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Below is a recent realized price for an Audrey Hepburn Breakfast at Tiffany’s costume sketch by Edith Head. We at Nate D. Sanders Auctions can obtain up to this amount or more for you:
Edith Head Audrey Hepburn Breakfast at Tiffany’s Costume Sketch. Sold for About $20,000.
Here are some Audrey Hepburn items we have sold:
Captivating photo of Audrey Hepburn from ”My Fair Lady”, measuring 11” x 14”, and from Audrey’s personal collection. Photo is by Cecil Beaton, who won the Academy Award for Best Costume Design for ”My Fair Lady”, as well as for Best Art Direction, with the stamp on verso: ”Please acknowledge photograph by Cecil Beaton”. Beaton first met Hepburn after the release of ”Roman Holiday”, and was instantly taken with her charm, commenting in his diary that ”She appears to take wholesale adoration with a pinch of salt; gratitude rather than puffed-up pride…” Hepburn’s ease, with Beaton as photographer, and her natural beauty is captured nicely in this photograph. Semi-gloss silver gelatin photo on double weight paper was taken for a US Vogue photo shoot in late 1963 prior to the release of ”My Fair Lady”, one of the most highly anticipated films in Hollywood history. Photo is in near fine condition. Sold for $4,375.
Academy Award nomination certificate for ”My Fair Lady”. Alan Jay Lerner is here nominated for his screenplay, adapted for the 1964 musical from its original Broadway format. The classic film, directed by George Cukor and starring Audrey Hepburn and Rex Harrison, won a total of eight Academy Awards including Best Picture. Alan Jay Lerner himself won three Oscars over the course of his colorful career as a musical theater composer, lyricist and screenwriter. His impressive credits include ”An American in Paris”, ”Gigi” and ”Camelot”. Certificate features a large illustration of the iconic Oscar statue and reads in full: ”Certificate / of / Nomination / for / Award / Be it known that / Alan Jay Lerner / was nominated for / an Academy Award of Merit / for outstanding achievement / Screenplay / ‘My Fair Lady’ / This judgment being rendered with reference to Motion Pictures / first regularly exhibited in the Los Angeles district / during the year ending December 31, 1964.” Signed by the Academy President, ”Arthur Freed” and countersigned by the Academy Secretary. Certificate has been inlaid in a wooden plaque with gilt trim to an overall size of approximately 12” x 14”. Some abrasions to plaque edges, else near fine. Sold for $3,049.
Gorgeous and large 11” x 14” silver gelatin print of Audrey Hepburn from the 1957 musical ”Funny Face”, from Audrey’s personal collection. Photographer Bud Fraker, whose creative collaboration with Hepburn was well-known, captured the image, showing Hepburn beautifully demure in a cape inspired evening gown. Printed on semi-matte double weight paper. With stamps from Christie’s and ”Paramount Photo By Bud Fraker” to verso. Near fine condition. Sold for $3,000.
Audrey Hepburn, Rex Harrison and Cecil Beaton signed copy of ”My Fair Lady”, released by Warner Brothers to advertise the 1964 film that earned 8 Academy Award wins, including Best Picture. Hepburn, Harrison & Beaton sign the center fold of the book, featuring a photo from the Ascot Racecourse scene, with Hepburn as Eliza Doolittle wildly cheering on her horse. Signed ”Audrey Hepburn”, ”Rex Harrison” and ”Cecil Beaton”. Book is accompanied by a 1964 soundtrack release of ”My Fair Lady” featuring a purple vinyl record, along with a letter from Columbia Records stating that the record is a limited mint edition copy. Hardcover book measures 8.5” x 11.25”. Light shelf wear and a pencil scribble on last page, otherwise near fine. Vinyl record has some abrasion to covers and light discoloration, overall in very good condition. Record has not been played but appears very good. Sold for $2,500.
Audrey Hepburn Signed 8” x 10” Photo From ”My Fair Lady” — Near Fine — With JSA COA
Rare Audrey Hepburn signed 8” x 10” photo, depicting her as Eliza Doolittle from ”My Fair Lady”. Near fine condition, with a bold signature. With a COA from JSA.
Sold for $2,250.
Audrey Hepburn Signed Photo as Eliza Doolittle From “My Fair Lady”
Audrey Hepburn signed promotional photo of her role as Eliza Doolittle in “My Fair Lady.” Signed in blue felt tip ink, “Audrey Hepburn.” Glossy photo measures 7″ x 10″. Text to lower portion of photo reads in part, “Everybody’s Fair Lady: Audrey Hepburn wears Cecil Beaton’s gala creation for her starring role as…the ‘rapscalliony flower girl’…in the Academy Award-winning motion picture…” Image measures 7″ x 10″. A few light surface dings to image, otherwise fine condition. Sold for $1,700.
