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This piece is an original photograph from the original negative, shot by Clarence Sinclair Bull in 1929 and printed later for the John Kobal Collection. It is part of a portfolio of...

Ceiling lamp composed of 6/8/10 curved modules and fringes designed to create a floating wave. Please note that the shown price refers to 6 curved modules. Available in two versions: classic with light bulbs or with opaque plexiglass ceiling element illuminated by dimmable leds. A light sparkling cascade, a transparent wall...

Designed in 1973 - Paradisoterrestre Edition 2017 Rectangular-shaped ceiling element with applied white fabric fringe, easily removable, washable, heat-resistant and fire-proof. He...

The Verdura long necklace is an exquisite piece of jewelry, showcasing intricate craftsmanship. Each 18 karat gold link is meticulously hand-woven, creating a beautifully textured ch...

Bijoux de Jean Schlumberger presentaton par Diana Vreeland 148 pages. Objets de Jean Schlumberger presantion par Jean d'Ormesson 130 pages. A scarce Franco Maria Ricci limited editi...

Ceiling lamp composed of 6/8/10 curved modules and fringes designed to create a floating wave. Please note that the shown price refers to 10 curved modules. Available in two versions: classic with light bulbs or with opaque plexiglass ceiling element illuminated by dimmable leds. A light sparkling cascade, a transparent wall of wires, a translucent mirror moving with a breath of air, thus creating a bright sparkle, a magic presence in a space. Garbo...

A resplendent memoir by the dean of decorators of his more than forty years of creating beautiful things for fascinating people. Billy Baldwin writes intimately of Greta Garbo, Cole Porter, Mary Wells...

In the style of Elsa Schiaparelli couture costume-jewelry and one of her paruriers since the late 1930s, Jean Schlumberger, this handcrafted highly-textural glass-and-crystal rhodium...

Pair of clip-earrings designed by Verdura. This is a beautiful and very wearable pair of clips-on earrings created in Milano, Italy by the renowned jewelry house of Verdura. This ev...

Stunning Iconic Jean Paul Gaultier Dress. Black semi sheer mesh dress with long sleeves and double layered skirtpart. Deep red French writing on the front. This is typical iconic la...

Dazzling Fancy-Cut Golden Citrine Earrings in 14K Yellow Gold – Radiate Elegance Elevate your style with these stunning fancy-cut Citrine earrings, set in 14K yellow gold and danglin...

This exquisite heliogravure after Sir Cecil Beaton (1904–1980), titled Marilyn Monroe, from the folio Cecil Beaton, Electa Editrice Portfolios, 1981, originates from the 1981 edition...

Stamped by the photographer's studio.

Clarence Sinclair Bull was one of the great masters of the Hollywood portrait. As head of the stills department at MGM for over thirty years, he helped to pioneer the art and craft o...

"The Divers", by famed photographer George Hoyningen-Huene, c. 1930, printed later. Unsigned. Seemingly shot on the French Riviera, the grand make-believe and glamour of this famous ...

This exquisite heliogravure after Sir Cecil Beaton (1904–1980), titled Audrey Hepburn, from the folio Cecil Beaton, Electa Editrice Portfolios, 1981, originates from the 1981 edition...

This two-in-one little black dress and jacket is by Mr John, a celebrated American couturier and one of the foremost milliners of the 20th century; his most famous costume designs being those made for Vivien Leigh in "Gone with the Wind," Marlene Dietrich in "Shanghai Express," Greta Garbo in "The Painted Veil" and Marilyn Monroe in "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes." Among the fashionable women who wore his designs were the Duchess of Windsor, Gloria Swanson, Gloria Vanderbilt, Lauren Bacall and Joan Crawford. The New York Times review of his 1956 fall clothing and accessories collection was "a gifted designer and skilled workman who produces some of the most original, wearable, flattering fashions to be seen anywhere." This evening ensemble was designed in 1956-1959 and tailored to an elegant silhouette with a nipped-in waist and mid-calf length skirt. Thick straps give way to a square neckline trimmed with layers of silk faille. A silver-tone zip and a hook-and-eye clasp secure the gown at the rear and a slit at the bottom hem of the skirt allows for easy movement. The bolero jacket is attached to the dress with large crystal-adorned buttons at the front. It is trimmed with silk faille at the collar and waist. Two pleated tails fall from the rear waist down the length of the skirt, adding a hint of theatre and taking cues from menswear traditions, in particular classic morning jacket...

