{"id":16372,"date":"2018-08-01T20:57:55","date_gmt":"2018-08-02T00:57:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.moviepropcollectors.com\/magazine\/?p=16372"},"modified":"2018-08-02T13:05:18","modified_gmt":"2018-08-02T17:05:18","slug":"liza-minnelli-love-liza-profiles-history-auction-nets-high-prices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.moviepropcollectors.com\/magazine\/liza-minnelli-love-liza-profiles-history-auction-nets-high-prices\/","title":{"rendered":"Profiles in History Love Liza Minnelli auction totals over $1.2 million"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\"\"Profiles in History<\/em><\/strong><\/a>‘s “Love Liza” Liza Minnelli<\/em><\/strong> auction just netted over $1.2 million dollars per an article just released by Reuters:<\/p>\n

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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Liza Minnelli\u2019s signature \u201cCabaret\u201d bowler hat, boots and halter top vest fetched $81,250 at a Los Angeles auction, while her hand-annotated shooting script for the 1972 movie sold for $15,000, organizers Profiles in History said on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

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Liza Minnelli’s \u201cSally Bowles\u201d Cabaret performance ensemble, bowler hat, and boots are shown in this undated image released by Nancy Seltzer & Associates, Inc. in Los Angeles, California, U.S., on August 1, 2018. Courtesy of Profiles in History\/Handout via REUTERS<\/span><\/p>\n

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The three-day \u201cLove, Liza\u201d auction in Los Angeles, coming from the vast personal collection of the actress and singer, raised more than $1.2 million, with some items selling for more than triple their pre-sale estimates.<\/p>\n

The more than 1,700 lots included items belonging to Minnelli\u2019s parents – actress Judy Garland and film director Vincente Minnelli – and hundreds of the singer\u2019s hats, scarves and Halston designer outfits from the 1970s.<\/p>\n

Garland\u2019s blond Dorothy wig from \u201cThe Wizard of Oz,\u201d which was later replaced by simply brown braids, went for $17,500 – 16 times the original estimate. Vincente Minnelli\u2019s photo collection spanning his film career fetched $11,875.<\/p>\n

Profiles in History declined to release information on the buyers.<\/p>\n

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Singer Liza Minnelli arrives at the 86th Academy Awards in Hollywood, California March 2, 2014. REUTERS\/Adrees Latif<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Memorabilia from \u201cCabaret,\u201d which brought Minnelli an Oscar for her performance as Berlin nightclub singer Sally Bowles and sent her career rocketing, attracted some of the fiercest bidding.<\/p>\n

Her shooting script for the musical was estimated to fetch just $2,000 ahead of the sale, while her iconic boots and bowler hat costume had an estimate of $6,000.<\/p>\n

Minnelli, 72, said earlier this year that she wanted to downsize her life and sell off the collection she had amassed over decades and kept in more than six locations.<\/p>\n

\u201cI woke up one day and thought, \u2018Honey, you ain\u2019t gonna wait till you\u2019ve bought the farm and leave your life on someone else\u2019s doorstep.\u2019 So it was time to go there, and I have, and it feels good,\u201d she is quoted as saying in the auction catalog.<\/p>\n

Some of the proceeds of the sale will benefit the Great American Songbook Foundation which aims to preserve America\u2019s musical legacy.<\/p>\n

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Reporting by Jill Serjeant; editing by Diane Craft<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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