Audrey Hepburn ”My Fair Lady” Signed Soundtrack Album — With Beckett COA
Audrey Hepburn signed ”My Fair Lady” soundtrack, issued by Warner Bros. Pictures in 1964. ”My Fair Lady” earned eight Academy Award wins that year, including Best Picture. Nicely signed ”Audrey Hepburn” in blue felt-tip against the pink background in lower right corner. Light creasing and wear to album; overall very good plus condition. Record has not been played but appears very good. With Beckett COA for Hepburn’s signature. Sold for $1,250.
Lovely pair of photos of Audrey Hepburn, from her personal collection, taken during pre-production of the film ”War and Peace”. The photos show Audrey at different angles in costume as her character, the heroine Natasha Rostov. Glossy silver gelatin photos each measure 5.25” x 7”, with Christie’s stamp to versos. Very good to near fine condition. Sold for $1,250.
Audrey Hepburn’s Personally Owned Photo From ”Love in the Afternoon” — Measures 15.5” x 11.5”
Large and dramatic photo from ”Love in the Afternoon”, owned by its star, Audrey Hepburn. Taken during filming in Paris, circa 1956, this 15.5” x 11.5” matte-finish silver gelatin photo shows the highly photogenic Audrey playing the cello during a scene from the film. With Christie’s stamp and numerical notation in pencil to verso. Minute edge wear, otherwise near fine condition. Sold for $1,000.
Audrey Hepburn’s Personally Owned Photo From ”Love in the Afternoon” — Measures 15.5” x 11.5”
Large and gorgeous photo from ”Love in the Afternoon”, owned by its star, Audrey Hepburn. Taken during filming in Paris, circa 1956, this 15.5” x 11.5” matte-finish silver gelatin photo shows the highly photogenic Audrey during a scene from the film, forlornly burning a letter. With Christie’s stamp and numerical notation in pencil to verso. Minute edge wear, otherwise near fine condition. Sold for $1,000.
We also sold the following film costume sketches and concept art pieces:
Original costume sketch from ”Mary Poppins”, showing Julie Andrews’s character in the famous ”Flying Umbrella” goodbye scene that ended the film. Large sketch measures approximately 14.5” x 23”, rendered in watercolor, pen and crayon, with swatches of fabric used for the coat. With ”Mary Poppins” penned at bottom, along with notes in black felt-tip and pencil. Released in 1964, ”Mary Poppins” was the highest grossing Walt Disney film at the time, and the only Disney movie to be nominated for Best Picture. It remains a classic from the Golden Age of Hollywood, considered by Disney as his greatest live action film. Light buckling to flexible artist board. Discreet pinholes and staple punctures at top. Overall in very good to near fine condition, with vivid coloring. From the estate of ”Mary Poppins” screenwriter and producer Bill Walsh. Sold for $50,000.
Original costume sketch from ”Mary Poppins”, showing Dick Van Dyke’s character Bert in the famous ”Jolly Holiday” sequence. Large sketch measures approximately 14.5” x 23”, rendered in watercolor, pen and crayon, with two swatches of fabric used for the jacket and shirt, along with two jacket buttons. With ”Bert” and ”’Jolly Holiday”’ written at bottom. Also with notes in black felt-tip and pencil, such as ”Apply pink braid over green stripe”, referencing the lime green stripe in the fabric swatch that doesn’t appear in the final jacket. Released in 1964, ”Mary Poppins” was the highest grossing Walt Disney film at the time, and the only Disney movie to be nominated for Best Picture. It remains a classic from the Golden Age of Hollywood, considered by Disney as his greatest live action film. Light buckling to flexible artist board. Discreet pinholes and staple punctures at top. Overall in very good to near fine condition, with vivid coloring. From the estate of ”Mary Poppins” screenwriter and producer Bill Walsh. Sold for $25,000.
“The Empire Strikes Back” Original Concept Sketch Hand Drawn Original Star Wars Movie Poster Art by Tom Jung — Redone to Include Harrison Ford as “Han Solo” — Measures 19″ x 24″
Concept art by famed designer Tom Jung for “The Empire Strikes Back”, revised here to include Harrison Ford as “Han Solo”, who emerged from “Star Wars” as one of the lead characters in the franchise. The large, dramatic artwork features Darth Vader with a beckoning, outstretched arm, standing ominously over his horde of Stormtroopers, with Luke Skywalker riding a tauntaun and Han Solo firing his DL-44 blaster. Artwork is rendered on acid-free paper, done in HB pencili and graphite stick. Measures 19″ x 24″. Light wear, otherwise near fine. Sold for $13,650.
