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February 2012 Auction Ends Tuesday, February 28th, 5pm Pacific

Auction closed on 2/28/2012. Final prices include buyers premium.

• Lot #1: Norman Taurog 1931 Oscar -- "Best Director" for "Skippy" -- Only 4th Year of Academy Awards -- Youngest Ever Winner for Directing

  

  # Bids: 12

  Min Bid: $1,000

  Final Price: $301,973

• Lot #2: Oscar for 1933 Best Picture "Cavalcade" -- From the 6th Academy Awards -- Fox Film's First Oscar

  

  # Bids: 13

  Min Bid: $1,000

  Final Price: $332,165

• Lot #3: Farciot Edouart 1937 Bronze Tablet Oscar -- "Scientific or Technical Award" for Dual Screen Transparency Setup

  

  # Bids: 14

  Min Bid: $1,000

  Final Price: $72,295

• Lot #4: First Ever Special Effects Oscar -- Farciot Edouart's 1938 Oscar for "Outstanding Transparency Special Effects" in "Spawn of the North"

  

  # Bids: 15

  Min Bid: $1,000

  Final Price: $96,227

• Lot #5: "Wuthering Heights" 1939 Oscar for Black & White Cinematography

  

  # Bids: 14

  Min Bid: $1,000

  Final Price: $226,876

• Lot #6: Original Oscar Awarded to Herman Mankiewicz for Writing "Citizen Kane" -- The Only Academy Award Won by "Citizen Kane," Voted the Greatest American Film of All-Time

  

  # Bids: 17

  Min Bid: $1,000

  Final Price: $588,455

• Lot #7: Best Picture Oscar for "How Green Was My Valley" -- John Ford's 1941 Classic That Bested "Citizen Kane"

  

  # Bids: 13

  Min Bid: $1,000

  Final Price: $274,520

• Lot #9: 1942 Oscar for "Outstanding Transparency Special Effects" in "Reap the Wild Wind" -- Awarded to Farciot Edouart

  

  # Bids: 11

  Min Bid: $1,000

  Final Price: $87,475

• Lot #11: 1943 Best Supporting Actor Oscar Awarded to Charles Coburn for "The More the Merrier" -- The First Year Best Supporting Actors Were Given the Oscar Statue

  

  # Bids: 11

  Min Bid: $1,000

  Final Price: $170,459

• Lot #13: 1946 Film Editing Oscar Awarded to Daniel Mandell for "The Best Years of Our Lives" -- A 1946 Smash Hit Movie

  

  # Bids: 9

  Min Bid: $1,000

  Final Price: $116,428

• Lot #14: 1946 Best Music Oscar Awarded to Hugo Friedhofer for "The Best Years of Our Lives" -- Best Music for Best Movie of the Year

  

  # Bids: 14

  Min Bid: $1,000

  Final Price: $187,511

• Lot #15: 1946 Color Art Direction Oscar Awarded to Paul Groesse for "The Yearling"

  

  # Bids: 10

  Min Bid: $1,000

  Final Price: $116,428

• Lot #16: 1946 Oscar for "The Yearling" -- Best Color Cinematography

  

  # Bids: 10

  Min Bid: $1,000

  Final Price: $128,066

• Lot #17: 1947 Oscar for "A Double Life" -- Best Actor Award Given to Ronald Colman

  

  # Bids: 9

  Min Bid: $1,000

  Final Price: $206,250

• Lot #18: 1949 Oscar for "Little Women" -- "MGM's New Technicolor Romance"

  

  # Bids: 12

  Min Bid: $1,000

  Final Price: $154,962

• Lot #19: Charles Schulz Original Sunday "Peanuts" Strip Signed -- Charlie Brown and Snoopy Suit-Up for Their Baseball Game

  

  # Bids: 12

  Min Bid: $1,000

  Final Price: $30,768

• Lot #20: Original Ink and Watercolor Drawing by E.H. Shepard of Winnie-the-Pooh and Piglet -- Extraordinarily Scarce Drawing by Shepard of the Most Famous Children's Character

