel, Ona Munson, Evelyn Keyes, Ann Rutherford, Thomas Mitchell, Carroll Nye, Oscar Polk, and unit manager William J. Scully. Underneath their signatures are the names of their ”Gone With the Wind” characters, written in another hand. Housed in a custom leather clamshell box with five raised bands and gilt lettering to spine, ”Gone With the Wind / Autographed by Twelve Members of Cast”. Book measures 6” x 9”. Toning to signature page, otherwise very good. With PSA/DNA for all actor’s signatures. Sold for $15,000.
Moe Howard’s 30pp. Script Dated August 1940
Moe Howard’s 30pp. Script Dated August 1940 for The 1941 Three Stooges Film ”An Ache in Every Stake” — Annotations in Moe’s Hand on Cover & Title Page — Very Good Condition . Sold for $13,589.
Gorgeous Marilyn Monroe Signed Photo Measuring 8.25” x 10”
Marilyn Monroe signed photo measuring 8.25” x 10” from ”How to Marry a Millionaire”, taken in 1953 at the height of her fame. Glossy photo is inscribed by Marilyn, ”To Jerry, It’s a pleasure to know you / Marilyn Monroe”. A member of the dance cast, Jerry Gotham worked with Marilyn on the set of ”There’s No Business Like Show Business”. Some creasing, approximate one inch closed tear at bottom, light chipping to edges, and mounting remnants at corners. Overall very good condition with large, strong penmanship by Marilyn. Scarce. Sold for $10,000.
European Film Academy Lifetime Award 2 Alec Guinness
Rare European Film Academy Lifetime Achievement Award presented to Sir Alec Guinness on 8 December 1996 in Berlin. Guinness won an Academy Award for his role in “The Bridge on the River Kwai” as well as receiving an Academy Honorary Award for lifetime achievement in 1980. Yet his lifetime of movie making, which began in the 1940’s, would continue well into the 1990’s. Minor chipping to the 7.5″ circular base beneath the 16″ abstract sculptural figure. Award weighing 17.25 pounds is in very good condition. Sold for $3,066.
Signed copy of ”Jaws”, Doubleday & Co.: Garden City, NY: 1974. Book is signed on the half-title page by four key men: (1) its author ”Peter Benchley”, who adds a hand-drawn sketch of a shark’s face in profile above his signature, (2) by the classic film’s director ”Steven Spielberg”, (3) by actor Richard Dreyfuss, ”R Dreyfuss”, and (4) inscribed, ”’You’re gonna need a bigger boat!’ Roy Schneider”. Accompanied by a fifth signature on a separate slip, ”Robert Shaw”, who played shark hunter Quint. Book, from which the film was adapted, runs 311pp. Bound in black cloth boards with silver gilt lettering to spine. Measures 6” x 8.5”. Cocking to spine, rubbing to corners and a shallow dent to the front board at top edge, else near fine. Signed slip measures 6.25” x 4”. Punch holes and small tear with Shaw’s name and ”actor” written to verso, else near fine. Sold for $676.
FREE APPRAISAL. To buy, auction, sell or consign your Akira Kurosawa autograph that is for sale, please email your description and photos to [email protected] of Nate D. Sanders Auctions (http://www.NateDSanders.com).