2011 Property of John Wayne Signature Auction #7045

A Script from "Cast a Giant Shadow." United Artists, 1966. Red covers, screen play by Melville Shavelson, dated "October 20, 1964,&q...

A Script from "El Dorado." Paramount, 1967. No covers, screen play by Leigh Brackett, noting working title of "Eldorado," dated...

A Script from "The Undefeated." 20th Century Fox, 1969. Pale yellow covers, screen play by James Lee Barrett, dated "December 3, 196...

A Script from "Big Jake." National General Pictures, 1971. Goldenrod covers, screen play by Harry Julian Fink and R.M. Fink, handwritten ...

Two Birth Record Documents, 1950s-1970s The first an official document from the State of Iowa Department of Vital Statistics called an "Authent...

A Group of Signed Restaurant Receipts, 1966. Fifteen total; all from a hotel restaurant in Durango, Mexico called Campo Mexico Courts where Wayne was

A Signed Receipt, 1971. From Grant's for Guns, Inc., a store famous in Costa Mesa, CA and still in existence; dated "6/16/1971," notin...

A Collection of Speeches, 1970s. Including: 1) a speech seeming to be from when Wayne was honored by the National Football Foundation in 1973; twelve

A Handwritten Speech, Circa 1975. Penned in blue ballpoint ink by Wayne on lined yellow notepaper, reading in full "If Spencer & Bogie / we...

A Handwritten Missive, 1974. Penned by Wayne in black ballpoint ink on the verso of an unrelated letter sent to him; Wayne's response to allegat...

A Telegram to Nat King Cole, 1964. Wayne's "Confirmation Copy," dated "Dec 22, 1964," reading in part "Sorry to hear yo...

A Group of Correspondence Related to the Harvard Lampoon Roasting, 1973. Including: 1) a letter typed on three pages of The Harvard Lampoon letterhead

A Harvard Lampoon Medallion and Banner, 1974. Made of metal with text reading "Harvard Lampoon," attached to a purple and yellow ribbon; t...

Five Richard Nixon Signed Letters, 1960s. Including: 1) typed on personalized stationery, to JW in Newport Beach, CA, dated "August 21, 1968,&q...

Five Richard Nixon Initialed Letters, 1970s. All typed on White House stationery, all sent to JW in Hollywood, CA, including: 1) dated "January...

Two Ronald Reagan Signed Letters, 1970s. Typed on State of California Governor's Office stationery, to "Duke and Pilar," dated "A...

Three Jimmy Carter Signed Letters, 1970s. The first typed on personalized stationery, to JW in Newport Beach, CA, dated "November 10, 1976,&quo...

Four Politician Signed Letters, 1970s. The first typed on United States Senate letterhead, to JW in Hollywood, CA, dated "April 15, 1974,"...

Two California Politician Signed Letters, 1970s. The first typed on City of Los Angeles letterhead, to JW in Beverly Hills, CA, dated "Septembe...

A Movie Star Group of Handwritten Letters, 1950s-1970s. Seventeen total; mostly penned on personalized stationery, either thank you notes or get well

A Movie Star Group of Typed Letters, 1950s-1970s. Nineteen total, all typed on various kinds of letterhead or personalized stationery, all hand-signed

An Elizabeth Taylor Signed Form Letter, 1978. Typed on two pages of personalized stationery, dated "October 16, 1978," regarding a televis...

A Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis Group of Correspondence, 1960s. Including (in chronological order): 1) a letter from Jerry Lewis, typed on personalized

A Ray Milland Telegram, 1970. Sent to Wayne in Newport Beach, CA, reading "Congratulations from us both What took you so long / Mal and Jack&qu...

A Hank Worden Group of Cards, 1979. Approximately 15; mostly 'get well' cards sent to Wayne by his longtime colleague who had memorable bit ...

A Director & Producer Group of Signed Correspondence, 1950s-1970s. All typed on professional letterhead or personalized stationery, all signed b...

A Peter Bogdanovich Group of Signed and/or Handwritten Correspondence, 1970s. Including: 1) typed on BBS letterhead, dated "October 7, 1970,&qu...

A Roald Dahl Handwritten Letter, Circa 1966. Handwritten in black fountain pen ink on personalized stationery, dated "1st April," reading ...

A Joan Didion Set of Correspondence, 1965. Including: 1) a letter dated "September 25, '65" sent by Didion to Robert Goodfried at Para...

A George Barris Signed Letter, 1971. Typed on Barris Kustom Industries, Inc. letterhead, sent to JW in Hollywood, CA, dated "January 11, 1971,&...

A Patty Hearst Signed Letter, 1978. Typed on personalized stationery, sent to JW in Beverly Hills, CA, dated "December 28, 1978," reading ...

A Nudie Cohn Group of Correspondence, 1970s. A number of documents related to the famous 'Rodeo Tailor' including: 1) a photocopy of a 1977 ...