This unusual watch clock was created by Paul Flato in New York in the 1930s. Paul Flato was famous for his whimsical imaginative designs. In the 1930's, he counted both socialites ...

This exquisite heliogravure after Sir Cecil Beaton (1904–1980), titled Buster Keaton, from the folio Cecil Beaton, Electa Editrice Portfolios, 1981, originates from the 1981 edition ...

Enameled cufflinks designed by Verdura. This is a fabulous pair of cufflinks, created in Milano Italy by the renowned jewelry designer of Verdura. These colorful cufflinks have been...

A close-up portrait of Greta Garbo with blue skin and wearing a black hat. Confetti of every color is swirling around her face and a few pieces have fallen to resemble the actress's ...

Signed lower right in pencil, 'Paul Jacoulet' (French-Japanese, 1902-1960) and stamped with peach seal; titled, lower right margin, 'Jeune Fille de Polowat. Est Carolines' (Young gir...

Caged cocktail ring designed by Verdura. This is a very rare and bold "Caged" cocktail ring created in Milan Italy by the renowned jewelry house of Verdura. The elusive ring has bee...

Original American Program Cover for the 1932 drama starring Greta Garbo, John Barrymore, Lionel Barrymore and Joan Crawford. The film was directed by...

Outstanding jeweled Pendant-Brooch designed by Verdura. An iconic vintage piece, designed in 1950 by Verdura as a stylized asymmetric eight pointed Maltese cross. It was individually assembled by pieces, crafted in solid 18 karats of high polished yellow gold and embellished with gemstones. Suited at the reverse with a hinged vertical double pins bars with a trombone lock. Can be wear as a pendant too. Prong set with a mix of 28 rounds and oval cuts gems, of natural green tourmaline, gradated from deep and light color variations,. They have a combined weight of about 30 carats. Accented, with 22 round brilliant cut diamonds, all prong set, with a total weight of 1.10 carats, F/G color, VS-2 clarity. This piece have a total weight of 54.1 grams and a measures of 58 mm by 58 mm (2.28 by 2.28 inches). Stamped with the maker's mark, serially numbered and signed, "VERDURA VC 1061". The Duke Fulco Di Verdura (1899-1978) start his career as a designer in Paris in 1920, Creating the iconic Maltese cross cuff bracelet for his friend Coco Chanel. In the 1934 he moved to the United States and closely collaborate with Paul Flato in California, designing jewelry for the Hollywood stars of the new movie era, including Greta Garbo and Marlene Dietrich. In the 1939, he moved again, but this time to the city of New York and open the Verdura boutique, in the Fifth Avenue location. in that period Verdura gain the estimation of the very high-profile clientele in the new York's high society. Literature: This exact model is published in the book, Verdura; The life and work of a master jeweler, Patricia Corbett, Thames and Hudson 2002, pp-85 illustrated. Note: The Maltese cross, is a cross symbol, consisting of four "V" or arrowhead shaped concave quadrilaterals converging at a central vertex at right angles, two tips pointing outward symmetrically. It is a heraldic cross variant which developed from earlier forms of eight-pointed crosses in the 16th century. Although chiefly associated with the Knights Hospitaller (Order of St. John, now the Sovereign Military Order of Malta...

A pair of earrings designed by Verdura. Beautiful and colorful pieces crafted by the house of Verdura. This pair of iconic earrings has been made in solid yellow gold of 18 karats, ...

This documented Jacques Fath black cocktail jacket is from the Fall/Winter Ready-to-Wear Collection of 1998. It has wide pointed lapels and is cut from a thick woven black faille sil...

A fabulous Retro era amethyst cocktail ring. The twin gemstone toi et moi (French for you & me) design features a matched, 6 carat pair of bright violet amethysts locked in a loving ...

Greta Magnusson Grossman’s 1947 design, the “Gräshoppa” or the “G-33” model is among the most recognisable and known floor lamps of Scandinavian Modernism. Its signature appearance i...