  

  # Bids: 8

  Min Bid: $1,000

  Final Price: $40,954

• Lot #21: Perhaps the Only Photograph in Existence That Is Twice-Signed by Charles Dickens -- One of the Few Photographs Taken of the Author in His Lifetime

  

  # Bids: 11

  Min Bid: $500

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #22: Scarce Karl Faberge 1916 Stock Certificate Signed -- Transfer of Stock in House of Faberge -- With PSA/DNA COA

  

  # Bids: 13

  Min Bid: $500

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #23: Enormous and Magnificent Bronze Statue "The Film Director" by Celebrated Australian Artist Andrew Rogers

  

  # Bids: 7

  Min Bid: $1,000

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #24: Original Costume From "The Mask" -- Instantly Recognizable Bright Yellow Suit & Hat Worn by Jim Carrey in the Title Role

  

  # Bids: 17

  Min Bid: $500

  Final Price: $5,940

• Lot #25: Original Blueprint for the R2-D2 Prototype in "Star Wars" -- Dated 1976 & Used by John Stears -- Measures 59" x 32"

  

  # Bids: 11

  Min Bid: $500

  Final Price: $5,407

• Lot #26: "The Misfits" Promotional Items -- Marilyn Monroe and Clark Gable's Last Movie -- With Lengthy Personal Letter by John Huston's Publicist on Marilyn's Performance and Conduct During the Shooting

  

  # Bids: 3

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: $270

• Lot #27: Rudolph Valentino Catalog for His Falcon Lair Estate -- 1926

  

  # Bids: 6

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: $581

• Lot #28: Karloff "Frankenstein" Mask -- Limited Edition, Signed & Numbered by Artist -- Near Fine

  

  # Bids: 0

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #29: Egyptian Photo Album Circa 1880's -- Albumen Photos Taken by Zangaki Include Nomadic Families, Sphinxes and The Pyramids, Ships on the Suez Canal

  

  # Bids: 1

  Min Bid: $500

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #30: Ansel Adams Signed Set of "The New Ansel Adams Photography Series" -- Complete Three-Volume Set, Each Signed by Adams

  

  # Bids: 3

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #31: First Printing of Ansel Adams' "Images 1923-1974" Signed by the Artist

  

  # Bids: 3

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #32: Ansel Adams Signed "The Portfolios of Ansel Adams"

  

  # Bids: 6

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #33: Ansel Adams Signed Copy of His Majestic Work, "Yosemite and the Range of Light"

  

  # Bids: 5

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: $196

• Lot #34: Unique Mel Blanc Signed Christmas Card -- With Animation Cel of "Tweety Bird" Who Says "Mewwy Twismas"

  

  # Bids: 4

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: $196

• Lot #35: One-of-a-Kind "Bugs Bunny" Sketch Hand-Drawn and Signed by Creator Chuck Jones -- On Chuck Jones Business Card

  

  # Bids: 7

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #36: Rockwell Kent Signed First Edition of "Later Bookplates & Marks of Rockwell Kent"

  

  # Bids: 2

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #37: Adorable Sketch of "Dennis the Menace", Signed and Hand-Drawn by Hank Ketcham

  

  # Bids: 1

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: $240

• Lot #38: John Cullen Murphy "Prince Valiant" 11" x 14" Hand-Drawn Illustration Signed

  

  # Bids: 5

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #39: Claes Oldenburg Signed Postcard of His "Teddy Bear" Public Art Concept

  

  # Bids: 1

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #40: Norman Rockwell's Original 1941 "Four Freedoms" Poster Set

  

  # Bids: 2

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: $686

• Lot #41: Norman Rockwell Signed "Main Street, Stockbridge at Christmas" Print

  

  # Bids: 1

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: $566

• Lot #42: Norman Rockwell Signed "Poor Richard's Almanack" -- With Illustrations by Norman Rockwell

