CINEMA
Stanley Kubrick memorabilia from the collection of his assistant Emilio D'Alessandro up for auction, including Jack Torrance's jacket in The Shining and the Eyes Wide Shut clapperboard.
5 pm (CET) | lots 1-55
Torino - Sala Bolaffi, via Cavour 17
VIEWING
13-21 marzo Milano, MIC, Museo interattivo del Cinema
23/27 marzo Torino, Sala Bolaffi, via Cavour 17 (10 am-6 pm)
Lot 1
PATHS OF GLORY
Two cuts of film from the 1957 movie directed by Stanley Kubrick and based on the novel written by Humphrey Cobb, fourth feature film and second on a military topic made by the director. In the lot also a typewritten letter by Kubrick dated "15 FEB 1975" where the
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Starting price: € 500 | Sold for : € 850
Lot 2
Spartacus Poster published in 1964 for the distribution of Spartacus, film of the Kubrick's early years. Interpreted by Kirk Douglas, one of the major sponsors, censored by the Hayes Code, was victim of a strong boycott campaign that ended thanks to the approval of President read all
Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 250
Lot 3
Lolita Beautiful poster published by N. Moneta for the Italian edition of Lolita. Having immediately become the symbol of one of Kubrick's most controversial films, it has been created by the shots made by Bert Stern on the set of the film, among which the iconic Sue Lyon read all
Starting price: € 150 | Sold for : € 175
Lot 4
Il Dottor Stranamore Beautiful playbill created by Policrom, Rome, for the promotion of the film in 1964.. 27.6 x 13 in. Condition: Minor defects, wear and tear.
Starting price: € 150 | Sold for : € 375
Lot 5
2001 Odissea nello spazio First Italian edition of the playbill published in 1968 by Rotolito for the promotion of the Kubrick's famous masterpiece, which represents to all effects "an epic and dramatic adventure of exploration of the cosmos".. 27.6 x 13 in. Condition: Minor defects, wear and read all
Starting price: € 150 | Sold for : € 300
Lot 6
2001 Odissea nello spazio Beautiful first edition of the poster published by Rotolito in 1968 for the advertising campaign of Kubrick's masterpiece, based on the subject of Arthur C. Clarke. A touching film, only apparently attributable to the science fiction genre, but with a great emotional read all
Starting price: € 250 | Sold for : € 700
Lot 7
THE TRIP TO ALBION
Group of 4 travel coupons of Kubrick’s trip to England on the famous Queen Mary Cunard Lines ocean liner, dated '7/21/1965'. On two of the coupons is also specified the first address of the film director in the United Kingdom, the Hotel Normandie in London. In the lot
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Starting price: € 500 | Sold for : € 500
Lot 8
THE MEMBERSHIP CARD
Stanley Kubrick’s membership card for the "Writers Guild of America, West, Inc. Affiliated with Writers Guild of America, East, Inc.", with blind stamp, expiring on 3 March 1969 and the director's full autograph signature.
Starting price: € 1.000 | Sold for : € 13.000
Lot 9
STANLEY’S BAG
Orange canvas camera bag model 'Tenba 2' made in USA with black shoulder strap. Introduced in 1979, the Tenba 2 was the first minimalist camera bag with a design that embodies simplicity and lightweight. One of the fetish objects of the American director, a bag suitable
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Starting price: € 8.000
Lot 10
A CLOCKWORK ORANGE SOUNDTRACK
Two vinyl LPs with the film soundtrack, one of English production, the other for the German market, including the two famous themes by Rossini and Beethoven.
Starting price: € 300 | Sold for : € 375
Lot 11
A CLOCKWORK ORANGE
Second edition published in 1972 of the iconic poster created to publicize the release of the film Arancia Meccanica (A Clockwork Orange) in Italian cinemas, after the showing at the Venice Film Festival
55.1 x 39.4 in.
Starting price: € 150 | Sold for : € 325
Lot 12
A ORANGE CLOCKWORK PROPS
Pair of ink stamps in wood and plastic used by the production management of the film A Orange clockwork. In the lot also a container for medium-sized films with a sticker that bears the inscriptions of one of the two stamps, and two LPs with the film soundtrack.
