Heritage Auctions: 15 Treasures From the Cecil B. DeMille Lifetime Collection Hollywood/Entertainment Signature Auction, 7426, Dallas

Auction Details

Auction Date: July 15, 2025 - July 15, 2025

Page Size: 213 items in 9 pages

Lot Number	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
90029	Ten Commandments and Adam's Rib (Famous Players-Lasky Corporation, 1923), Nita Naldi and Milton Sills 13.25" x 10.25" Original Custom Studio Blue-Tone Photographs (9) by Edward S. Curtis Studio. Cecil B. DeMille Estate.	1923	USD 3,200.00 - 4,800.00	USD 2,500.00
90030	The Ten Commandments (Paramount, 1923), Moses Ascending Mount Sinai Concept Painting.	1923	USD 12,800.00 - 19,200.00	USD 15,000.00
90031	The Ten Commandments (Paramount, 1923), Pair of Horse Headdresses.	1923	USD 4,800.00 - 7,200.00	Not Sold
90032	The Ten Commandments (Paramount, 1923), Window Card. Style C.	1923	USD 1,600.00 - 2,400.00	USD 2,500.00
90033	The Ten Commandments (Paramount, 1923), Window Card.	1923	USD 1,600.00 - 2,400.00	USD 3,750.00
90034	The Ten Commandments (Paramount, 1923), Original Custom Studio Photographs by Donald Biddle Keyes and William Mortensen (7). Cecil B. DeMille Estate.	1923	USD 1,600.00 - 2,400.00	USD 2,125.00
90035	The Ten Commandments (Paramount, 1923), 13.25" x 10.25" Original Custom Studio Blue-Tone Photographs by Edward S. Curtis (8). Cecil B. DeMille Estate.	1923	USD 3,200.00 - 4,800.00	USD 2,750.00
90036	The Golden Bed (Paramount, 1925), The Godless Girl (Paramount, 1927), This Day and Age (Paramount, 1933), and The Story of Dr. Wassell (Paramount, 1944), Group of (5) Concept Artworks.	1925, 1927	USD 3,200.00 - 4,800.00	USD 2,500.00
90037	The Road to Yesterday (DeMille Pictures Corporation,1925), Anton Grot Group of (4) Concept Artworks.		USD 1,600.00 - 2,400.00	Not Sold
90038	The Road to Yesterday (DeMille Pictures Corporation, 1925), Anton Grot Group of (4) Concept Artworks.	1925	USD 1,600.00 - 2,400.00	Not Sold
90039	The Road to Yesterday (DeMille Pictures Corporation, 1925), Anton Grot Group of (5) Concept Artworks.	1925	USD 1,600.00 - 2,400.00	Not Sold
90040	The Road to Yesterday (DeMille Pictures Corporation, 1925), Group of (3) Concept Artworks by Anton Grot and Arthur Fehr.	1925	USD 1,600.00 - 2,400.00	Not Sold
90041	"Nude in Forest", ca. 1925, 10.25" x 13" Original Custom Studio Photographs (2) by William E. Thomas. Cecil B. DeMille Estate.		USD 1,600.00 - 2,400.00	Not Sold
90042	The Volga Boatman (DeMille Pictures Corporation, 1926), Triptych Concept Painting by Dan Sayre Groesbeck.	1926	USD 4,800.00 - 7,200.00	USD 3,750.00
90043	The Volga Boatman (DeMille Pictures Corporation, 1926), Pair of Concept Artworks by Dan Sayre Groesbeck.	1926	USD 1,600.00 - 2,400.00	Not Sold
90044	The Volga Boatman (DeMille Pictures Corporation, 1926), Dan Sayre Groesbeck Pair of Character Concept Artworks.	1926	USD 1,600.00 - 2,400.00	Not Sold
90045	The King of Kings (DeMille Pictures Corporation, 1927), Original Final Draft Script.	1927	USD 3,200.00 - 4,800.00	USD 2,500.00
90046	The King of Kings (DeMille Pictures Corporation, 1927), Group of (3) Concept Artworks.	1927	USD 2,400.00 - 3,600.00	USD 1,875.00
90047	The King of Kings (DeMille Pictures Corporation, 1927), H.B. Warner, Dorothy Cumming, Ernest Torrence, Joseph Schildkraut, Jacqueline Logan, and Josephine Norman 13.25" x 10.25" Original Custom Studio Photographs (3) by William Mortensen. Cecil B. DeMille	1927	USD 2,400.00 - 3,600.00	USD 1,875.00
90048	The King of Kings (DeMille Pictures Corporation, 1927), Crowd Scenes 10.5" x 12.25", 10.5" x 12.75, and 10.5" x 13.5" Original Custom Studio Photographs (3) by William Mortensen. Cecil B. DeMille Estate.	1927	USD 2,400.00 - 3,600.00	Not Sold
90049	The King of Kings (DeMille Pictures Corporation, 1927), H.B. Warner, Dorothy Cumming, Ernest Torrence, Joseph Schildkraut, Jacqueline Logan, and Josephine Norman 13.5" x 10.5" Original Custom Studio Photographs (6) by William Mortensen. Cecil B. DeMille E	1927	USD 2,400.00 - 3,600.00	USD 1,875.00
90050	The King of Kings (DeMille Pictures Corporation, 1927), H.B. Warner and Dorothy Cumming 13.5" 10.5" Original Custom Studio Photographs (4) by William Mortensen. Cecil B. DeMille Estate.	1927	USD 2,400.00 - 3,600.00	Not Sold
90051	The King of Kings (DeMille Pictures Corporation, 1927), H.B. Warner 19.25" x 15" Original Custom Studio Photograph by Charles Albin. Cecil B. DeMille Estate.	1927	USD 1,600.00 - 2,400.00	USD 1,250.00
90052	The King of Kings (DeMille Pictures Corporation, 1927), Pair of Limited Edition "The Life of Christ from the Motion Picture King of Kings" Photograph Albums.	1927	USD 3,200.00 - 4,800.00	USD 13,750.00
90054	The King of Kings (DeMille Pictures Corporation, 1927), H.B. Warner, Dorothy Cumming, Ernest Torrence, Joseph Schildkraut, Jacqueline Logan, and Josephine Norman 13.5" x 10.5" Original Custom Studio Photographs (26) by William Mortensen. Cecil B. DeMille	1927	USD 1,600.00 - 2,400.00	USD 4,750.00

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