This exquisite heliogravure after Sir Cecil Beaton (1904–1980), titled Rudolf Nureyev, from the folio Cecil Beaton, Electa Editrice Portfolios, 1981, originates from the 1981 edition...

Pop Art painting of Greta Garbo based on a photograph by Clarence Bull from the 1931 movie "Mata Hari". Garbo is dressed in embellished dress and headscarf, to portray the infamous s...

Beaton, Cecil & Daniela Palazzoli (Editor) Cecil Beaton – Portfolio, 1981; Electa Editrice Portfolios - LIMITED EDITION Milano, Italy: Electa Editrice Publishers, 1981. Limited Edition Portfolio. This is no. 785 out of an edtion of 1000. A portfolio of twelve heliogravure plates with tissue guard-leaves and limitation leaflet with preface. Housed in portfolio and slipcover, portfolio: 16 1/4 x 12 1/2 in (415 x 317 mm); each print approximately 8 5/8 x 6 5/8 in (220 x 170 mm). Subjects include Gary Cooper, 1930s; Buster Keaton, 1931; Marlene Dietrich, 1935; John Wiessmuller, 1933; Greta Garbo, 1946; Marlon Brando, 1947; Audrey Hepburn, 1954; Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr., Dean Martin in "High Society", 1956; Marilyn Monroe, 1952; Rudolf Nureyev, November, 1962; Edith Sitwell, 1962; and Pablo Picasso...

Collector’s Item – 20-Strand Vintage Necklace by Christian Dior, Perfect with the Little Black Dress A rare and elegant 20-strand vintage necklace by Christian Dior, the perfect acc...

Pair of clips-on earrings designed by Verdura. A fabulous pair of clip-on earrings, created in Milano Italy by the renowned jewelry house of Verdura. These vintage ear clips are col...

In his autobiography, A Life in Photography, Steichen gave a vivid recount of this sitting: 'When Garbo came in to pose for the Vanity Fair photograph, I asked her to sit on the c...

In his autobiography, A Life in Photography, Steichen gave a vivid recount of this sitting: 'When Garbo came in to pose for the Vanity Fair photograph, I asked her to sit on the c...

NAMED ONE OF WATCHPRO MAGAZINE’S “HOT 100” - THE TOP 100 INFLUENCERS OF THE U.S. WATCH INDUSTRY. HOW CAN WE SERVE YOU? We’re new to offering our carefully curated collection on 1stD...

NAMED ONE OF WATCHPRO MAGAZINE’S “HOT 100” - THE TOP 100 INFLUENCERS OF THE U.S. WATCH INDUSTRY. HOW CAN WE SERVE YOU? We’re new to offering our carefully curated collection on 1stD...