Starting price: € 1.000
Lot 13
A TABLE FROM THE SET OF BARRY LYNDON
Foldable game table in wood, top lined with green cloth, crossed legs with crosspieces.
26.8 x 22 x 22 in.
Starting price: € 500 | Sold for : € 2.200
Lot 14
BARRY LYNDON
Second edition of the advertising poster created for the promotion of the film Barry Lyndon published in 1986. The lot is completed by the first edition of the lobby card set published in 1976 for the first release of the film in Italian cinemas.
Poster 55.12 x 39.37
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Starting price: € 100 | Estimate : € 300 - 600 | Sold for : € 175
Lot 15
PROMOTING BARRY LYNDON
Lot of promotional material of Barry Lyndon composed of 18 lobby cards, 3 brochures of 16 pages in large 4°, a vinyl LP with the soundtrack by Leonard Rosenman and a group of stickers and pins. The latter were the focus of the film's promotion with the logo designed by
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Starting price: € 1.500
Lot 16
A HAT FROM BARRY LYNDON
Elegant tricorn hat in black felt and silver trimmings with a black silk bow, in the British military style of the end of the 18th Century, beige inner leather band, size 7 ¼.
Produced for the 1975 film Barry Lyndon and designed by Milena Canonero, the most famous
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Starting price: € 1.000 | Sold for : € 1.100
Lot 17
THE MAKING OF BARRY LYNDON
Bellow case, handwritten inscription with number "1" in red on paper label of the brand Tuff-Nuff, 37 x 25 cm. This case was used for some of the film’s scripts, divided by scenes, each with its typewritten tile.
Ribbon Scene
Roast Beef of Old England
High Road to
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Starting price: € 2.000
Lot 18
THE SHINING
Beautiful lot consisting of 6 lobby cards and 3 jumbo lobby cards published for the Italian distribution of Shining in 1980. Universally recognized as a true cult movie of the horror genre, it was played by the extraordinary Jack Nicholson and represents the perfect
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Starting price: € 100 | Sold for : € 175
Lot 19
PROMOTING THE SHINING
Lot of promotional material of the film The Shining consisting of a yellow T-shirt with the title printed in black, some yellow stickers for the film's reel and a 4-page in 4° advertising brochure printed on May 26, 1980.
Starting price: € 1.000
Lot 20
A SHIRT FROM THE SHINING
Burgundy cotton shirt with two chest pockets, Austin Reed brand "Made in Sweden". The shirt comes from the Shining set and was worn by actor Jack Nicholson in the rehearsals of the different stage costumes arranged for the film.
Starting price: € 1.000 | Sold for : € 500
Lot 21
THE KEYCHAINS OF THE OVERLOOK HOTEL
Group of 7 polychrome plastic keychains, red, blue and green, with fake room numbers of the Overlook Hotel. Numbers are 6, 8, 9, 100, 213, 310 and 428.
Starting price: € 1.000 | Sold for : € 2.800
Lot 22
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY
Two handwritten notes on yellow paper for two days of the week, in the first there are indications for tasks to be performed on a Friday with, on the reverse, a pencil autograph signed "S". While in the second the director asks to be driven to the famous writer John le
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Starting price: € 400 | Sold for : € 400
Lot 23
HORROR FILM
Long fragmemt of the original film The Shining containing the scene in which Wendy, played by Shelley Alexis Duvall, carries Danny, played by little Danny Lloyd. These cuts, given by Kubrick to D'Alessandro, are particularly rare because the director notoriously burned
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Starting price: € 3.000 | Sold for : € 6.500
Lot 24
JACK TORRANCE’S JACKET
Burgundy corduroy jacket with brown woollen elasticated waistband, shirt collar, 7 buttons, buttoned pockets on the front, L size, inside the label of Margaret Howell.
The jacket was chosen by Academy Award-winning costume designer Milena Canonero after Jack Nicholson
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Starting price: € 10.000 | Sold for : € 19.000
Lot 25
CARPET WITH ORANGE LOZENGES FROM THE COLORADO LOUNGE
Carpet with optical design of orange and yellow lozenges on a white background. On the verso three annotations in marker: "E.D." (Emilio D'Alessandro), "No 1008" and "R [eserved] for Emilio".
