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History Thousand Faces,” passed away. With 150+ movie roles
August 26, 1930: Lon Chaney, “The Man of a
Continued from Page 10 from 1913-1930 (imdb.com) to his credit—including
August 16, 1949: Margaret Mitchell, author of Gone With The Wind, Phantom of the Opera (1925) and The Hunchback of
Notre Dame (1923) it is fitting that the one-sheet for
passed away from injuries after being hit by a car. The driver Hugh Gravitt London After Midnight (1927) sold for $478,000 at
turned himself in and served almost 11 months in prison, two months Heritage Auctions in 2014. In it, he played a vampire.
on a chain gang (tulsaworld.com, 9/5/91). He died in 1994, still remorseful This was the only known copy of the two versions of
(orlandosentinel.com, 4/22/94). this poster.
A 1938 edition of Gone With the Wind autographed by 26 cast members
and two directors—hit $ 135,300 at a Profiles in History auction in 2012. The August 26, 2018: The highest price paid for a car
Tara plantation door from the 1939 movie auctioned for $120,000 in 2019 at auction was achieved on this day with RM Sotheby’s
at Profiles in History (ajc.com, 7/2/19).
selling a 1962 Ferrari 250 GTO (S/N 3413 GT) in Monterey,
CA. for $48.4 million. The previous record was also for a 1962 Ferrari 250
August 16, 1954: Dracula’s alter ego Bela Lugosi (Béla Ferenc Dezső GTO (S/N 3851GT) which hit the road for $38 million in 2014. The most ever
Blaskó) passed away at the age of 73. Lugosi came to America from paid for any car was in the private sale of a 1963 Ferrari 250 GTO racer for
Hungary as a seaman before acting the part of Dracula on Broadway in $52 million in 2013 (bloomberg.com, 10/2/13).
1927, and in the movie in 1931. Unfortunately, his accent typecast him for
horror flicks, severely limiting his acting career. A Dracula one sheet movie August 27, 1576: Renaissance master Titian
poster style A, 27 x 41 inches, sank its teeth into $525,800 (including buyer’s (TizianoVecelli) died in Venice of a fever while the
premium) at Heritage Auctions in November 2017.
city was being ravaged by the plague. Famous for
painting David and Goliath, The Rape of Europa, The
August 18, 1992: Larry Bird Punishment of Tythus, and many more. His Portrait
announced his retirement from of Alfonso d’Avalos with a Page (shown) regaled with
basketball. A member of the 1992 $70 million at Sotheby’s in 2003.
Olympic Basketball Dream Team,
his USA game-worn jersey sold for August 28, 2005: One of the four existing
$4,800 at Julien’s in 2014. A game- pairs of Dorothy’s ruby slippers from The Wizard
used 1992 USA Olympic Dream of Oz was stolen from the Judy Garland Museum
Team basketball sold for $230,041 in Grand Rapids, MN. (forbes.com, 12/3/08). When
in 2015 at SCP Auctions. This multi- the thief or thieves broke in, security cameras and
signed basketball (autographed alarms systems were not working. Then in 2018,
by 11 players including Michael as if by magic, the FBI reported the famous shoes had been recovered/
Jordan, Magic Johnson and Larry returned, but it did not name the wicked witch who absconded with them
Bird plus Coach Daly) was used in the U.S. Men’s 117-85, gold medal- (washingtonpost.com, 4/3/19). It did report an extortion attempt in 2017
clinching victory over Croatia in Barcelona.
on the company that insured the shoes.
August 18, 2018: Mickey Mantle’s game-worn August 29, 1982: Swedish movie star
New York Yankees jersey from the 1964 World Ingrid Bergman passed away 67 years to
Series went for $1.32 million. Rated MEARS A9, the day after she was born in 1915. In 2017,
Mantle hit two home runs during the Series, one a Casablanca (1946) movie poster featuring
that won Game 3. Mantle’s 1965 fielder’s glove Humphrey Bogart and Bergman left Heritage
went for $144,000 in 2017, both at Heritage Auctions for $478,000. It was the first post-
Auctions. (Photo, Heritage Auctions, HA.com) war release of an Italian 4 - Fogli (55.5 x 78.25
inches) poster with some restoration. (Photo
August 19, 2019: Norman Rockwell’s original courtesy of Heritage Auctions, HA.com)
1948 artwork for Tough Call hit $1.68 million at Also, the piano on which “Play it again,
Heritage Auctions in Sam” (Dooley Wilson) played As Time Goes By
Dallas. It now resides at Bergman’s request sold for $3.4 million at
in the Baseball Hall Bonhams in 2014.
of Fame; the artist
signed and inscribed it: “My best wishes August 29, 1958: Michael Jackson popped
to ‘Beans’ Reardon, the greatest umpire into the world. In 2015, the Record Industry
ever lived, Sincerely, Norman Rockwell.” Association of America reported that Thriller
Tough Call,s painted for the April 23, 1949 sold 100 million albums worldwide, and
cover of The Saturday Evening Post depicts Jackson had 1 billion sales overall. More than 13 million of his albums have
three umpires deciding if a game should be sold since his death on June 25, 2009 (yahoo.com, 6/26/17). His sequined
called for rain. The most paid for a Rockwell white glove went with a flourish for
painting is $46 million for Saying Grace, $350,000 at Julien’s in 2009.
America’s all-time favorite, 2013 at Sotheby’s.
(Photo courtesy of Heritage Auctions, HA.com) August 30, 1797: The birthday
of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, the
August 21, 1911: Italian Vincenzo Peruggia stole Leonardo da Vinci’s “mother” of Frankenstein. Published in
Mona Lisa from the Louvre in Paris. He was arrested two years later in Italy, 1818, Frankenstein was a horror classic
but only served seven months of a one-year sentence. He was considered in print and on film. An original art
somewhat of a national hero for returning the famous painting to the illustration created by Bernie Wrightson
homeland of da Vinci for a brief period of time. for his 1970s comic book version of
Frankenstein made $240,000 (with bp) in
August 23, 1966: The last concert performance May 2020 at Heritage Auctions.
of the Beatles as a group was held in Shea Stadium
in New York. The Fab Four later did an unannounced Credit: Timelines.ws and Wikipedia.org.
performance on the small roof of their Apple Corp. Unless otherwise credited, all photos are public
headquarters in London on Jan. 30, 1969, but never domain, PD-US.
again for a tour or a concert. After 42 minutes on the
roof, the police told the Beatles to turn down the Mike McLeod’s book, This Day in Collecting History,
volume. includes 650+ photos and collecting history events
A 1966 Shea Stadium NY poster for their last real for every day of the year. It is available on Amazon.
concert brought $137,500 with buyer’s premium at com and Schifferbooks.com. It’s a great gift for
Heritage Auction in April 2020. collectors, pop culture enthusiasts, history buffs
and for yourself.
August 25, 1930: The first James Bond was born,
Sean Connery. Of the twenty-six Bond movies, Connery starred in seven;
only Roger Moore acted in as many. The DB5 Aston Martin driven by
Connery in Goldfinger and Thunderball, purchased for $12,000 in the ‘60s,
was auctioned for £2.6 million in 2010. Proceeds went to charity;