A Television Journalists Group of Correspondence, 1970s. Including (in chronological order): 1) a letter from David Frost handwritten in black felt-ti

A Milton Caniff Group of Correspondence, 1960s-1970s. Including (in chronological order): 1) a letter handwritten on personalized stationery in blue b

Two Gouache and Ink Cartoon Drawings, 1947. Both rendered on standard mailing envelopes; the first one depicting a man swinging a cow, addressed to ...

A Large Group of Telegrams, 1970s. Approximately 45, all Western Union, ranging in date from 1976 to 1979, mostly sent to Wayne at various hospitals (

A Group of Mailgrams, 1978-1979. Seven total; all get well wishes sent to Wayne at various hospitals from friends including (in alphabetical order): C

A Group of Telephone Messages, 1979. Eleven total; all yellow 'call slips,' printed with "University of California-Los Angeles" on...

A Twice-Signed Signed Mexican Tourist ID Card, 1948. Featuring two black and white photographs of Wayne stapled to the left side, with his statistical

A Signed Colombian Tourist ID Card, 1952. Featuring a black and white photograph of Wayne glued to the lower left corner, with his statistical informa

A Twice-Signed Mexican Tourist ID Card, 1972. Featuring a black and white photograph of Wayne stapled to the right corner, with his statistical inform

Two AFTRA Membership Cards, 1960s. Both issued by the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists; both with Wayne's typed name on the f...

Two Playboy Club Membership Cards, 1970s. Both embossed with Wayne's name on the front, one noting an expiration date of "Jul 79;" als...

A Social Security Card, 1960s. Made of metal, engraved on front with Wayne's name and his actual social security number; included with a miniatu...

Eight Credit Cards, 1970s. Embossed either "John Wayne," "Batjac Productions," or "Yacht Wild Goose" (or variations of...

Five Credit Cards, 1970s. All embossed on front "John Wayne," some signed by him, including ones from: Grant's Surplus (a store famous...

Five Credit Cards, 1960s. All but one embossed "John Wayne" on front; all from beloved, long-gone Southern California department stores in...

Four '26 Bar Ranch' Membership Cards, 1960s-1970s. Issued by the Arizona Cattle Growers Association, all typed with Wayne's name and his...

Three Republican Party Membership Cards, 1960s-1970s. John Wayne was a card-carrying member of the Republican Party; the first from 1966 with "...

A Sigma Chi Fraternity Membership Card, 1963. From the Los Angeles Alumni Chapter, card notes in part that "Brother John Wayne has paid local a...

Seven Signed Checks, 1959. All drawn from Wayne's business account at the Beverly Hills branch of Bank of America, all from January 1959, all si...

Four Signed Checks, 1968-1971. All drawn from Wayne's personal account at the Pershing Square Office [Los Angeles, CA] of Wells Fargo Bank but n...

Two Unused Checkbooks, 1960s. Both from Wayne's personal account from the Pershing Square Office [Los Angeles, CA] of Wells Fargo Bank, noting h...

Two Pairs of Bookends, 1970s. The first in the form of Doric columns, made of metal, front of each reads "Associate / University of Southern Ca...

A 'San Francisco Chronicle' Newspaper, 1907. An actual vintage copy of the newspaper from May 26, 1907 [Wayne's birthday], hardbound, fr...

A Coffee Table Book. Titled "50 Golden Years of Oscar: The Official History of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences," hardcover...

Five John Wayne Film-Related Books. All covering subjects that Wayne made movies about including: 1) "Rendezvous at the Alamo," hardcover,...

Six Hollywood Biographies. Including: 1) "Marilyn: A Biography," hardcover, with dust jacket, by Norman Mailer, printed in 1973; 2) "...

Four Hollywood Industry Books. Including: 1) "It's a Hell of a Life But Not a Bad Living," hardcover, with dust jacket, by Edward Dmyt...

Five "International Motion Picture Almanacs." All hardcover, by various editors, printed for the years 1967, 1969, 1970, 1973, and 1976, n...

A Coffee Table Book. Titled "The Art of Walt Disney," hardcover, by Christopher Finch, published in 1973, signed on the title page in blac...

Four Western Film Books. Including: 1) "A Pictorial History of Westerns," hardcover, with dust jacket, by Michael Parkinson and Clyde Jeav...

Six Western Books. Including: 1) "Buffalo Bill and the Wild West," hardcover, with dust jacket, by Henry Blackman Sell and Victor Weybrigh...

A Set of Bound Copies of "Arizona Highways" Magazines, 1950s-1960s. Four volumes from 1956, 1957, 1958, and 1965; each consisting of the e...

Three Coffee Table Western Art Books. Including: 1) "Frederic Remington," hardcover, with dust jacket, by Peter Hassrick, printed in 1973;...

Five Eugene Manlove Rhodes Books. By the author known as the "Cowboy Chronicler," including: 1) "Good Men and True," hardcover, ...

Five Adventure Books. Including: 1) "Pilgrims in Their Three Homes," hardcover, by William Elliot Griffis, printed in 1898, stamped "...