139.8 x 98.4 in.
Starting price: € 2.000 | Sold for : € 13.000
Lot 26
CARPET WITH RED SQUARES FROM THE COLORADO LOUNGE
Carpet with optical design of red and orange squares with white border on an orange background. On the reverse side two annotations in marker: "E + J" (Emilio and Janette), "No 1040".
139.8 x 98.4 in.
Starting price: € 2.000 | Sold for : € 4.600
Lot 27
KUBRICK’S GUNS
Typewritten letter, 1 page in 4 ° on headed paper, dated "September 22, 1983" in which the director authorizes Emilio D'Alessandro to collect a Korth revolver in his name and on his behalf, with full signature "Stanley Kubrick". In the lot also other 3 signed letters of
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Starting price: € 1.000 | Sold for : € 1.125
Lot 28
FULL METAL JACKET SOUNDTRACK
Vinyl record with the original soundtrack of the film and the autograph dedication: "To Emilio with Love. S. Kubrick ". In the lot also a 45 vinyl record with the track "I Wanna Be Your Drill Instructor" by Abigail Mead [i.e. Vivian Kubrick] and Nigel Goulding.
“For
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Starting price: € 2.000 | Sold for : € 2.000
Lot 29
PAIR OF METAL MILITARY SHOVELS
Pair of metal military shovels with wooden handle, half-case in green canvas with hooks to attach it to the belt from Full Metal Jacket's set. The canvas cases are marked “U.S.” on the front and dated on the back "26 August 1960".
Starting price: € 500 | Sold for : € 300
Lot 30
BAYONET KNIFE
Bayonet knife with metal case and green canvas, U.S. M8AI wd. from Full Metal Jacket.
12.6 in.
Starting price: € 1.000 | Sold for : € 1.000
Lot 31
MILITARY TOOLS
Group of three flashlights in plastic and metal, by “Fulton Made in USA” model MX-99I \ U, with different also colored filters contained in the bottom end from Full Metal Jacket's set. In the lot also a green cotton military hat.
8.3 in.
Starting price: € 500 | Sold for : € 304
Lot 32
VEST FROM FULL METAL JACKET'S SET
Green cotton vest with internal and external pockets, XL size, with embroidered inscription "Stanley Kubrick's Full Metal Jacket", specifically designed for the crew members.
Starting price: € 1.000 | Sold for : € 1.600
Lot 33
ONE OF GUNNERY SERGEANT HARTMAN HATS
Felt hat with band, worn by the actor Ronald Lee Ermey during the filming of Full Metal Jacket (defects and losses).
Iconic symbol of the marine instructor, leading role in the first part of the film. Severe and harsh, Hartmann's character subjects the young recruits
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Starting price: € 3.000 | Sold for : € 2.016
Lot 34
KUBRICK’S BLUE MILITARY JACKET
Blue jacket belonged to the greatfilm director, in cotton with 4 pockets on the front.
“He always wore these very comfortable military jackets … He had them sent in batches from the United States, then had them dyed navy blue. Stanley said he had twenty-eight of
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Starting price: € 5.000 | Sold for : € 2.000
Lot 35
KUBRICK’S GREEN MILITARY JACKET
Military jacket, lined inside, size "Small Regular - NATO size: 7030/8494", ribbon with the name Kubrick printed on the chest, inside additional military-type indications and manuscript annotation by Emilio D'Alessandro that certifies his later possession with his
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Starting price: € 10.000 | Sold for : € 10.000
Lot 36
LOST AND FOUND
Small lot of two autograph notes by Kubrick; in one he asks "Emilio please look for my orange-yellow 5 x 8 spiral notebook". In the other, in red ink and on yellow paper, the director exultantly writes: "I found my ring! Carpet next to bed ", and it was not a ring of
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Starting price: € 300 | Sold for : € 300
Lot 37
HAVE A GOOD TRIP
Autograph note by Kubrick in red marker on yellow paper, with date “1-4-98” added later.