NAMED ONE OF WATCHPRO MAGAZINE’S “HOT 100” - THE TOP 100 INFLUENCERS OF THE U.S. WATCH INDUSTRY. HOW CAN WE SERVE YOU? We’re new to offering our carefully curated collection on 1stDibs, but we have sold over 10,000 fine watches and exceptionally served thousands of customers with a 5.0 star rating. Festina F12 Steel Mens Watch - OWNED & WORN BY HARRY BELLAFONTE with COA Certificate of Authenticity - Full Provenance with 2 COAs - 1 Year Warranty Today’s offering showcases a special treasure from our COT Celebrity Collection: a stainless steel Festina F12 reference 8995 wristwatch personally owned and worn by the legendary Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award winner Harry Belafonte. Far more than an entertainer, Belafonte was an artist who reshaped culture. Harry Belafonte was one of the most celebrated entertainers of the 20th century—a trailblazing singer, actor, and activist whose artistry reshaped popular culture. Dubbed the “King of Calypso,” he introduced Caribbean music to mainstream audiences around the globe. His landmark 1956 album Calypso became the first LP in history to sell more than one million copies, fueled by the enduring popularity of Day-O (The Banana Boat Song)—a song that remains especially recognizable to this day. His warm, charismatic stage presence and magnetic voice made him a household name, while his work in film, including Carmen Jones and Island in the Sun, broke new ground for Black actors in Hollywood. Belafonte’s career was recognized with some of the industry’s highest honors. He won a Grammy Award for Calypso, later receiving a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. His performances earned him Emmy and Tony Awards as well, making him one of the rare “EGOT” recipients. In 1989, he was awarded the Kennedy Center Honors, and in 2014 he received the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for his profound influence on both culture and conscience. Equally celebrated for his activism, Belafonte was a close confidant of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and a tireless champion for civil rights, social justice, and humanitarian causes. He helped organize the 1963 March on Washington, supported the anti-apartheid movement, and worked with UNICEF as a goodwill ambassador. His fearless voice against injustice and his lifelong commitment to equality cemented his legacy not only as an entertainer but as a moral leader of his era. To own a watch worn by Belafonte is to hold a personal connection to a man whose artistry brought joy to millions and whose convictions helped change the world.   This watch: The Festina F12 offers a balance of practicality and style. Its curved rectangular stainless steel case wears comfortably on the wrist. Its silver dial is crisp and functional, with luminous dauphine hands, applied Arabic numerals, baton hour markers, and dual registers for day and date, giving it both clarity and sophistication. With its signed crown, durable 5 ATM water resistance, and dependable quartz movement, the F12 is built for reliable everyday wear, yet its streamlined tank-style design ensures it pairs effortlessly with both casual and formal attire. It’s a versatile timepiece that blends contemporary durability with timeless appeal. It remains in overall good condition. We have not cleaned or polished the watch or done anything to the outside of it - we left it just as we acquired it, which includes signs of wear. On the inside, one of our Master Watchmakers has installed a new battery making it ready for enjoyment. Our's Renowned Celebrity Collection: This watch is part of our Celebrity Collection of watches that has been featured in GQ, Revolution Watch, Europa Star, JCK, Hampton's Magazine, Gotham Magazine, Vegas Magazine, Silicon Valley magazine and many others. eBay just recently partnered with us for an exclusive, special sale for seven of the watches. The collection has been composed of 107 watches and clocks owned or worn by 55 iconic celebrities and public figures. It may be the largest current collection of celebrity-owned watches in the world. It is constantly changing and is currently headlined by timepieces owned by some of the most legendary Hollywood actors and actresses, musicians, comedians, and entertainers: The King, Elvis Presley. (Just sold) The King of Pop, Michael Jackson. (Just sold) The King of Comedy, Jerry Lewis. The Artist Formerly Known as Prince. (Just sold) Hollywood icons Steve Martin, Red Skelton, Martin Sheen, Burt Reynolds, Laurence Olivier, James Arness...

Milan / New York: Electa Editrice / Rizzoli International Publications, 1982. A portfolio of twelve heliogravure plates with tissue guard-leaves, housed in portfolio and slipcover....

A brooch designed by Paul Flato. An exceptional and very rare masterpiece, created In New York city back in the 1940, during the American art deco and the retro periods. This colorful elegant brooch has been designed by the famous jeweler Paul Flato. Crafted in solid .900/.999 platinum with high polished finish and fitted at the reverse with a hinged double pins with a trombone lock for safety. It is fully embellished with an exceptional repertoire of natural, earth mined and not treated or heated color gemstones. Diamonds: Mount in four-prongs settings with 12 calibrated round brilliant cut diamonds, 1.26 carats, white colorless E/F color, VS-1 clarity. Diamonds: Mount in flat settings with 12 European round brilliant cut diamonds 0.84 carats, white colorless E/F color, VS-1 clarity. Diamonds: Mount in channel settings with 56 caliber straight baguettes diamonds cut, 3.36 carats, white colorless E/F color, VS-1 clarity. Sapphires: Mounted in four-prongs settings with 21 color sapphires such; Blue (5), Yellow (4), Pink (5), Purple (2), Violet (3), Green (1) and Red (1). The total combined weight is 21.63 carats. Weight: 23.95Grams, (15.35 Dwt). Measurements: 57 mm by 33 mm (2.25 x 1.31 Inches). Hallmarks: Stamped with the maker's mark, the platinum assay mark and signed, "PAUL FLATO". Paul Edmund Flato born on September 1, 1900. He was an American jeweler, based in New York City from the 1920's to the early 1940's. Considered the first celebrity jeweler, he was well known for important jewelry, and as an early proponent of whimsical pieces. His long list of movie star clients included Greta Garbo, Mae West, Rita Hayworth, Joan Crawford, Doris Duke, Ginger Rogers, Carmen Miranda, Marlene Dietrich, Katharine Hepburn, and Gloria Vanderbilt—many of whom wore his pieces on screen. Soon after moving to New York, he opened his own upstairs jewelry shop at One East 57th Street, at the corner of 5th Avenue in Manhattan. Several years later, Tiffany & Co. opened its flagship store directly across the street. Before long, Paul Flato was "one of the best known jewelers in New York", the only one whose "highly imaginative work (was) on a par with European jewelers...

