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Christie's
Pop Culture
New York
6/25/08
Sale 2012
This post auction catalog consists of 110 pages with 332 lots mostly illustrated in color
and all described in detail. New York – Christie’s Pop Culture auction on June 25 in New York will include a range of
collectibles celebrating the diverse nature of American popular culture — from 1930s comic strips
to the current craze for vinyl designer toys. The sale will offer approximately 330 lots of Hollywood
memorabilia, Rock and Roll memorabilia, animation and comic art, space memorabilia, and a
collection of designer toys.. Also featured is a collection of costumes from James Gandolfini’s role
as Tony Soprano in The Soprano’s, which will benefit Wounded Warrior Project.
James Gandolfini auctions the shirt off Tony Soprano's back..Now James Gandolfini is getting in on the act -- for a good cause. He's selling off 24 outfits he wore during the show's run to benefit the Wounded Warrior Project, a nonprofit group that assists severely wounded soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Associated Press reports.
Stripper poles aside, could there be anything more iconic than Tony Soprano's tan bathrobe, seen in the pilot as he picks up a copy of The Star-Ledger at the end of his driveway and feeds his ducks? It could bring in as much as $1,500, according to Christie's, which is hosting the June 25 sale. Other outfits from notable moments are also featured in the sale, including the polo shirt, tank and pants worn by Tony when he's shot by Uncle Junior (Dominic Chianese) during the season six opener ("excellent screen worn condition with fake bloodstains," $2,000-$3,000) and the black leather coat and Sansabelt slacks worn by Silvio Dante (Steven Van Zandt) when he shoots Adriana for being an FBI mole ($600 to $800).
TOYS
Appearing for the first time at auction will be a section of limited edition original art toys from
Kidrobot, the premier creator and retailer of art toys and apparel. These toys are reflective of a
growing artistic movement which merges urban street trends, fashion,
and pop art to produce limited edition, collectible toys. These
designer toys made by contemporary artists have become further
recognized as innovative art objects when 13 pieces were accepted
into the permanent collection at The Museum of Modern Art’s in
2007, and in 2006 the toys were also the centerpiece of the Cooper-
Hewitt Smithsonian Museum Design Triennial.
Among the Kidrobot toys offered in the auction are various models of the Dunny, a vinyl rabbit-like
figure which artists use as a blank canvas to create their quirky designs that often mix pop culture
ideas of fashion, cartoons, graffiti, comics, music, and fine art. Dunnies by artists Huck Gee, Gary
Baseman, Deph, Doze Green and Sket One are featured, with estimates ranging from $400-5,000.
Joe Ledbetter works include a vinyl yellow Mr. Bunny, accompanied by its
original box (estimate: $1,000-2,000) and a painting The Defender (estimate:
$3,000-5,000). The whimsical creations of Natalia Gianinazzi include a giant
plush soft toy, a Grusli, accompanied by his mouse (estimate: $1,500-2,000).
From the artist with a cult-like fan base,
Suckadelic has built his notoriety by
blending nerdy obsessions with hipster
cool, as demonstrated by Graff-At, a graffiti covered and
customized Star Wars AT-AT Walker (estimate: $1,500-2,000),
and Gay Empire Attack! a series of 40 pink colored Star Wars
Storm Trooper figures attached to a plastic backboard
(estimate: $1,500-2,000)..
ROCK AND ROLL MEMORABILIA
A grouping of rock and roll memorabilia is led with the ‘Holy Grail’ of record
collecting, a 1952 record of Stormy Weather by The Five Sharps (estimate:
$20,000-30,000). This record by a relatively unknown teenage quintet from
Jamaica, Queens, attained its legendary rarity when a popular radio show in
1961 held a contest with a lucrative reward to anyone that could find an
additional copy of this record.
A concert poster featuring The Who and Led Zeppelin at the
Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, Maryland on May 25, 1969, is one
of a handful made and is an early rare example of for both bands (estimate:
$15,000-20,000). A leather motorcycle jacket by Harley Davidson owned by
Elvis Presley, initially ‘EP’ with a diamond encrusted badge reads, Elvis
Preslely, Chief Deputy, Shelby County, Tennessee, was gifted by Presley to his
employee Mike McGregor (estimate: $15,000-20,000)..
AMERICAN HISTORY MEMORABILIA
Not only are Hollywood stars honored in the sale, but memorabilia
from the stars of NASA are available with eight lots of photos
autographed by astronauts. Coming from the estate of Lewis
Hartzell, the former head chef at NASA during the Saturn, Gemini,
and Apollo space programs, a highlight includes an official NASA
photograph of the crew of the Apollo 11, singed and inscribed by
all three astronauts, Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins and Buzz
Aldrin (estimate: $3,000-5,000).
A collection from the estate of Harvey Milk, the supervisor of San Francisco in 1978 and
figurehead of the gay-rights movement includes photographs, a watch, and camera owned by Milk,
with estimates starting at $300. Harvey Milk was the first openly gay elected official of any large
American city and he was assassinated in 1978. In 1999 Time magazine honored Milk in the issue
‘Time 100: The Most Important People of the Century.’
A signed and typewritten letter on White House stationary dated May 26, 1962, from President
John F. Kennedy to entertainer Bobby Darin thanking him for his birthday salute at Madison
Square Garden, rounds out the section (estimate: $10,000-15,000)
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| Status: For Sale |
Reference#: 2012a |
| Condition:
Good |
Year:
2008
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