Hepburn dress gets $192K in NYC auction
NEW YORK - A pink cocktail dress worn by Audrey Hepburn in "Breakfast at Tiffany's" was auctioned Wednesday for nearly $200,000 — more than six times what the auctioneers expected.
The sleeveless dress, worn for the scene in which
Holly Golightly discovers her brother has died, sold for $192,000 to a private European buyer at Christie's sale of film and entertainment memorabilia. The auction house said it had expected the dress to sell for as much as $30,000.
"The sale was filled with iconic pieces," said Helen Hall, Christie's head of entertainment memorabilia. "It captured people's imagination."
Hall said the auction house was pleased with the results of the sale, which brought in $1.2 million.
Other items on the block included Marilyn Monroe's script for "Something's Got To Give," with the actress' handwritten notes, which sold for $19,200. A program from President John F. Kennedy's birthday celebration that featured the actress at Madison Square Garden went for $66,000.
All the prices include the Christie's commission.
May 31, 2007
May 27, 2007
Paul Newman to retire from acting
Paul Newman's career has included winning an Oscar, establishing a food company to fund charities, and operating a restaurant, but he said this week he is retiring from acting.
"I'm not able to work anymore as an actor at the level that I would want to," the 82-year-old Hollywood star told ABC News in an interview released on its Web site on Friday.
"You start to lose you memory, you start to lose your confidence, you start to lose your invention. So I think that's pretty much a closed book for me," he said.
Newman brought a memorable series of rough, charming and roguish characters to the screen like the alcoholic Brick in "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof," the quirky "Cool Hand Luke," the suave con man in "The Sting" and the dissolute title character of "Hud."
He earned nine Academy Award acting nominations but his only win was for best actor in "The Color of Money" in 1987 as the same pool shark he had played when he was nominated in 1962 for "The Hustler."
One of his biggest financial hits came in 1969 with "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid," a tongue-in-cheek Western that paired Newman with Robert Redford. The two teamed up again in 1973 as con men in "The Sting."
Paul Newman's career has included winning an Oscar, establishing a food company to fund charities, and operating a restaurant, but he said this week he is retiring from acting.
"I'm not able to work anymore as an actor at the level that I would want to," the 82-year-old Hollywood star told ABC News in an interview released on its Web site on Friday.
"You start to lose you memory, you start to lose your confidence, you start to lose your invention. So I think that's pretty much a closed book for me," he said.
Newman brought a memorable series of rough, charming and roguish characters to the screen like the alcoholic Brick in "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof," the quirky "Cool Hand Luke," the suave con man in "The Sting" and the dissolute title character of "Hud."
He earned nine Academy Award acting nominations but his only win was for best actor in "The Color of Money" in 1987 as the same pool shark he had played when he was nominated in 1962 for "The Hustler."
One of his biggest financial hits came in 1969 with "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid," a tongue-in-cheek Western that paired Newman with Robert Redford. The two teamed up again in 1973 as con men in "The Sting."
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