Jane Eyre 1944 Costumes Auction

A couple of days ago (June 18) took place in Beverly Hills, California an auction of film memorabilia (including costumes and props) from the Debbie Reynolds's Collection:

For over 50 years screen legend Debbie Reynolds has been collecting and preserving Hollywood costumes and props from Academy Award winning films including Gone With the Wind, Ben Hur, My Fair Lady, The Sound of Music and Casablanca. This colossal collection includes garments designed by Travilla, Travis Banton and Edith HJanead some of the industry’s most renowned costume designers and were worn by film icons Marilyn Monroe, Judy Garland, Charlton Heston, Greta Garbo, Elizabeth Taylor, Bette Davis, Gene Kelly, Richard Burton and more.
The Debbie Reynolds Collection is deemed to be the most significant collection of Hollywood costumes and props since the liquidation of the MGM and FOX studios in the 1970’s. The entire collection contains over 3,500 costumes, 20,000 original photographs, several thousand original movie posters, original costume sketches and hundreds of key props from film history. Profiles in History plans to sell this massive collection through a series of auctions starting with this one on June 18, 2011.

The auction contained several Jane Eyre 1944 costumes (the film's costume designer was René Hubert):

Orson Welles “Edward Rochester” Gray blue wool top coat, pants and shirt from Jane Eyre
SOLD
20,000.00USD+ (4,600.00) buyer's premium + taxes, fees, etc...

Gray blue wool period topcoat with velvet collar and buttons worn by Orson Welles as “Edward Rochester” when he confides in Jane early in the morning in Jane Eyre. Red Western costume handwritten “Orson Welles 46 1” and stamped “A-4-4” and “Western Costume.” Fabric and velvet are faded. The ivory cotton shirt and blue wool pants were worn in the scene where Jane leaves. Shirt has red Western costume label handwritten “17999 Welles SET-2” and Western Costume stamp. Pants have red Western Costume label handwritten “Orson Welles 37 ½ 34 ½” and stamped 25192 and A-3-2.


Sara Allgood “Bessie” purple dress from Jane Eyre
NOT SOLD
Purple wool crepe period dress with buttons down front. Handwritten label “39401 SARAH ALLGOOD 32” and stamped “1-27-7-2286” and 20th Century Fox. Lace at collar has been added. Worn by Sara Allgood as “Bessie” when Jane returns to her Aunt’s house in Jane Eyre.


Margaret O’Brien “Adèle Varens” plaid dress from Jane Eyre
SOLD
1,400.00USD+ (322.00) buyer's premium + taxes, fees, etc...
Grey ribbed satin dress, orange plaid details and orange velvet piping with matching cape. Handwritten label “39434 M. O’BRIEN” and stamped “2 27 7 3744” which is also stamped in cape and has Fox cleaning tag 6AM 39239-2. The right sleeve on the dress and cape is torn, small holes on dress and red stains on front. Material soiled in places. Worn by Margaret O’Brien as “Adèle Varens” in the scene where Rochester tells her he is going to marry Jane in Jane Eyre.


Peggy Ann Garner “Younger Jane Eyre” grey dress from Jane Eyre
SOLD
950.00USD+ (218.50) buyer's premium + taxes, fees, etc...
Grey wool crepe dress with self collar. Handwritten label “394-19 GARNER DOUBLE” and stamped “2 85 1 1177.” Worn by Peggy Ann Garner as “the young Jane Eyre” when she is attending the Lowood Institution in Jane Eyre.

Categories: Jane Eyre, Movies-DVD-TV