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
90055	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 (4) by William Mortensen. Cecil B. DeMille E	1927	USD 1,600.00 - 2,400.00	Not Sold
90056	Godless Girl (C.B. DeMille Productions, 1928), Lina Basquette, Noah Beery, and Cast 14" x 11" and 10.25" x 13" Original Custom Studio Photographs (2) by William E. Thomas. Cecil B. DeMille Estate.	1928	USD 1,600.00 - 2,400.00	Not Sold
90057	Madam Satan (MGM, 1930), Wilfred Buckland Group of (5) Concept Artworks.	1930	USD 3,200.00 - 4,800.00	USD 2,500.00
90058	The Squaw Man (Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Co., 1931), Group of (4) Storyboard Artworks.	1931	USD 3,200.00 - 4,800.00	Not Sold
90059	The Squaw Man (Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Co., 1931), Group of (3) Concept Artworks by Wilfred Buckland.	1931	USD 2,400.00 - 3,600.00	Not Sold
90060	The Sign of the Cross (Paramount, 1932), Group of (3) Concept Artworks.	1932	USD 3,200.00 - 4,800.00	Not Sold
90061	The Sign of the Cross (Paramount, 1932), Charles Laughton "Nero" Group of (4) Character Concept Sketches.	1932	USD 3,200.00 - 4,800.00	Not Sold
90062	The Sign of the Cross (Paramount, 1932), Group of (5) Concept Artworks by Natalie Visart and Mitchell Leisen.	1932	USD 2,400.00 - 3,600.00	Not Sold
90064	The Sign of the Cross (Paramount, 1932), Three Sheet Poster.	1932	USD 1,600.00 - 2,400.00	USD 15,000.00
90065	Four Frightened People (Paramount, 1934), First Draft Script with Cecil B. DeMille's Signature.	1934	USD 3,200.00 - 4,800.00	Not Sold
90066	Four Frightened People (Paramount, 1934), One Sheet Poster & The Buccaneer (Paramount, 1938), Insert Poster.	1934, 1938	USD 3,200.00 - 4,800.00	USD 2,500.00
90067	Cleopatra (Paramount, 1934), John Harkrider Concept Painting.	1934	USD 3,200.00 - 4,800.00	Not Sold
90068	Cleopatra (Paramount, 1934), Boris Leven Pair of Set Design Artworks.	1934	USD 4,800.00 - 7,200.00	Not Sold
90069	Cleopatra (Paramount, 1934), Boris Leven Pair of "Cleopatra's Barge" Concept Artworks.	1934	USD 3,200.00 - 4,800.00	USD 2,500.00
90070	Cleopatra (Paramount, 1934), Claudette Colbert "Cleopatra" Dress Costume Sketch.	1934	USD 3,200.00 - 4,800.00	USD 4,500.00
90071	Cleopatra (Paramount, 1934), Vicky Williams Costume Sketch for Claudette Colbert "Cleopatra" Dress.	1934	USD 3,200.00 - 4,800.00	USD 3,500.00
90072	Cleopatra (Paramount, 1934), Group of (3) Prop Designs and (1) Costume Sketch.	1934	USD 3,200.00 - 4,800.00	Not Sold
90073	Cleopatra (Paramount, 1934), Claudette Colbert 11" x 14" Original Custom Continuity Photographs (21) by Paul Hesse. Cecil B. DeMille Estate.	1934	USD 1,600.00 - 2,400.00	USD 3,250.00
90074	Cleopatra (Paramount, 1934), Harold Miles and Other Group of (3) Scene Concept and Poster Design Artworks.	1934	USD 3,200.00 - 4,800.00	USD 3,250.00
90075	The Crusades (Paramount, 1935), Cecil B. DeMille Annotated First Buff Script.	1935	USD 6,400.00 - 9,600.00	Not Sold
90076	The Crusades (Paramount, 1935), Dan Sayre Groesbeck Character Concept Artwork.	1935	USD 3,200.00 - 4,800.00	Not Sold
90077	The Crusades (Paramount, 1935), Dan Sayre Groesbeck Pair of Concept Artworks.	1935	USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	Not Sold
90078	The Crusades (Paramount, 1935), Harold Miles Pair of Concept Artworks.	1935	USD 3,200.00 - 4,800.00	Not Sold
90079	The Crusades (Paramount, 1935), Travis Banton Pair of Katherine DeMille "Alice of France" Costume Sketches.	1935	USD 2,400.00 - 3,600.00	USD 2,750.00
90080	The Crusades (Paramount, 1935), Travis Banton Pair of Katherine DeMille "Alice of France" Costume Sketches.	1935	USD 2,400.00 - 3,600.00	USD 4,375.00

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