News createt: 11-08-2010
Guerney's Upcoming Auction To Include Elvis Items
Iconic Objects including Original Items from Legends Frank Sinatra, Jimi Hendrix, Albert Einstein and Elizabeth Taylor, among others; September 25 – Antique Carousel Auction Featuring Rare Carousel Animals.
Guernsey’s Auction House will host two unique auctions at New York City’s Park Avenue Armory on September 24th and 25th. The auction powerhouse has amassed two mutually exclusive collections, which will be made available to the public.
On September 24, Guernsey’s will host an Iconic Objects Auction. Each of the lots in this unique sale will contain a significant item (or collection of items) that relate to a person or event that impacted our nation's culture or history. The auction will include the only known recordings of 26 speeches presented by Martin Luther King, formerly top secret plans for the D-Day invasion, and the Maltese Falcon statuette from the movie of that name. Also included are meaningful items from such extraordinary individuals as John F. Kennedy, Albert Einstein, Frank Sinatra, Harry James, Charlie Parker, Mickey Mantle, Elvis Presley, Marilyn Monroe, Babe Ruth, John Lennon, Michael Jackson, the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, and the Boston Red Sox, among others
A partial list of items to be sold at the Iconic Objects auction are:
MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.
RECORDED SPEECHES
MAURICE SENDAK
ORIGINAL PAINTING
D-DAY INVASION
PLANS & MAPS
JOHN F. KENNEDY
INSCRIBED WATCH & DALLAS LIMOUSINE LAP ROBES
YANKEE STADIUM
LAST HOME RUN BALL
JOHN LENNON
ORIGINAL ARTWORK & UNPUBLISHED PHOTOGRAPHS
ALBERT EINSTEIN
RARE DOCUMENTS
FREDERIC REMINGTON
ORIGINAL PLASTER SCULPTURE & EARLY BRONZES
MARILYN MONROE
HISTORIC ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPHS
WORLD WAR II
D-DAY INVASION PLANS
MALTESE FALCON
THE STATUETTE
TIFFANY
DRAGONFLY LAMP FROM LOUIS COMFORT TIFFANY’S HOME
CLARK GABLE
TIFFANY CIGARETTE CASE
FRANK SINATRA
PERSONAL ITEMS
BARBRA STREISAND
FIRST TEST RECORDING
JOHNNY CARSON
TONIGHT SHOW COLLECTION
ELIZABETH TAYLOR
NATIONAL VELVET DRESS & PHOTO COLLECTION
EIFFEL TOWER
SPIRAL STAIRCASE
MICHAEL JACKSON
FIRST TEST RECORDING & APOLLO WORN HAT
ICONIC INSCRIPTIONS
EXTRAORDINARY COLLECTION
JAMES DEAN
PERSONAL / EAST OF EDEN WATCH
LIBERACE
PIANO
ELVIS PRESLEY
PERSONAL JEWELRY
ANDY WARHOL
ORIGINAL EARLY DRAWING
KEITH HARING
ORIGINAL EARLY ARTWORK
JIM MARSHALL
THE LAST PRINTS MADE BY THE LEGENDARY ROCK PHOTOGRAPHER
COMIC ART
COLLECTION FROM LEGENDARY ARTISTS
THE THREE STOOGES
MOVIE SCRIPT