Disney Original Concept Painting From 1946 for “Song of the South” by Mary Blair — Measures 13.5″ x 11″
Mary Blair 1946 concept painting for Disney’s “Song of the South”. A “Disney Legend” who designed concept art for several Disney films including “Cinderella”, Mary Blair famously visited the South before creating concept art for “Song of the South”, with her research evident here in the landscape and mood. Gouache painting on board shows Br’er Bear, Br’er Fox and Tar-Baby about to set a trap for Br’er Rabbit. Board measures 13.5″ x 11″. Light edge wear and pinholes at corners, otherwise near fine. Sold for $11,025.
Original costume sketch from ”Mary Poppins”, showing Dick Van Dyke’s character Bert, possibly as the chimney sweet since notes state that the clothes are to be ”very considerably aged” and ”beat up”. Large sketch measures approximately 14.5” x 23”, rendered in watercolor, pen and crayon, with seven swatches of fabric for his jacket, cap, shirt, jacket patches and handkerchief. With ”Bert” at bottom and various notes in black felt-tip and pencil, including ”Change 1, 3, 5”. Released in 1964, ”Mary Poppins” was the highest grossing Walt Disney film at the time, and the only Disney movie to be nominated for Best Picture. It remains a classic from the Golden Age of Hollywood, considered by Disney as his greatest live action film. Light buckling to flexible artist board. Discreet pinholes and staple punctures at top. Overall in very good to near fine condition, with vivid coloring. From the estate of ”Mary Poppins” screenwriter and producer Bill Walsh. Sold for $12,500.
Screen-Used Ralph McQuarrie Original Model of Star Trek’s USS Enterprise From 1976
At the time of this model, McQuarrie was completing work on “Star Wars”, whose influence has been noted here, specifically, its similarity to the Star Destroyers of “Star Wars”. The design of this model is also the inspiration for the redesigned USS Discovery starship in 2017’s “Star Trek: Discovery”. Ship measures 15″ x 8″ wide, made of wood and plastic and with tape and ink accents. Professional repair where nacelle pylons meet the secondary hull, overall in very good condition, stunning for display. Accompanied by the book “The Art of Star Trek”, where the model is photographed and featured on page 56. Sold for $9,725.
Alien Concept Original Drawings by Famed Artist Ralph McQuarrie — 52 Sheets With Dozens of Drawings
Large collection of original alien and spaceship concept drawings by artist Ralph McQuarrie, the illustrator, concept artist and designer for a slew of blockbusters including “Star Wars”, “Close Encounters of the Third Kind”, “Raiders of the Lost Ark”, “The Empire Strikes Back”, “Return of the Jedi”, “E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial” and “Cocoon”, for which he won an Academy Award. Sketches number in the dozens, composed on 52 sheets, replete with various alien creatures (one resembling his E.T. character), and spaceships resembling parasites. One sheet shows cars in bubbles populating the sky, as the artwork was done for a Chevrolet-Showscan collaboration; Showscan was a high-speed, large-format movie process designed by Douglas Trumbull in the late 1970s. Many of the sheets are initialed “R.M.Q.” by McQuarrie, who also adds “Showscan ‘Chevy’” at the bottom. Size of sheets vary, with most measuring 12″ x 9″ and some as large as 17″ x 11″. Most sketches are done in pencil, with some in colored pencil and watercolor. In very good to near fine condition. From the collection of Peter Beale, 20th Century Fox executive on “Star Wars” and “Alien”. Sold for $8,011.
Jim Henson Handwritten Notes of a “Muppets” Segment From a Very Early TV Special — “PUPPET COMEDY PIECE” — With Original Polaroid of Gonzo & Beautiful Day Monster
Jim Henson’s handwritten pitch piece for an early Muppets appearance on a 1974 Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass television special. Before the Muppets had their own show, Henson showed them to the world on this show which aired 13 October 1974. Jim Henson in his own hand here presents early versions of Gonzo and Beautiful Day Monster in a comedic segment. Henson writes: “PUPPET COMEDY PIECE / ‘Give Me Five Minutes More’ / In which a big ugly female monster pursues a meek little guy trying to hug & kiss him, and singing to him, ‘Give me five minutes more’ etc. At tag – she runs into H. Alpert at band & chases him off. Done against cyc – no set or foreground.” The puppeteer has affixed a Polaroid of the mismatched monsters he envisions. Single-page characterization measures 6.75″ x 10.5″. Framed inside a transparent acrylic case equipped for wall mounting to an overall size of 10.5″ x 14.5″. Toning to paper and fading to ink and photos, else near fine. With provenance from Bonham’s. Sold for $7,039.