  

  # Bids: 6

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #43: Norman Rockwell Autograph Letter Signed -- "…I believe we met on Pan Am flight…"

  

  # Bids: 3

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: $300

• Lot #44: Norman Rockwell Signed First Edition of "Norman Rockwell: Artist and Illustrator" -- Oversized Volume Presents Panorama of Sixty Years of Artist's Work

  

  # Bids: 3

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: $196

• Lot #45: Original 6" x 9" Drawing of Popeye by His Creator Elzie Segar

  

  # Bids: 3

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #46: Tom Wilson Cover Signed -- Cartoonist Adds Sketch of His "Ziggy" Comic Strip Character

  

  # Bids: 1

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #47: 1985 Original "Marmaduke" Comic Strip -- The Great Dane Looks Pretty Sheepish -- 8.5" x 10.75" -- Near Fine

  

  # Bids: 1

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #48: Limited Edition Scrooge McDuck Poster -- Signed by Disney Animator Carl Barks -- With Disney COA

  

  # Bids: 1

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #49: Grandma Moses First Day Cover Signed, Honoring America's Wildlife -- Postmarked 22 November 1957 -- 6.5" x 3.5", Fine

  

  # Bids: 1

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #50: Cartoonists William Hanna and Joe Barker 6.5" x 3.75" Cover Signed -- "Bill Hanna" -- "Joe Barker" -- Fine

  

  # Bids: 0

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #51: Artist and Writer Rockwell Kent Autograph Note Signed -- 5" x 3" -- Very Good

  

  # Bids: 1

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #52: 1855 McKenney & Hall Color Print -- "Qua-Ta-Wa-Pea, A Shawnoe Chief" -- 7" x 10.5" -- Very Good With Book Text

  

  # Bids: 1

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: $120

• Lot #53: 1855 McKenney & Hall Color Print -- "Uje-Jock"

  

  # Bids: 0

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #54: Maurice Wilkins Autograph Manuscript Signed -- "…A year later Rosalind Franklin began X ray work in our lab...was very important in pointing Crick & Watson towards the Double Helix…"

  

  # Bids: 2

  Min Bid: $1,000

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #56: Apollo 14 Cover Signed by the Three Astronauts -- Alan Shepard, Stuart Roosa & Ed Mitchell

  

  # Bids: 7

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: $1,109

• Lot #57: Apollo 15 Signed Cover by Astronauts Jim Irwin, Dave Scott and Al Worden

  

  # Bids: 3

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: $238

• Lot #58: Arctic Pioneer Sir John Barrow Letter Signed From 1836

  

  # Bids: 2

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #59: Gregory "Pappy" Boyington "Baa Baa Black Sheep" Signed

  

  # Bids: 1

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: $270

• Lot #60: World War I Ace Pilot Eddie Rickenbacker Signed Copy of His Autobiography

  

  # Bids: 7

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: $216

• Lot #61: Astronomer Carl Sagan "Pale Blue Dot" Signed -- "…the human future lies far beyond the Earth…"

  

  # Bids: 3

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: $210

• Lot #62: Jonas Salk Signed Certificate for the First National Polio Vaccine Trial -- 1954

  

  # Bids: 10

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: $600

• Lot #63: Three Titanic Survivors Sign First Day Covers -- Bertram Dean, Ruth Blanchard & Edwina MacKenzie Survived in Lifeboat 13

  

  # Bids: 3

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #64: Eight Titanic Survivors Signed Photo

  

  # Bids: 1

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #65: James D. Watson "Avoid Boring People" Signed -- Leather Bound -- 22kt Gold Detailing

  

  # Bids: 2

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #66: James D. Watson "The Double Helix" Signed -- Leather Bound -- 22kt Gold Detailing

  

  # Bids: 3

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #67: Buzz Aldrin Signed Limited Edition of His "Men From Earth" -- Fine

  