Presenting an absolutely stunning 16th century carved Spanish oak writing desk and cabinet, with amazing provenance and historical and literary significance. This desk/cabinet was purchased by a wealthy Dallas family from a French antique auction held at the club room in the Stoneleigh court (hotel), Dallas on Wednesday the 2nd April 1930. (Now the meridian hotel). The auction was titled: “works of art and furnishings of the Chateau de Turique (Nancy) and the Conde-Rougemont home (Touraine). The cover of the catalog also has a seal of a coat of arms. The second page gives a brief description of the auction contents and states that " this exhibition will be presented by M. Fernand M. Adda of Paris France". The desk/cabinet was lot no: 565 and was described in the auction catalog as: "Carved Spanish writing desk and cabinet...... 16th century period....Upper section a cabinet with two doors which are paneled and display a fine carving. The interior is fitted with eight engraved drawers, and a writing tablet is disclosed in the lower portion. Sustained and central arcade of columns. From Fontana Rosa collection. Supported on four turned legs with bulbous feet." Fontana Rosa is a historic garden situated on the avenue Blasco Ibáñez in Menton, Alpes-Maritimes, on the French Riviera. The Spanish writer Vicente Blasco Ibanez (1869-1928) began to build it from 1922 on, and he set up home here with his second wife, Elena, and died there in 1928. Vicente Blasco Ibanez was a journalist, politician and best-selling Spanish novelist in various genres whose most widespread and lasting fame in the English-speaking world is from Hollywood films adapted from his works. The provenance is impeccable, it belonged to Ibanez and was part of his collection at Fontana Rosa when he died in 1928. The auction in which it was first sold in Dallas was in 1930, which makes perfect sense from a 'timeline' point of view. Ibanez is a very important literary figure. Having regard to the fact that this is a writing desk means that in all probability, Ibanez would have 'penned' some of his famous works at this very desk and using the surviving slope/shelf. Fontana Rosa is a historic garden situated on the Avenue Blasco Ibáñez in Menton, Alpes-Maritimes, on the French Riviera. The Spanish writer Vicente Blasco Ibáñez (1869-1928) began to build it from 1922 on, and he set up home here with his second wife, Elena, and died there in 1928. This garden with Spanish and Menton pottery is found in avenue Blasco Ibanez, near Garavan station, and was created a Historical Monument in 1990. It is also called “Le Jardin des Romanciers” (El Jardín de los Novelistas/The Garden of Novelists), and was frequented by celebrities such as Jean Cocteau. It was the place where Blasco Ibáñez wrote Mare Nostrum, a novel filmed later in 1926. The garden inspired by Andalusian and Arabian-Persian styles contains species such as Ficus macrophylla, Araucaria heterophylla , palm trees, banana trees or scented rosebushes. It is a tribute to Vicente’s favourite writers : Cervantes, Dickens, Shakespeare or Honoré de Balzac, whose busts can be found at the entrance and to whom he dedicated several fountains and rotundas. Its main buildings are a small elevated villa with polychromatic pottery which houses a library and a personal movie projector...

Original Italian film poster from the 1931 film that was broadly based on the life of Mata Hari, a Dutch exotic dancer and courtesan who was a German spy during World War I. Greta Garbo starred as the title role, alongside Ramon Novarro and Lionel Barrymore...