Seven Modern Fiction Books. Including: 1) "Beyond the Forest," hardcover, with dust jacket, by Stuart Engstrand, printed in 1948; 2) "...

Ten Politically-Related Books. Including: 1) "No Wonder We Are Losing," paperback, by Robert Morris, printed in 1958, signed on the front ...

Four J.R.R. Tolkien Books. Including: 1) "The Hobbit," hardcover, with dust jacket, printed in 1966; 2) "The Fellowship of the Ring,&...

A USC-Related "Living Webster Encyclopedic Dictionary." Hardcover, embossed on front "University of / Southern California / John Way...

Three Reference Books. Including: 1) "The Tournament of Roses," hardcover, with dust jacket, by Joe Hendrickson, printed in 1971, signed o...

Two Coffee Table Art Books. Including: 1) "Norman Rockwell Artist and Illustrator," hardcover, no dust jacket, by Thomas S. Buechner, prin...

Seven Humor Books. Including: 1) "Captions Courageous," hard cover, with dust jacket, by Bob Reisner and Hal Kapplow, printed in 1958; 2) ...

A Group of Magazines, 1960s-1970s. Approximately 20; most with address labels to John Wayne at his Newport Beach home or to Thomas J. Kane, the story

Eight Magazines, 1960s-1970s. All kept by Wayne because they featured articles about him and/or his family; including (in chronological order): 1) Cos

Three Screen Directors Guild of America Place Settings, 1950s-1960s. All made of metal; in the form of miniature director's chairs; the first fr...

A Memento from "Tycoon." RKO, 1947. In the form of a locomotive, made of steel, right side engraved "Tycoon / 1947," left side ...

A Coffee Mug from "The Shootist." Paramount, 1976. Made of ceramic, front has image of Wayne as "J.B. Books" and film title, ba...

A Coffee Mug from "Rooster Cogburn." Universal, 1975. Made of ceramic, front has image of Wayne as main character and Katharine Hepburn a...

A Coffee Mug from "Cahill U.S. Marshall." Warner Bros., 1973. Made of ceramic, front has image of a Western street scene and film title, ...

A Desk Instrument, 1962. In the form of a ship's helm, made of gold metal with five separate gauges for a thermometer, a barometer, a hygrometer...

Three Horse Figurines, 1970s. The first a metal sculpture affixed to a marble base, placard reads "To Duke Wayne / With Fondest Regards / Tom E...

Four Paperweights, 1970s. All engraved "John Wayne;" the first from the City of Philadelphia; the second noting "552;" the third...

A Group of Desk Accessories, 1950s-1960s. Six total; including: 1) a clipboard with a sterling silver clip engraved "JW / HWPC 1964" [Holl...

Four Cigarette Lighters, 1960s. All made of silver metal; the first by Scripto featuring an image of a military man; the second by Intelite with the...

Seven Ashtrays, 1960s-1970s. Including: 1) a round one made of marble; 2) a square one made of porcelain with the Philadelphia Eagles logo in the cent

A Rattlesnake Display, 1970s. Appearing to be a real one preserved in bronze, housed in its own knotty pine box; with a JW inventory sticker. (Please

A Large Collection of Autograph Cards, 1960s-1970s. Approximately 200; designed to look like a standard business card, with "John Wayne" p...

An Enormous Collection of Business Cards, 1950s-1970s. Approximately 500; from countless individuals who encountered or had business dealings with Way

A Group of Envelopes and Address Labels, 1960s-1970s. Including: a box of small stationery envelopes with the back flap engraved "John Wayne;&q...

Eight Small Leather Items, 1960s-1970s. Including: 1) a black leather manicure kit with a handwritten tag safety-pinned inside reading "J. Wayn...

A '26 Bar Ranch' Presentation Briefcase, 1978. Made of tan leather, hand-tooled on the front and back sides with an elaborate leaf and acorn...

Three Small Carrying Cases, 1960s-1970s. The first made of tan leather with green and red fabric stripes in center, oblong in shape, maker's sta...

Three Canvas Tote Bags, 1970s. The first off-white with tan leather trim, brass tag affixed to handle reads "John Wayne / Newport Beach, Califo...

A Group of Canvas Bags, 1950s-1970s. Eleven total; some official U.S. military issue, in various shapes and sizes (such as duffle bags, messenger bags

A Tool Box, 1960s-1970s. Made of metal, painted army green, sticker on top reads "Rolly Harper / Ralph Green / Motion Picture Caterers Inc. / F...

A Cowboy Hat Locker, 1960s-1970s. Made of wood, painted egg-shell white, two metal handles on either side, a hinged front door opens to reveal four sh

Two Green Trunks, 1960s-1970s. The first one made of plastic, with masking tape reading "JW" in the upper left corner, with TWA and other ...

Two Pieces of Luggage, 1950s-1970s. The first a black plastic trunk with a wooden bottom, with numerous 'John Wayne' return address labels a...