Movie Monster Museum's Celebrity Estate Sale Items. All of these items were purchased directly from the celebrity's estate sale, surviving relative or a very reputable dealer.

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Vintage 5x7 photo from personal collection of Bela Lugosi

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Vintage 5x7 photo of Bela Lugosi from the actor's personal collection. Bela Lugosi became famous for the role of the blood thirsty Count Dracula in Universal's Dracula (1931). His wonderful performance resulted in his being type cast as a horror actor, eventually leading to low budget movies and finally the very low budget movies of Edward D. Wood, Jr. This photo was kept in Lugosi's filing cabinet and probably could have eventually been autographed and mailed to one of his many fans. Please read the books "Lugosi, His Life in Films, on Stage and in the Lives of Horror Lovers" and "Bela Lugosi, Dreams and Nightmares" by Gary Rhodes to learn more about this photo collection. This photo was purchased from Alex Gordon, co-writer of the script Bride of the Monster and one of Lugosi's agents. Photo is in excellent condition and is unsigned. Alex received the photo from Lugosi to help promote the actor's career.

$200.00

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Jimmy Stewart paperweight from his estate sale

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Heavy glass paperweight from the estate sale of Jimmy Stewart. Before Jimmy passed away, he made arrangements with his lawyers to sell his personal possessions and have the money donated to his favorite charity. This paperweight comes with a copy of the paperwork from this sale.

$250

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Vincent Price Grim Reaper Award

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Vincent Price owned award for his contributions to horror.

$3500

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Vincent Price Radio Script with handwritten notes

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This radio script is comprised of a series of narrations for a Hungarian opera by composer Zoltan Kodály, entitled Háry János. It was written by Isaiah Sheffer and performed by Vincent Price. It begins:

Good evening. I'm Vincent Price. In 1926, the great Hungarian composer Zoltan Kodály composed an opera about a very remarkable countryman of his, Háry János. Into this opera went not only actual Hungarian fold music, but also the zesty spirit, national pride and "creative exaggeration" for which the Hungarian people are so well known.

In Price's own hand are his extensive handwritten notes--including an injected bit of humor based on the name of one of the lead characters. To Price, her name sounded like a sneeze--and he went on to say, "God Bless You" both in English and Hungarian, and to include a bit of folk history about what a sneeze means in Hungary.

The script is a mere six pages long, but is a fascinating piece of entertainment memorabilia.
 

$200

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