”Mary Poppins” Storyboard Artwork — Featuring Mary Flying in the Opening or Closing Scene
Original ”Mary Poppins” storyboard artwork, featuring the opening or closing scene where Mary flies with her magic umbrella. Rendered in ink and pencil, artwork measures 11.25” x 6.75”. Pinholes at corners and minor creasing, overall in very good condition. From the estate of ”Mary Poppins” producer and screenwriter Bill Walsh. Sold for $5,500.
Original Blueprint for the R2-D2 Prototype in “Star Wars” — Dated 1976 & Used by John Stears — Measures 59″ x 32″
Original production blueprint for R2-D2’s character in “Star Wars,” used by John Stears, the special effects mastermind behind the iconic movie. This large blueprint of a detailed production drawing measures 59″ x 32″ and is dated 8 January 1976. The drawings feature five different profiles of R2-D2’s domed head (here named “ARTOO”), which closely resemble the finished, very recognizable robot. Printed details read, “REVOLVING HEAD OF ARTOO – EXPERIMENTAL PROTOTYPE ONLY ALL PANELS” and additional handwritten notations outline interesting details and specifications such as section names and measurements. Contained in a cardboard tube bearing a typeset label, “Star Wars John Stears Blueprint; R2-D2 Detailed Dome Head attached”. Blueprint originates from the estate of John Stears himself. Light moisture stains along upper left and lower margin. Overall in very good condition and well-preserved. A fantastic piece of memorabilia from the most beloved and successful action fantasy movie of all time. Sold for $5,407.
”Mary Poppins” Storyboard Artwork — From the Carousel Horse Scene
Original ”Mary Poppins” storyboard artwork, showing Mary, Bert, Jane and Michael leaving the carousel on their horses. Rendered in ink and charcoal, artwork measures 9.25” x 5.125”. A few pinholes, overall near fine. From the estate of ”Mary Poppins” producer and screenwriter Bill Walsh. Sold for $3,750.
Storyboard From the “Empire Strikes Back” Depicting Darth Vader — From the Collection of Art Director Joe Johnston
Original storyboard from “Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back”. Watercolor and ink drawing depicts Darth Vader looking into space with one of his subordinates. Above the drawing are “CE6” and “Omit” written in pencil. Measures 10.5″ x 8.5″. Near fine condition. From the collection of “Star Wars” Special Effects Artist and Art Director Joe Johnston and with his COA. Sold for $3,000.
Vintage Print of Original Storyboard Art for ”Citizen Kane” — With Camera Instructions
Vintage print of the storyboard used in the production of one of the greatest movies of all time, 1941’s ”Citizen Kane.” This graphic contains a surprising amount of direction in the nine frames which illustrate the ”Roof Of Hospital” scene in which Thompson, the reporter, interviews Jedediah Leland, Kane’s former best friend. A schematic diagram for the scene’s set design is included. Some of the captions read, ”Opening on a piece of architectural sculpturing Dolly to Right / Disclosing back of Thompson’s head and Leland reclining / in deck chair as we travel as far as / mesh wire will permit – Cut to…” and ” …As we go back to him for / second part change angle to include Thompson and for / third part choose still different angle…” Print measures 10” x 8”. In pencil, ”Citizen Kane” is handwritten near the bottom edge and two punch holes appear along left edge. Near fine. A rare artifact from ”Citizen Kane”’s conceptual stage. Sold for $2,623.
Charlton Heston 12.75” x 19” Original Costume Sketch for ”Ben Hur”
Original costume sketch of Charleston Heston for the 1959 film ”Ben Hur”. Beautifully detailed sketch rendered in watercolor and pen features gilt embellishments on the jacket. Measures 12.75” x 19”. Very minor toning, mounting remnants to corners, overall near fine. Accompanied by provenance from the 1972 “Movies Authentic Momentos” auction, comprised entirely of items from the 1970 MGM Archives sale. It was identified there as a sketch for Heston in “Ben Hur”. Sold for $1,000.
Edith Head Sketch of Lucille Ball’s Costume From ”The Lucille Ball Comedy Hour” in 1964
Scarce Edith Head design sketch of her elegant costume for Lucille Ball in the 1964 televised special ”The Lucille Ball Comedy Hour.” Head designed for the great actresses of classic Hollywood and had already won 7 of her 8 Oscars when she drafted this exquisite sketch. She puts the hilarious redhead in a white formal dress with matching gloves and jacket. The upper right of the sketch bears notations, possibly by Head, indicating this costume was for a segment of the show called ”Mr. & Mrs.”, a thinly-veiled parody of Lucy’s marriage to Desi Arnaz. Measures 11” x 15”. Creasing around the edges and light smudging, else near fine. Sold for $625.
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