Hollywood Glamor Shots Sell For 1.25 Mil

Profiles In History has sold original Hollywood Glamor photography for a whopping 1.25 mil! Original Photos Of Marlene Dietrich, Carole Lombard, Barbara Stanwyck, Jean Harlow, Myrna Loy, Louise Brooks, Veronica Lake, Clara Bow and Others, along with Vintage Movie Posters were in the mix. What makes this all the more interesting is that these photos were taken during the pre-code era and they are being “embraced by the fine art world,” and why wouldn’t they be?

“Fine art photographs featuring history’s most legendary actresses including Greta Garbo, Joan Crawford, Jean Harlow, Carole Lombard, Clara Bow, Marlene Dietrich and Louise Brooks − the greatest assemblage of its kind − shot by legends in their own right including George Hurrell, Clarence Sinclair Bull and Ruth Harriet Louise and posters from films including My Man Godfrey, The Wolf Man, Cabin in the Sky, Casablanca, True to the Navy, Unholy Three, Dr. X and Lawrence of Arabia contributed to the record-setting two-day total.”

Here is a list of what some of these photos and posters brought in:

My Man Godfrey one-sheet poster $85,000
The Wolf Man one-sheet poster $40,000
Cabin in the Sky one-sheet poster $30,000
Casablanca insert poster $27,500
True to the Navy one-sheet poster $27,500
Unholy Three half-sheet poster $25,000
Doctor X one-sheet poster $20,000
Lawrence of Arabia three-sheet poster $16,000
Marlene Dietrich oversize gallery portrait by Eugene Robert Richee $15,000
Carole Lombard oversize gallery portrait by Wm. E. Thomas, inscribed and signed by Lombard $13,000
Jezebel one-sheet poster $12,000
The Taming of the Shrew one-sheet poster $12,000
The Eagle and the Hawk half-sheet poster $11,000
Tarzan and His Mate window card $11,000
Barbara Stanwyck oversize publicity portrait by William A. Fraker for Shopworn $10,000
Murders in the Rue Morgue window card $10,000
Her Husbands Trademark one-sheet poster $10,000
Louise Brooks publicity still from The Canary Murder Case $9,000
Madeleine Carroll large format publicity portrait by Otto Dyar $9,000
The Maltese Falcon insert poster $9,000
Veronica Lake oversize gallery portrait by A.L. Whitey Schafer for Out of this World $9,000
Lifeboat one-sheet poster $8,500
Myrna Loy oversize publicity portrait by Clarence Sinclair Bull for The Mask of Fu Manchu $8,000
Jacqueline Logan large format publicity portrait by Wm. E. Thomas for Cecil B. DeMille‟s The King of Kings $7,500
Jean Harlow (circle motif blouse) oversize gallery portrait $7,500
Louise Brooks large format publicity portrait by Eugene Robert Richee from Now We‟re In the Air $7,500
Clara Bow nude bathing publicity still for Hula $7,000

My, my did these stars, and photographers ever think that one day their photo or art would cause such a stir?

source [news-antique.com]