A Mae West Beautiful Hand-Painted Black and White Porcelain Photograph, Circa 1932....

Click the image to load the highest resolution version.

Sold for: Sign-in or Join (free & quick)

Claim Item:

Sign-in or Join (free & quick)

Share this lot

Sell One of These Currency Converter

Description

Auction Info

Guides & Info

Description

A Mae West Beautiful Hand-Painted Black and White Porcelain Photograph, Circa 1932. Depicting the star in what is probably the best-known headshot of her 50+ year career, printed onto a piece of porcelain with delicate hand-painted details, housed in its original brass frame with concave glass; together with 11 other small framed photographs that were on display atop the star's piano in her famous Ravenswood apartment on Rossmore Avenue in Los Angeles including: 1) a black and white image of the baby Mae [then Mary Jane]; 2) a black and white image of a NYC theatre marquee showing a West film; 3) a color snapshot of a man [possibly Paul Novak, her longtime companion]; 4) a black and white cut-out image of West in the 1930s; 5) a hinged double-frame with black and white images of West's parents [John Patrick West and Matilda Delker]; 6) a black and white image of West in the 1960s; 7) a colorized image of West's father; 8) the same image of West's father but black and white; 9) a colorized image of West's mother; 10) the same image of West's mother but black and white; and 11) a color image of a European building; included with a signed 'Letter of Provenance' from John West, Mae's nephew.
Porcelain photograph: 4" x 3 1/2"; Others framed: 11" x 9" and smaller

Auction Info

Auction Dates

June, 2016

24th-25th Friday-Saturday

Bids + Registered Phone Bidders: 3

Lot Tracking Activity: N/A

Page Views: 382

Buyer's Premium per Lot:
25% on the first $200,000 (minimum $19), plus 20% of any amount between $200,000 and $2,000,000, plus 12% of any amount over $2,000,000 per lot.

Shipping, Taxes, Terms and Bidding
Calculate Standard Domestic Shipping Sales Tax information

Important information concerning Sales Tax and Resale Certificates. Learn More

Terms and Conditions | Bidding Guidelines and Bid Increments | Glossary of Terms

Viewing at %

Please enter a value between % and 100% and press your "Enter" key. Close

Fit to screen View Full Size Brightness

Sold for: Sign-in or Join (free & quick)