  # Bids: 4

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #68: "Wapakoneta Daily News" 21 July 1969 -- Neil Armstrong's Hometown Newspaper -- "Neil Steps on the Moon"

  

  # Bids: 5

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: $385

• Lot #69: 21 July 1969 "Houston Chronicle" Moon Landing -- "Armstrong and Aldrin 'Take One Small Step for Man' on the Moon" -- Very Good

  

  # Bids: 0

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #70: Neil Armstrong Hometown Newspaper -- 6 September 1969 "Wapakoneta Daily News" -- "Welcome Home Neil"

  

  # Bids: 3

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: $349

• Lot #71: Apollo 11 Pilot Michael Collins 8" x 10" Signed Matte Photo -- "To Bill MARESH / Best Wishes / MCollins" -- Fine -- With JSA COA

  

  # Bids: 1

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #72: Signed 10" x 8" Collage Photo of Enola Gay -- Signed by Tibbets, Beser, Ferebee, Van Kirk and Caron -- Near Fine

  

  # Bids: 4

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #73: Astronaut Jim Irwin Signs His Memoir About the Apollo 15 Moon Expedition "To Rule The Night"

  

  # Bids: 1

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #74: "N.Y. Daily News" 8" x 10" Semi-Matte Photo of Charles Lindbergh NYC Ticker Tape Parade Motorcade -- 13 June 1927 -- Very Good

  

  # Bids: 0

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #75: "N.Y. Daily News" 8" x 10" Semi-Matte Photo -- Planes Fly Over Charles Lindbergh NYC Ticker Tape Parade -- 13 June 1927 -- Very Good

  

  # Bids: 0

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #76: "N.Y. Daily News" 10" x 8" Semi-Matte Photo -- Charles Lindbergh NYC Ticker Tape Parade -- 13 June 1927 -- Very Good

  

  # Bids: 0

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #77: "N.Y. Daily News" 8" x 10" Glossy Photo of Charles Lindbergh NYC Ticker Tape Parade -- 13 June 1927 -- Crowd of 4 Million -- Very Good

  

  # Bids: 0

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #78: "N.Y. Daily News" 8" x 10" Semi-Matte Photo of Charles Lindbergh NYC Ticker Tape Parade -- 13 June 1927 -- Crowd of 4 Million -- Very Good

  

  # Bids: 0

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #79: "N.Y. Daily News" 8" x 10" Semi-Matte Photo of Charles Lindbergh Ticker Tape Parade on Broadway -- 13 June 1927 -- Near Fine

  

  # Bids: 0

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #80: "N.Y. Daily News" 8" x 10" Semi-Matte Photo -- Boats in NY Harbor as Charles Lindbergh Arrives for 13 June 1927 Parade -- Very Good

  

  # Bids: 0

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #81: "N.Y. Daily News" 10" x 8" Glossy Photo -- Seaplane Brings Charles Lindbergh to NYC for 13 June 1927 Parade -- Very Good

  

  # Bids: 0

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #82: "N.Y. Daily News" 10" x 8" Semi-Matte Photo -- Charles Lindbergh Arrives for His 13 June 1927 NYC Parade -- Very Good

  

  # Bids: 0

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #83: "N.Y. Daily News" 10" x 8" Semi-Matte Photo -- Ships Gather for Arrival of Charles Lindbergh in NYC for 13 June 1927 Parade -- Very Good

  

  # Bids: 0

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #84: "N.Y. Daily News" 10" x 8" Semi-Matte Photo -- Charles Lindbergh Arrives at NYC City Hall -- 13 June 1927 Parade in His Honor -- Near Fine

  

  # Bids: 0

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #85: "N.Y. Daily News" 8" x 10" Semi-Matte Photo of Charles Lindbergh at Eternal Light WWI Memorial -- 13 June 1927 NYC Parade Day -- Very Good

  

  # Bids: 0

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #86: "N.Y. Daily News" 10" x 8" Semi-Matte Photo of Charles Lindbergh and His Mother at NY City Hall -- 13 June 1927 NYC Parade Day -- Very Good