This lamp is a variant of the “Cobra” lamp which won the Good Design award in 1950 and was exhibited at the Good Design Show at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. These lamps...

Kenneth Hari "Foxy Lady" Born 1947, American artist Signed upper right in script Oil on artist board Unframed 16"x 20" Kenneth Hari is known for over 300 portraits from life sittings are those of ( to name a few) W.H. Auden, Groucho Marx, Salvador Dali, Ernest Hemingway, H.W. Janson (of “Janson’s History of Art”), Greta Garbo, , Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Robert Motherwell, Dolly Parton, Lauren Bacall, Aaron Copland, Isaac Asimov, George Balanchine, Dustin Hoffman, James A. Michener, Helen Keller, James Earl Jones, Gore Vidal, Otto Preminger, Tennessee Williams, Kurt Vonnegut, Leonard Bernstein, Rosemary Clooney...

Signed by the photographer

This pair of half-tester beds were acquired for the guest suite at Douglas Fairbanks Sr and Mary Pickford’s Beverly Hills estate, Pickfair, which housed a collection of early 18th century English and French period furniture, in the 1920s. Life Magazine described Pickfair as 'a gathering place only slightly less important than the White House, and much more fun.' The beds passed by descent to Douglas Fairbanks Jr. and in family tradition were used as the main guest beds at his farm in Virginia, subsequently his home in Washington, then Westridge in Pacific Palisades, Los Angles until 1948 when the family moved to No 8 The Boltons in London and finally in 1973 to the ‘Vicarage’ in Palm Beach. They were inherited by his daughter Daphne in 1988 who continued the family tradition using them as guestbeds at her homes in London and Suffolk. Daphne is now 73 and when she downsized she gave the beds to her granddaughter AIslinn, the great, great grandaugher of Douglas Fairbanks Sr, who had “always loved these beds”. There is a photograph of the beds at Pickfair amongst the family papers which they are trying to locate. Daphne Fairbanks has written a letter discussing their history and some of the stars who slept on them which will pass with the beds : ‘I should think almost every well known person in the film industry slept on these beds ‘ Aside from being exceptionally rare as antiques, these beds represent a unique opportunity to acquire an iconic piece of history from the golden age of movie making having been owned the “King of Hollywood” and slept on by countless stars, politicians, royalty and socialites. They have passed through 5 generations of the Fairbanks dynasty who have continued the family tradition of using them as their main guestbeds. The turned posts are surmounted by finials and have fine, reeding and carved decoration. The shaped headboards have scroll crestings above strikingly, beautiful, figured veneers The rails are also veneered The ends have a finely, carved turned rail. The beds stand on lion's paw feet. Two of the original castors remain. The colour and patina are exceptional. These pieces do not require a Cites certificate, they are not made from Swietenia humilis. Measures: Height to top of finials 193 cm., 76 in., to top of siderails 18 in., to mattress slats 14 ½ in. Overall Length 213 cm. 84 in., internal headboard to footboard 77 ½ in, internal to siderail & corner cut-out 75 ¼ in., Overall Width 109 cm., 43 in., outside rail to outside rail 41 ¾, internal width 39 3/8 in Pickfair, 1143 Summit Drive, Beverly Hills, California, 90210 In the 1920s, the two most famous homes in America were Pickfair and the White House. Silent film superstars Mary Pickford, 'America's Sweetheart,' and dashing Douglas Fairbanks were the original Hollywood super couple. Individually, they were wildly famous the world over, even more so when they fell in love and married. Douglas had bought the property in the Hollywood hills which they made their home and which the press christened Pickfair, combining their last names, which stuck. They created a romantic legend that drew a steady stream of international royalty, politicians, scientists and artists. An invitation to the Pickfair mansion meant you had made it in Hollywood. Located at 1143 Summit Drive, in San Ysidro Canyon in Beverly Hills, the property was a hunting lodge when purchased by Fairbanks in 1919 for his bride, Mary Pickford. The newlyweds extensively renovated the lodge, transforming it into a 4-story, 25-room mansion complete with stables, servants quarters, tennis