Hollywood Costume Art & Memorabilia- By Appointment

by appointment | 4 day sale | 5 days away
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This sale in Valley Village, CA 91607 is a "By Appointment" sale. Please see sale info below for details.
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This is by appt only or remote sales for shipping anywhere in the country.
Dates
Wed
Oct 28
12am to 11:45pm
Thu
Oct 29
12am to 11:45pm
Fri
Oct 30
12am to 11:45pm
Sat
Oct 31
12am to 11:45pm

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Items are subject to current availability. Please inquire with catalog reference numbers. We can ship to buyers anywhere; shipping costs and arrangements are confirmed before purchase. This listing is for inquiries, not online bidding.
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Description & Details

Tom Culver spent his life inside the stories Hollywood told. A film and television costumer, cabaret singer, author and passionate collector, he worked on productions including Murder, She Wrote and The Love Boat. He also contributed many costume sketches to UCLA's collection. His own collection of drawings, photographs and printed treasures spoke to a deep affection for screen and stage history.


This second offering brings more of that world into view. Original costume and fashion renderings include Travis Banton's study of Vincent Price as Charles II for Hudson's Bay (1941); Adele E. Balkan's character designs for The Egyptian (1954); Theadora Van Runkle's vivid Nine Tiger Man sketches; Yvonne Wood studies connected to One-Eyed Jacks (1961) and Casanova's Big Night (1954); and Eduardo Lerchundi's 1949 Francisco Suarez costume study. Other drawings show period dress, stage characters and fashion ideas, sometimes with handwritten notes or original fabric swatches still attached.


The collection also includes The Longest Yard film poster; theatre posters for The Little Prince, On Your Toes and Last Summer at Bluefish Cove; an Anchors Aweigh lobby card; photographs of Lana Turner; and a Peggy Lee portrait inscribed to Tom. There are vintage playbills and theatre programs, movie and entertainment paper, sheet music for songs from Pal Joey, Roberta and Follow the Boys, and illustrated songbooks and folios. Together, the finished images and working materials show both the glamour on screen and the hands-on craft behind it.


Collectors nationwide, costume designers, film historians, museums, archives and dealers are welcome. We have an illustrated price sheet covering more than 400 pieces; reach out for the full list, or tell us the artists, productions or types of material you collect. If several pieces catch your eye, we're happy to discuss a group price. We can ship anywhere, with arrangements confirmed before purchase. All pieces are subject to current availability.


Hosted by Cockatoo Estates/The Cockatoo Club with Quirk Vintage & Modern.