Starting price: € 300 | Sold for : € 750
Lot 38
A WEIRDO AT THE DOOR
Autograph letter signed “S”, one page in 4°. “E we had a weirdo here last night at 3.AM at the front door who the police eventually arrested. He said he had spent 2 hrs by the G-Wagon. Took it over carefully. The guy was in his late twenties – 30’s and had very long
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Starting price: € 500 | Sold for : € 700
Lot 39
LEELEE SOBIESKY 1983 - EYES WIDE SHUT 1997
Oil on canvas in wooden frame, titled, dated and signed 'Eyes Wide Shut 1997 Leelee Sobieski' on the reverse.
Liliane Rudabet Gloria Elsveta Sobieski, stage name Leelee Sobieski is an American actress of Polish origins. She achieved large recognition in her teens for her
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Starting price: € 2.000 | Sold for : € 5.500
Lot 40
WRISTWATCH FROM EYES WIDE SHUT'S SET
Lorus quartz wristwatch model V532-5A40R1, gilt metal, Japan made movement, worn by Tom Cruise during the filming of Eyes wide shut.
Starting price: € 3.000 | Sold for : € 1.500
Lot 41
EYES WIDE SHUT’S CLAPPERBOARD
Original film clapperboard for Eyes wide shut in plastic, wood, metal and two magnets, with all the inscriptions engraved in black except for Panavision engraved in red.
9.4 x 11 in.
Starting price: € 5.000 | Sold for : € 5.000
Lot 42
STANLEY'S HOMAGE TO EMILIO
Large burgundy canvas banner with yellow lettering reading "Caffè da Emilio" painted on both sides, used on the set of Eyes wide shut.
D'Alessandro has repeatedly said that Kubrick asked him to use the name Emilio for a shop in the streets of New York re-made at the
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Starting price: € 1.000 | Sold for : € 1.000
Lot 43
COAT WORN BY TOM CRUISE
Smart dark blue wool coat, single chested with 3 buttons, two inner labels "Made specially for Selfridges London" and "Moorhouse & Brook". One of the coats selected under the supervision of the British costume designer Marit Allen and worn by Tom Cruise during the
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Starting price: € 3.000
Lot 44
SHOOTING WITHOUT TOM
Autograph letter, two pages in 4 °, on white striped paper in blue ink about the production of Eyes Wide Shut. “At 9.30 a.m. call Michael Doven on Tom’s number 01753 662526. Say that I figured out on the way home in the car, at 3 a.m. that we will have a full day’s
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Starting price: € 500 | Sold for : € 500
Lot 45
MR. AND MRS. KUBRIK’S SEASON GREETINGS
Nice lot composed of 5 autograph greeting cards with the season wishes of the Kubricks.
Starting price: € 500 | Sold for : € 850
Lot 46
A SPECIAL WISH
Very nice autograph greeting card signed by Christiane and Stanley Kubrick and addressed to the D'Alessandros, with an extra note that reads: "It would have been a lot harder without you. S. " A moving testimony of Kubrick's affection for D'Alessandro.
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Starting price: € 600 | Sold for : € 600
Lot 47
KUBRICK'S PETS
Pandora, Leo, Jessica, Victoria, Freddie and Polly are some of the four-legged friends of the Kubrick family, and this lot includes some autographs about them, a total of 16 cards and typed notes. Recommendations range from flea cure to medicine to varying food for dogs
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Starting price: € 1.500 | Sold for : € 1.500
Lot 48
STANLEY’S BOOKS
Two typescripts of which one with Kubrick's autograph works concerning books. “Stanley borrowed books from the London Library. In the period before a film I would go to the library two or three times a week”. Emilio D'Alessandro with Filippo Ulivieri, Stanley Kubrick
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Starting price: € 200 | Sold for : € 350
Lot 49
STANLEY’S FILMS
Typewritten note dated "Friday 18th January, 1989" with indications to pick up two films respectively at United Artists and Warner Bros: "The Black Stallion", a 1979 film directed by Carroll Ballard, and "Hot Stuff", a comedy by Dom DeLouise produced the same year. In a
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Starting price: € 300 | Sold for : € 700
Lot 50
SEASON'S GREETINGS
Group of 4 autograph greeting cards with the season wishes of the Kubricks addressed to Emilio and Janette D'Alessandro. One on color paper was written for Easter, in another their daughter Vivian also send her love, the last one is by Christiane who wishes
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Starting price: € 500 | Sold for : € 500