LOUISE BROOKS SOCIETY ([info]louisebrooks) wrote,
@ 2008-07-01 21:00:00
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Wowza
According to a reliable eBay seller, "ON MARCH 27, 2008, PROFILES IN HISTORY of LOS ANGELES set the highest price to date for an ALFRED CHENEY JOHNSTON PHOTOGRAPH - $9,500.00 for an unsigned 10" X 13" VINTAGE PORTRAIT OF LOUISE BROOKS!!"

Wowza!

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[info]luiza06
2008-07-02 04:43 pm UTC (link)
Plus the 20%, $1800 "Buyer's Premium." As I recall, in that auction, photographs of Louise Brooks commanded higher prices than those of 10 or 12 other prominent silent era actresses, with one exception (whom I don't recall).

Profiles in History will be back with another dozen photos of Brooks in "Hollywood Auction #32" on July 31 & August 1, on line (eBay) and in situ (Calabasas Hills, California -- hope they're stored in a fireproof safe). See http://www.liveauctions.ebay.com/catalogs/25675 .

They're also offering a Lot of "151 keybook stills of Gary Cooper and Lili Damita from Fighting Caravans"....



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[info]vanwall
2008-07-03 03:35 am UTC (link)
There were some rare photos of Louise in there. Nice selection of Bull, Bachrach, Louise, Hurrell, etc. shots. I'm holding out for the studio prop auction un August - I'd kill for that "Frank the Rabbit" mask from Donnie Darko.

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An After-action report
[info]luiza06
2008-08-02 12:11 am UTC (link)
I have results for 10 Brooks Items from the Profiles in History auction on July 31st. [Gee, I've just met a 60-year Redskins fan. "George Marshall was king as far as the Redskins were concerned," said he.] Three of 'em (eBay Items 260257423909 [a Dyar I hadn't seen], 230267017980 [the ubiquitous Louise closeup on eBay], and 230267017974 [from the series that was represented here on the Blog last Nov. 2nd]), expected to sell for $900-$1500 combined, managed to go for $1075. These were the clunkers of the Brooksie Lots.

Item 330248745465 [a mannish Louise], expected to sell for around a thou, went for two -- making it "the best of the worst."

The four stellar performers were Items 230267017966 [posted on the Blog last April 27th], 230267017972 [Colfax College tutu medium shot], 330248745459 [Colfax full shot], 330248745459 [ditto], and 230267017986 [a non-Colfax Richee], expected $1400-$2100 combined, SOLD! for $11,350. Golly, yes I'd shell out a spare $2100 for just the last one, but personally, I'm not big on the tutu stills. (I'd sure as hell pay $11,350 to have a print of the movie they're from.)

The Park Place and Boardwalk of the Brooks auction Items, 230267020164 [a Dyar medium shot of Louise lounging in frills -- killer] and 260257426648 [from "Canary," Louise in exotic & translucent dress], expected $9000 and brought in $24,000. Not as impressive percentage-wise as the last-mentioned Lots, but you could trade 'em for a good new car if you found a car dealer with a weakness for Louise Brooks.

P.S. Frank the Rabbit, expected to hop home for 11,000, dropped way more pellets: 25,000.

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