courts, a large guest wing, and garages. Remodeled by Wallace Neff in a mock tudor style, it took 5 years to complete. Ceiling frescos, parquet flooring, wood panelled halls of fine mahogany and bleached pine, gold leaf and mirrored decorative niches, all added to the authentic charm of Pickfair. The property was said to have been the first private home in the Los Angeles area to include an in-ground swimming pool, in which Pickford and Fairbanks were famously photographed paddling a canoe. Pickfair featured a collection of early-18th century English and French period furniture, decorative arts and antiques. Notable pieces in the collection included furniture from the Barberini Palace and the Baroness Burdett-Coutts estate in London. The highlight of any visit to Pickfair was a large collection of Chinese Objects d'art collected by Fairbanks and Pickford on their many visits to the Orient. The Pickfair art collection was wide and varied and included paintings by Philip Mercier, Guillaume Seignac, George Romney, and Paul DeLongpre. The beds were acquired for the bedroom suite in a new, guest wing. The mansion also featured an Old West style saloon complete with a burnished ornate mahogany bar obtained from a saloon in Auburn, California as well as paintings by Frederic Remington. In the 1970 Volume 2, Number 10 issue of Mankind Magazine it states there were twelve Remington's from 1907 purchased from the Cosmopolitan Publishing Company that 'were Mary Pickford's gift to her husband, Charles 'Buddy' Rogers.' The interiors of Pickfair were decorated and updated throughout the years by Elsie De Wolfe, Marjorie Requa, Tony Duquette, and Kathryn Crawford. During the 1920s the house became a focal point for Hollywood's social activities, and the couple became famous for entertaining there. An invitation to Pickfair was a sign of social acceptance into the closed Hollywood community. Dinners at Pickfair were legendary; guests included Charlie Chaplin (who also lived next door), the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, Greta Garbo, George Bernard Shaw, Albert Einstein, Elinor Glyn, Helen Keller, H.G. Wells, Lord Louis Mountbatten, Fritz Kreisler, Tony Duquette, Amelia Earhart, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Joan Crawford, Noël Coward, President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Eleanor Roosevelt, Pearl S. Buck, Charles Lindbergh, Max Reinhardt, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Thomas Edison, Lillian Gish, Gloria Swanson, the Duke and Duchess of Alba, the King and Queen of Siam, Austen Chamberlain, Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko, and Sir Harry Lauder. Lauder's nephew, Matt Lauder Jr., a professional golfer whose family had a property at Eagle Rock, Los Angeles, California, taught Fairbanks to play golf. When Fairbanks and Pickford divorced in January 1936, Pickford resided in the mansion with her third husband, actor and musician Charles 'Buddy' Rogers, until her death in 1979. Pickford received few visitors in her later years, but continued to open up her grand home for charitable organizations and parties. In 1976 Pickford received a second Academy Award for Lifetime Achievement in Film. The Honorary Oscar was presented to her in the formal living room of Pickfair, and televised on the 48th Academy Awards. Introduced and narrated by Gene Kelly, it provided the public a very rare glimpse inside the fabled mansion. Empty for several years after Pickford's death, Pickfair was eventually sold to Los Angeles Lakers owner, Dr. Jerry Buss, who continued to care for the home, updating and preserving much of the unique charm of Pickfair. In 1988 it was purchased by actress Pia Zadora and her husband Meshulam Riklis who demolished Pickfair replacing it with a large 'Venetian style palazzo'. They received harsh criticism from a nostalgic public, including Douglas Fairbanks Jr who was quoted in the LA Times, 'I regret it very much. I wonder, if they were going to demolish it, why they bought it in the first place.'. The only remaining artifacts from the original Pickfair are the gates to the estate, the kidney-shaped pool and pool house, remnants of the living room, as well as the two-bedroom guest wing, which the beds were acquired for and, which played host to visiting royalty and notable film celebrities for over half a century. The guest wing was once used as a honeymoon suite for Lord Louis and Lady Mountbatten...