  

  # Bids: 0

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #87: "N.Y. Daily News" 8" x 10" Semi-Matte Photo of Charles Lindbergh Riding in NYC Ticker Tape Parade in His Honor -- 13 June 1927 -- Near Fine

  

  # Bids: 0

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #88: "N.Y. Daily News" 10" x 8" Semi-Matte Photo -- Charles Lindbergh on Top Deck of NYC Mayor's Boat -- 13 June 1927 Parade Day -- Near Fine

  

  # Bids: 0

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #89: 10" x 8" "N.Y. Daily News" Semi-Matte Photo -- Charles Lindbergh Riding in NYC Ticker Tape Parade in His Honor -- 13 June 1927 -- Very Good

  

  # Bids: 0

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #90: "N.Y. Daily News" 10" x 8" Semi-Matte Photo -- Charles Lindbergh and His Mother With NYC Mayor at City Hall -- 13 June 1927 -- Near Fine

  

  # Bids: 0

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #91: "N.Y. Daily News" 8" x 10" Semi-Matte Photo -- Charles Lindbergh Aboard NYC Mayor's Boat -- 13 June 1927 Parade Day -- Very Good

  

  # Bids: 0

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #92: "N.Y. Daily News" 10" x 8" Semi-Matte Photo -- Boats Wait for Charles Lindbergh's Arrival for 13 June 1927 NYC Parade -- Very Good

  

  # Bids: 0

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #93: 8" x 10" "N.Y. Daily News" Semi-Matte Photo of Charles Lindbergh NYC Ticker Tape Parade -- 13 June 1927 -- Very Good

  

  # Bids: 0

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #94: 10" x 8" "N.Y. Daily News" Semi-Matte Photo of Charles Lindbergh NYC Ticker Tape Parade -- 13 June 1927 -- Very Good

  

  # Bids: 0

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #95: "N.Y. Daily News" 8" x 10" Semi-Matte Photo of Charles Lindbergh NYC Ticker Tape Parade Motorcade -- 13 June 1927 -- Very Good

  

  # Bids: 0

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #96: Charles Lindbergh Glossy 10" x 8" Photo of the Lindbergh Parade in 1927 -- From "N.Y. Daily News" -- Near Fine

  

  # Bids: 0

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #97: Manhattan Project Engineer Kenneth Nichols Cover Signed -- "K.D. Nichols / Major General USA" -- 6.5" x 3.5" -- Fine

  

  # Bids: 1

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #98: James D. Watson "Genes, Girls, and Gamow" Signed -- Leather Bound & 22kt. Gold Detailing -- Fine

  

  # Bids: 1

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #99: Benedict Arnold Autograph Letter Signed -- 1786

  

  # Bids: 13

  Min Bid: $500

  Final Price: $3,604

• Lot #100: Eisenhower War Dated TLS: "…the soldier sees things that, if not more terrible in their ultimate consequences, are far more terrifying and disagreeable in the immediate reactions they create..."

  

  # Bids: 7

  Min Bid: $500

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #101: John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon 1960 National Convention Photo Album -- Amazing Collection of Published and Unpublished Candidate Photos -- Also Eisenhower, Johnson, RFK, Henry Fonda & Frank Sinatra

  

  # Bids: 2

  Min Bid: $500

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #102: JFK Signed 8.5" x 11" Photo of Himself as a Young Senator -- With PSA/DNA COA

  

  # Bids: 11

  Min Bid: $500

  Final Price: $2,772

• Lot #103: Lincoln Autograph Note Signed Just Weeks Before He Died -- 1865

  

  # Bids: 9

  Min Bid: $500

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #104: Lincoln Assassination Letter -- Signed by George Porter, Doctor at John Wilkes Booth's Funeral -- …the…locality where the remains of Booth were secreted has never been correctly described…"

  

  # Bids: 1

  Min Bid: $500

  Final Price: Pass