Summary

IT HAS BEEN CALLED THE WORLD'S MOST EXPENSIVE PIECE OF LUMBER: EDGAR BERGEN'S WOODEN DUMMY NAMED CHARLIE MCCARTHY. MCCARTHY AND SEVERAL RARE PIECES OF HOLLYWOOD AND ROCK N' ROLL MEMORABILIA WILL BE AUCTIONED OFF FROM SOTHEBY'S ON JUNE 10TH IN NEW YORK. EARLY ESTIMATES SUGGEST THAT CHARLIE MCCARTHY WILL GO FOR ANYWHERE FROM $150,000 TO $200,000. ALSO FOR SALE WILL BE HANDWRITTEN LYRICS FROM JOHN LENNON, DONALD OGDEN STEWART'S OSCAR FOR HIS SCREEPLAY OF THE 1940 HIT MOVIE "PHILADELPHIA STORY, A POSTCARD FROM BUDDY HOLLY AND A SIGNED DOCUMENT FROM JIMI HENDRIX.

Source CONUS Archive
Record ID 64361
Story Slug SOTHEBY'S AUCTION (05/23/1995)
Location LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
Format VO
Date 5/23/1995
Archive Time 42:09
TRT 1:49
Supers LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
Video Description EXTERIORS OF SOTHEBY'S, CLOSEUP OF CHARLIE MCCARTHY, FIRST ACADEMY AWARD, PHOTO OF BETTE DAVIS, VARIOUS PHOTOS OF CELEBRITIES
Description IT HAS BEEN CALLED THE WORLD'S MOST EXPENSIVE PIECE OF LUMBER: EDGAR BERGEN'S WOODEN DUMMY NAMED CHARLIE MCCARTHY. MCCARTHY AND SEVERAL RARE PIECES OF HOLLYWOOD AND ROCK N' ROLL MEMORABILIA WILL BE AUCTIONED OFF FROM SOTHEBY'S ON JUNE 10TH IN NEW YORK. EARLY ESTIMATES SUGGEST THAT CHARLIE MCCARTHY WILL GO FOR ANYWHERE FROM $150,000 TO $200,000. ALSO FOR SALE WILL BE HANDWRITTEN LYRICS FROM JOHN LENNON, DONALD OGDEN STEWART'S OSCAR FOR HIS SCREEPLAY OF THE 1940 HIT MOVIE "PHILADELPHIA STORY, A POSTCARD FROM BUDDY HOLLY AND A SIGNED DOCUMENT FROM JIMI HENDRIX.
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Keywords

CELEBRITY
MEMORABILIA
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