CINEMA-THE AUCTION: The Gene Andrewski Collection of Cinema - Part XII More than 300 title and lobby cards - 1930's - 1950's;celebrity photographs by the famed photographers; thousands of movie stills;celebrity, entertainment and singers/musicians/bandleaders autographs;celebrity letters; original scripts; negatives; and movie magazines. Collection of American and British First Editions, including signed and inscribed. JUNE 4th, 2011 @ 2PM (EST) Exhibition Day of the Sale: 11AM till Sale Time
To be held at: 179 TEMPLE HILL ROAD (Rt 300) NEW WINDSOR, NY 12553 914-882-7356 LINK TO BIDDING ON-LINE: http://www.liveauctioneers.com/catalog/25180 In November, 2009, Joanne Grant, principal auctioneer at Mid-Hudson Auction Galleries, announced the acquisition of THE GENE ANDREWSKI COLLECTION OF CINEMA for several auctions. Eleven auctions have already taken place! The entire collection is being sold without reserve or minimum bids making this series of sales almost unprecedented in the industry. The Andrewski collection consists of more than 20,000 items. Included are movie posters, lobby cards and window cards as well as jumbo, mini and midget cards. Gene Andrewski was largely responsible for introducing midget-window card collecting to the field. Also included are press books, promotional items and 30,000 photographs and negatives. In the cache of studio negatives are Marilyn Monroe rarities. Among the portraits of Hollywood Glamour Era actresses are several by Hurrell, Clarence Sinclair Bull, Elmer Fryer, Ernest Bachrach, Ray Jones, Willinger and other noted photographers. A substantial autograph collection is to be presented including inscribed photos, double stock and single weight as well as signed letters, contracts, scripts and other movie memorabilia. The 20’s, 30’s and 40’s of Hollywood cinema are strongly represented in the Andrewski auctions. Gene Andrewski, who was born in Oklahoma, died in 2005 at the age of 77, after a highly successful career in the theatre including the May 15, 1962 revival of Cole Porter’s Anything Goes at the Orpheum Theatre in New York City as well as the presentation of Sandy Wilson’s Valmouth at the York Playhouse in New York in 1960. He knew the stars of Hollywood and Broadway and moved among them. Those things that he loved in the field of movie collecting were, as a result, more accessible to him than to most. He was a former managing editor of The Paris Review. He wrote, and contributed photographs to, many books including The MGM Stock Company-The Golden Era; The Rise of the Crooners and Mae West (A Pyramid Illustrated History of the Movies). An aficionado of Hollywood glamour and everything cinema related, Mr. Andrewski’s collection “speaks” to that era of advertising .The collection is historical in that it “tells” the story of how dreams were marketed in early Hollywood. The posters had to attract the glimpse of the passer-by and capture the attention of the stroller in a moment. The lithography of the early posters is intense and spellbinding. Their message is difficult to capture in today’s digital images and the posters become, indeed, vanishing works of art. ALSO INCLUDED IN THIS SALE ARE PROPERTIES FROM THE BUDDY McDANIEL COLLECTION Buddy McDaniel was born and raised in Newton KS in 1929. At the age of 14 he got a job taking tickets at the Fox Theater in Newton. He grew up enjoying singing, watching movies, and acting in the theater. Little did he know that the movie theater manager gave him his start in collecting as the owner threw the movie posters and press books away after each movie starting in 1935. Buddy would drag them home and save them in the back room of the hotel that his mother, Lillian, managed close to the train station in Newton. This also led to an extensive archive of some 12,000 photo’s and autographs of movie stars and famous people as they traveled by train between 1920 and 1950 and would stay at the hotel in Newton. He spent 6 years singing on the John Frome show at Wichita’s ABC affiliate, KAKE TV 10. This was a local talent search type show. Starting in the 60’s he took some 18 trips to all the major cities in Europe to buy and sell posters and memorabilia as well as shows in New York City. Many of these trips lasted 6 to 8 weeks each. The Hollywood glamour days of the 30’s, 40’s, and 50’s are strongly represented in the McDaniel collections of movie posters, stills, movie magazines of all kinds, and 33, 45, and 78 records. Mr. McDaniel has spent some 65 years collecting anything Hollywood related from around the world. His collection speaks to the time and era when actors and actresses were under contract to studios and how their lives were marketed; these collections are historical in the way they tell the stories of Hollywood which is difficult to capture in today’s digital images. These are vanishing works of art. As he has moved to assisted living at age 80 and downsizes his available space it gives the public and other collectors a real chance to catch his “BUG” to obtain some of the finest books, records, and memorabilia from Wichita Ks. Sadly, Buddy McDaniel passed away last summer. In association with Live Auctioneers, Mid-Hudson Auction Galleries will offer live online bidding @ www.liveauctioneers.com. Prospective bidders must register in advance in order to participate. Bidders may also bid by telephone or by absentee bidding. There will be a 20% buyer’s premium. The catalogue can be accessed at www.midhudsongalleries.com. Inquiries may be directed to Joanne Grant, principal auctioneer at mag2715...@aol.com or 914-882-7356. PLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO THIS E-MAIL. PLEASE DIRECT ALL INQUIRIES TO mag2715...@aol.com. Thank You! Joanne C. Grant Auctioneer / Appraiser Mid-Hudson Auction Galleries P.O. Box 305 Cornwall-on-Hudson, NY 12520 Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