Black and white photograph of a nude Marilyn Monroe taken by Tom Kelly in 1949. The work was distributed as calender art and one was featured in an issue of Playboy magazine in 1953. The photograph is not framed. Artist Biography: Kelley was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He learned photography as an apprentice in a New York photo studio, and then worked for the Associated Press and Town & Country magazine. After coming to California in 1935, Kelley established a photography studio in Hollywood and produced promotional photographs of motion picture stars. David O. Selznick and Samuel Goldwyn retained Kelley to take promotional photos of their stars and starlets for magazine covers and advertising. Later, Kelley's business shifted to commercial and advertising photography. Some of Kelley's most famous photo subjects have included Gary Cooper, Greta Garbo, James Cagney, Clark Gable, Winston Churchill, Bob Hope, Marlene Dietrich, Joan Crawford, Jack Benny, David Bowie, John F. Kennedy, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Yma Sumac and, of course, Marilyn Monroe, with and without clothes. Tom Kelley had a way of making his subjects feel comfortable behind the camera. He would bring his wife with him to his shoots to create a more soothing and relaxed atmosphere. Kelley served on the panel of judges at the Miss Universe...

Voted by the American Film Institute as the fifth greatest legend in the history of the seventh art, Greta Garbo was mysterious and lonely, giving only fourteen interviews throughout her life but always representing the magic and strength of her talent. The Greta midcentury armchair embodies a myth from the cinema culture and tells a story while you succumb yourself to its comfort. Upholstered in draped velvet and supported by long and aged brass legs, finished with extremely elegant brass details, this armchair will fit any living with its charming beauty and figure. The Greta armchair...

This wonderful poster was created for the Andy Warhol exhibition at the Kestner-Gesellschaft in Hannover, Germany. Running from October to December 1981, the exhibition showcased some of the artists key...

This pair of Garbo pendant lights, designed by Mariyo Yagi for Sirrah in the early 1970s, unfolds in space like a luminous and shimmering cascade. Each piece descends from a rectangu...

A beautiful oil painting depicting sheaves of wheat in a summer landscape. It is a painting by the famous painter Christo Stefanoff. He is known for his mastery of showing light and ...

A mixed media work by noted artist and photographer Ben Freeman. This large scale work features a collage of antique gentleman’s photographs and authentic ...

Pair of clips-on earrings designed by Verdura. This is a gorgeous pair of clips-on earrings, created in Milano Italy by the renowned jewelry house of Verdura. These round clips have...

Elegant Bi-Color Citrine Shield Ring in Gold Rhodium Over Sterling Silver Discover the stunning beauty of this elegant shield-shaped bi-color citrine ring, featuring an impressive 9....

Original Italian film poster from the 1931 film that was broadly based on the life of Mata Hari, a Dutch exotic dancer and courtesan who was a German spy during World War I. Greta Garbo starred as the title role, alongside Ramon Novarro and Lionel Barrymore...

This exquisite heliogravure after Sir Cecil Beaton (1904–1980), titled Pablo Picasso, from the folio Cecil Beaton, Electa Editrice Portfolios, 1981, originates from the 1981 edition ...

Piaz's portraits often featured dramatic lighting and carefully composed poses, creating timeless images. Through this black-and-white portrait, Piaz perfectly captures the aesthetic...

Beautifully modelled, molded and glazed, this pair of sculptures was originally designed to serve as tabletop torchere lamps, with light washing the wall above, and lighting the eyes of each head. Very finely crafted, the sculptures were made by Doane Powell, an important Nebraska cartoonist and illustrator who later became famous for the masks he made of celebrities such as Mae West, Governor Huey Long...

This artwork titled "Nude woman combing Her Hair" is an original etching on wove paper by German/American artist Carl Joseph Bauer, 1895-1964. It is signed in pencil at the lower right corner by the artist. The image (plate mark) size is 5.5 x 5.5 inches, framed size is 19.85 x 19 inches. It is framed in a custom wooden gold frame, with gold color bevel and fabric matting. It is in excellent condition. About the artist. Born in 1895, German painter, etcher and illustrator Carl Joseph Bauer studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich under Wilhelm von Diez and Angelo Jank. Among many others, Bauer exhibited his work at the famous "Glaspalast" (Glass Palace) in Munich and was President of the Allotria Art Association for ten years. From 1914-1928, Bauer created Art Deco style etchings of women and nudes, including Hollywood luminaries Greta Garbo and Norma Shearer...