An online auction at Bonhams will be held that will include a variety of” Gone with the Wind” memorabilia, including costume drawings, movie props, and scripts.
The bid begins Nov. 4 and runs until Nov. 14 at , bonhams.com.
The item estimated to be the most valuable is a” Gone with the Wind” peacock lamp valued at$ 25, 000 to$ 35, 000. In a famous scene in which Rhett Butler ( Clark Gable ) confesses his feelings for Scarlett O’Hara ( Vivien Leigh ) to Belle Watling ( Ona Munsen ), the lamp is prominently displayed.
O’Hara’s drapery dress is described as an original sketch by costume designer Walter Plunkett, and it is estimated to cost between$ 10,000 and$ 15,000. She tried to deceive Butler into giving her money to pay Tara fees while wearing it. In the film, Scarlett used the old green velvet curtains, one of the few things the Yankees had n’t taken from Tara, to make the new dress.  , Carol Burnett mocked the clothing in a traditional sketch decades , afterwards, and , thee Harry Ransom Center in Austin, Texas, displayed the authentic outfit at a 75th anniversary party in 2014.
An original sketch of O’Hara’s” Widow’s Weeds” gown is estimated to be valued at$ 7, 000 to$ 9, 000. O’Hara wore the dark costume as a teenager after her first husband passed away at the start of the Civil War. She donned it both when she dances inappropriately with Butler at the Atlanta Bazaar and when she attends a picture with her family.
A sofa used by Butler in the vase-throwing scene is valued at$ 3, 000 to$ 5, 000. ” Has the battle started”? Butler asked after awaking from his sleep on this armchair, which retains its original leather and wooden finish, as O’Hara, thinking she is single, violently throws a jar in his direction. One of the most memorable scenes in the film is the one that sets the stage for the tumultuous love triangle between Butler, Ashley Wilkes ( Leslie Howard ), and O’Hara, Butler, and the movie. Rhett had unwittingly interacted with Scarlett as she expressed her passion for Ashley and was later refrained. After Ashley leaves, the shamed Scarlett throws the bowl.
Margaret Mitchell, a native of Atlanta and a history professor until 1978, has signed a second version of” Gone with the Wind.” It’s valued at$ 1, 500 to$ 2, 500.
By the time her” Gone with the Wind” novel was available for autographs, Mitchell was flooded with calls in the first 1937s. At first, she was accommodating but after a while, she said the level became too much. Instead of respectfully declining, she would send people typed notes that she would unfortunately sign. This letter is valued at$ 1, 500 to$ 2, 000.
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