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

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Auction Name	15 Treasures From the Cecil B. DeMille Lifetime Collection Hollywood/Entertainment Signature Auction	Total Sales (USD)	693,937.50
Auction Date	July 15, 2025 - July 15, 2025	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)	468,000.00
Sale Number	#7426	High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)	702,000.00
Total Lots	213
Sold Lots	132	Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)	665,600.00
% of Lots Sold	61.97%	High Estimate of All Lots (USD)	998,400.00
Unsold Lots	81	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	69.51%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
90249	Cecil B. DeMille Signed Cancelled Checks and Stationery Assortment.		USD 1,600.00 - 2,400.00	USD 93,750.00
90154	The Ten Commandments (Paramount, 1956), Bound Presentation Script.	1956	USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00	USD 32,500.00
90181	The Ten Commandments (Paramount, 1956), Fortunino Matania Scene Concept Sketch.	1956	USD 12,800.00 - 19,200.00	USD 30,000.00
90142	Samson and Delilah (Paramount, 1949), Harold von Schmidt Commissioned Painting.	1949	USD 16,000.00 - 24,000.00	USD 27,500.00
90258	Cecil B. DeMille Collection of (24) Awards with Display Case.		USD 9,600.00 - 14,400.00	USD 16,250.00
90030	The Ten Commandments (Paramount, 1923), Moses Ascending Mount Sinai Concept Painting.	1923	USD 12,800.00 - 19,200.00	USD 15,000.00
90064	The Sign of the Cross (Paramount, 1932), Three Sheet Poster.	1932	USD 1,600.00 - 2,400.00	USD 15,000.00
90184	The Ten Commandments (Paramount,1956), Group of (13) "Parting of the Red Sea" Storyboard Artworks.	1956	USD 19,200.00 - 28,800.00	USD 15,000.00
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
90144	Samson and Delilah (Paramount, 1949), Austin Briggs Commissioned Painting.	1949	USD 6,400.00 - 9,600.00	USD 11,875.00
90155	The Ten Commandments (Paramount, 1956), Charlton Heston "Moses" Character Concept Artwork by Arnold Friberg.	1956	USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00	USD 11,250.00
90168	The Ten Commandments (Paramount, 1956), Fortunino Matania Character Concept Artwork.	1956	USD 9,600.00 - 14,400.00	USD 11,250.00
90186	The Ten Commandments (Paramount, 1956), Group of (56) Assorted Storyboard Sketches Attributed to Harold Michelson.	1956	USD 9,600.00 - 14,400.00	USD 11,250.00
90260	Cecil B. DeMille Large Leather Portfolio with Awards and Honors.		USD 6,400.00 - 9,600.00	USD 10,625.00
90180	The Ten Commandments (Paramount, 1956), Group of (3) Concept Composite Artworks for the "Parting of the Red Sea".	1956	USD 3,200.00 - 4,800.00	USD 10,000.00
90185	The Ten Commandments (Paramount, 1956), Group of (10) "Chariots Pursue the Israelites" Storyboard Artworks.	1956	USD 12,800.00 - 19,200.00	USD 10,000.00
90124	Samson and Delilah (Paramount, 1949), Henry Clive Character Concept Artwork for Hedy Lamarr "Delilah".	1949	USD 1,600.00 - 2,400.00	USD 9,375.00
90158	The Ten Commandments (Paramount, 1956), Edith Head (Anne Baxter) "Nefretiri" Costume Sketch.	1956	USD 3,200.00 - 4,800.00	USD 9,375.00
90203	The Ten Commandments (Paramount, 1956), Half Sheet, One Sheet, and Six Sheet Posters.	1956	USD 3,200.00 - 4,800.00	USD 9,375.00
90014	Male and Female (Famous Players-Lasky Corporation, 1919), Gloria Swanson 13" x 10" Original Custom Studio Photographs (6) by Edwin Bower Hesser and Arthur F. Kales. Cecil B. DeMille Estate.	1919	USD 1,600.00 - 2,400.00	USD 8,125.00
90164	The Ten Commandments (Paramount, 1956), Shooting Script Inscribed by C.B. DeMille to Sound Recordist John Cope.	1956	USD 6,400.00 - 9,600.00	USD 6,875.00
90115	Cecil B. DeMille Pair of Personal Casting Books.		USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00	USD 6,562.50
90156	The Ten Commandments (Paramount, 1956), Yul Brynner "Rameses" with Infant Son Character Concept Artwork by Arnold Friberg.	1956	USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00	USD 6,250.00
90157	The Ten Commandments (Paramount, 1956), Yul Brynner "Rameses" Character Concept Artwork by Arnold Friberg.	1956	USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00	USD 6,250.00
90009	Joan the Woman (Paramount, 1916), Prop Bible.	1916	USD 4,800.00 - 7,200.00	USD 5,750.00

Sotheby's
Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
Available for Immediate Purchase

Sotheby’s: Ian Fleming. Casino Royale, London, 1953. First edition, first printing. $58,610.

Sotheby’s: A.A. Milne, Ernest Howard Shepard. Winnie The Pooh, United Kingdom, 1926. First UK edition. $17,580.

Sotheby’s: Ernest Hemingway. Three Stories And Ten Poems, [Paris], (1923). First edition of Hemingway’s first published book. $75,000.

Sotheby's
Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
Available for Immediate Purchase

Sotheby’s: L. Frank Baum. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Chicago, 1900. First edition. $27,500.

Sotheby’s: Man Ray. Photographs By Man Ray 1920 Paris 1934, Hartford, 1934. $7,860.

Sotheby’s: Thomas Pennant. Zoologia Britannica, Augsburg, 1771. $49,125.
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