Helen Rose — inscribed black gown with fabric swatchHelen Rose — Eleanor Parker as Carmen, Interrupted Melody (1955)Lana Turner — The Three Musketeers photographPeggy Lee — signed portrait inscribed to TomLana Turner — The Postman Always Rings Twice photographThe Films of Burt Reynolds — inscribed 1982 bookBarbara Stanwyck inscription — The Lady Eve reissue cardA. Alton — Agnes Moorehead, blue pleated gownClaudette Colbert-inscribed period-gown costume rendering in gilt frameTheadora Van Runkle — Nine Tiger Man, pink paisley tunic and turbanBen-Hur — Arab costume #7 design, dated 1957, with fabric swatchesAnchors Aweigh — 1955 reissue lobby card no. 5J. Brazill — signed calico cat studyTheadora Van Runkle — Nine Tiger Man, green jeweled costumeChinese-style court robe — framed costume renderingYvonne Wood — One-Eyed Jacks (1961), Johnny / PrologueYvonne Wood — gold lattice gown with parasolTravis Banton — Vincent Price as Charles II, Hudson’s Bay (1941)Eduardo Lerchundi — Francisco Suarez costume study (1949)Eduardo Lerchundi — Pedro costume studyThe Love Boat — 200th-episode script signed by Andy Warhol and castThe Longest Yard (1974) — Burt Reynolds film posterAngel Eyes — sheet music with Nat King Cole coverThe Little Prince — theatre posterBarbara Stanwyck inscription — Man Killer poster/cardLast Summer at Bluefish Cove — theatre posterOn Your Toes — theatre posterMy One and Only — theatre posterAdele E. Balkan — Peter Ustinov as Kaptah, The Egyptian (1954)Adele E. Balkan — white pleated Egyptian costumeAdele E. Balkan — Valenciano / Valencia PeasantJ. Brazill — calico cat portraitJeweled historical-fantasy costume portraitB. Livingston-signed costume study — black tiered lace gown“CHAD” — hand-painted frontier costume designSigned warrior costume study — spear and shieldPolonius — Hamlet costume renderingStilt-walking ringmaster — costume drawing with fabric swatchesMax Barsis — bowler-hatted figure with cigar and fur-collared overcoatAdele Palmer — Belle, rose-red gown costume renderingBolivia — two folk-costume studies on one sheetPeru — patterned trousers and orange wrap costume studyPeru — patterned poncho costume studyPeru / Inca — pink-wrap costume studyPeru — pink dress and white hat costume studyPeru — orange cloak and staff costume studyPeru — navy dress and red headwear costume studyArgentina — brown ruffled dress costume studyBounty Hunters (1996) action film posterBewitched — Pal Joey / Frank Sinatra, Rita Hayworth and Kim Novak sheet musicBlues in the Night — musical film song sheetCome In from the Rain — Warner Bros. song sheetIs You Is, or Is You Ain’t — Follow the Boys film song sheetAgain — Road House film song sheetSeptember in the Rain — vintage sheet musicI’m Always Chasing Rainbows / Oh, Look! — stage song sheetHeat Wave — Irving Berlin sheet musicComes Love — Tokiye B. cover sheet musicThe Drunkard — Theatre Mart Hollywood souvenir program (1941)Edelweiss Gardens — illustrated Art Deco programDon Juan / Vitaphone — McVickers Theatre Chicago program (1926)George Shearing Interpretations — vintage song folioPeter Pan — Great Northern Theatre Chicago Stagebill, Veronica Lake and Lawrence TibbettPageant of Great and Famous Women — Orchestra Hall Chicago souvenir program (1917)Smoke Gets in Your Eyes — Roberta sheet musicMoonglow — vintage sheet musicYesterday I Heard the Rain — vintage sheet musicHarbor Lights — vintage sheet musicI Go to Rio — vintage sheet musicZorba — stage song folioOne Touch of Venus — Mary Martin vocal selectionsSweet and Low — vintage illustrated sheet musicSonny Boy / The Singing Fool — Al Jolson sheet musicJohnny Burke and Jimmy Van Heusen — songwriters folioGus Kahn Memorial Song Album — illustrated vintage folioSong Hits of Our Time — vintage song folioAdele E. Balkan — Peter Ustinov as Kaptah, ragged robe, The Egyptian (1954)Adele E. Balkan — wrapped robe and staffAdele E. Balkan — spotted wrap and feather ornamentsHigh Priest costume study — Adele E. Balkan groupAdele E. Balkan — Sinuhe, The Egyptian (1954): Valley of the KingsAdele E. Balkan — Edmund Purdom as Sinuhe, The Egyptian (1954)Adele E. Balkan — The Egyptian (1954): Hittite forge costume studyA. Alton — Agnes Moorehead, gray dress and fur wrapCostume Designers Guild — 1986 spiral-bound directoryLet Me Love You — A Time for Singing sheet musicThis Can't Be Love — Jumbo sheet musicIt Might as Well Be Spring — State Fair sheet musicVincent (Starry Starry Night) — Don McLean sheet musicI Hadn't Anyone Till You — Ray Noble sheet musicHave You Met Miss Jones? — Gentlemen Marry Brunettes sheet musicYvonne Wood — checked-shirt cowboy with spur and sleeve-garter studiesYvonne Wood — Bob Hope as Pippo, Casanova’s Big Night (1954)New Faces of 1952 — Lizzie Borden, red-and-white costume studyNew Faces of 1952 — Lizzie Borden, pink full-skirted gown studyNew Faces of 1952 — Lizzie Borden, black-and-lavender gown studyNew Faces of 1952 — Lizzie Borden, black-and-red costume studyB. Livingston — black hat and red waist cloth costume studyChinese cook costume study with ladleChinese man in grey tunic with blue book — costume studyB. Livingston — black tiered lace gown costume studyDorothy Elizabeth Hack — Girl H period costume studyHeadscarf and work dress — pencil costume studyHoneysuckle Rose — vintage song collectionNew Faces of 1952 — Lizzie Borden, pink floral gown studyNew Faces of 1952 — Lizzie Borden, pink bow-neck gown studyEnglish midshipman in blue jacket with fabric swatchesAmerican midshipman in blue jacket and white breechesTwo seamen costume studies with original fabric swatchesAmerican seamen costume studies with fabric swatchesDonald Brooks — Scruples rough gown study“Group II” fringed costume studyAdele E. Balkan — Spanish engineering soldier costume study“ADRIAN”-marked masked fantasy costume studyBobbie Mannix — Burt Reynolds in At Long Last Love (1975)Bill Thomas — Charlotte in The Undefeated (1969)Bill Thomas — “Anne” no. 2 costume studyWide-brim hat, striped blouse and dark trousers — costume studyWhite blouse and dark trousers — interior costume studyTan sleeveless sheath — costume and interior studyWhite sleeveless top and black trousers — costume studyDark green skirt suit — costume studyBlue striped trouser suit — costume studyWhite tiered-fringe dress — costume studyBlack cape or cloak — costume study

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