{"id":13371,"date":"2013-11-27T13:16:09","date_gmt":"2013-11-27T18:16:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.moviepropcollectors.com\/magazine\/?p=13371"},"modified":"2013-11-30T14:56:52","modified_gmt":"2013-11-30T19:56:52","slug":"maltese-falcon-hammers-for-3-5-million-at-bonhams-auction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.moviepropcollectors.com\/magazine\/maltese-falcon-hammers-for-3-5-million-at-bonhams-auction\/","title":{"rendered":"Maltese Falcon hammers for $3.5 million at Bonhams auction"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\"FalconRight\"<\/a>Bonhams<\/a><\/em><\/strong> and Turner Classic Movies<\/em><\/strong><\/a>, “What Dreams Are Made Of: A Century of Movie Magic at Auction as Curated by TCM<\/a> Hollywood<\/em> auction was held in New York on November 25th, 2013. According to a Bonhams<\/em> press release the auction totaled (including BP), close to $6 million dollars.<\/p>\n

Over 80% of the auction total was due to the sale of one impressive and widely recognized movie prop: Lot #225:<\/em><\/strong><\/a> The Maltese Falcon<\/em> statue from the 1941 John Houston<\/em> film, “The Maltese Falcon<\/em>“, starring Humphrey Bogart<\/em> and Mary Astor<\/em>. The prop falcon hammered for $3.5 million and sold for a total of $4,085,000 with fees, including a 12% BP or buyers premium factored in.<\/p>\n

The auction consisted of 309 lots of which 85 did not sell, for a sales rate of 73%.<\/p>\n

Additional highlights of items sold were:<\/p>\n

Lot 93:<\/em><\/strong><\/span> A Vivien Leigh neglig\u00e9e from Gone With the Wind. <\/i>Sold for US$ 56,250 inc. premium<\/div>\n
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Lot # 103:<\/em><\/strong><\/span> The 1940 Buick Phaeton automobile from Casablanca. <\/i>Sold for US$ 461,000 inc. premium<\/div>\n
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Lot 104:<\/em> <\/strong><\/span>Producer Hal Wallis’s working copy of the shooting script for Casablanca. <\/i>Sold for US$ 68,750 inc. premium<\/div>\n
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Lot 138:<\/em><\/strong><\/span> A Geza Kende portrait of Clara Bow owned by Bela Lugosi. Sold for US$ 30,000 inc. premium<\/div>\n
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Lot 139:<\/em><\/strong><\/span> An Audrey Hepburn Givenchy hat from Funny Face. <\/i>Sold for US$ 87,500 inc. premium<\/div>\n
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Lot 231:<\/em><\/strong><\/span> John Huston’s original typed and handwritten draft of The Treasure of the Sierra Madre<\/i> screenplay. Sold for US$ 21,250 inc. premium<\/div>\n
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Lot 253:<\/em><\/strong><\/span> Francis Ford Coppola’s working copy of the screenplay for The Godfather. <\/i>Sold for US$ 22,500 inc. premium<\/div>\n
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*\u00a9TCM, Bonhams, Movie Prop Collectors, Entertainment Minute, and their respective owners.<\/small><\/p>\n