Post by Ace on Jan 31, 2007 17:05:10 GMT -5
OBI-WAN KENOBI’S CLOAK, DEL BOY AND RODNEY’S BATMAN AND ROBIN COSTUMES, AND JAMES BOND’S SUITS GO UNDER THE HAMMER
THE ANGELS STAR COLLECTION - UK’S LARGEST AUCTION OF FILM & TV COSTUMES AT BONHAMS
A remarkable collection of costumes created and supplied by Angels The Costumiers, for some of the most iconic international film, television and theatre productions in history will be sold at Bonhams on Tuesday 6 March 2007, in what is believed to be the UK’s largest auction of film and television costumes.
More than 400 Angels outfits including Obi Wan’s Cloak (Star Wars, Alec Guinness £50,000-60,000) and James Bond’s Suits (e.g. Tomorrow Never Dies, Pierce Brosnan £4,000-5,000) will be available to collectors and amateur fans alike. Other lots in the Bonhams sale of Angels costumes include the most prominent costumes from films such as Braveheart, Titanic, Elizabeth, Indiana Jones, Highlander, Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, Evita and Superman.
In recognition of the popular appeal of the items, and a world first in terms of a viewing experience, Bonhams’ saleroom will be turned into a star’s dressing room – allowing interested customers the opportunity to try on selected costumes.
Tim Angel, Chairman of Angels, and fifth generation of the family firm comments, “The joy of being in this business is that you know you are creating something that will help an audience immerse itself in a different world. Our costumes are famous for fulfilling the exact requirements and needs of the film, and are researched and tailored to the highest standard. Whether it is the cloak of a Jedi knight from a galaxy far, far away, or the most elegant suit worn by Her Majesty’s best secret agent, our job is done if the audience are convinced and impressed by the authenticity and effectiveness of the costumes shown on the screen. The flip-side of creating such iconic costumes, that become so very famous and so firmly associated with key movies, is that they can never be used in other films or productions, nor can they be made available from our fancy dress shop…for obvious reasons! With over a century and a half’s worth of costumes on the racks, each with ever increasing insurance requirements, and space at a premium, it seemed the right time for us to allow collectors and fans the chance to take home a piece of the movie magic.”
Jon Baddeley, Group Head of the Collector’s Department at Bonhams comments, "The Angels collection of film costumes is without doubt the largest and most important archive of its type ever to come to auction. It will give film fans world-wide the unique opportunity to acquire clothing worn by their heroes in some of the most famous British and international films made over the last 60 years. An event not to be missed by any film aficionado."
ANGELS – SUPPLYING COSTUMES FOR A CENTURY AND A HALF
Angels, founded in 1840, is the world’s longest-established supplier of costumes to the film, theatre and television industry. Angels shop became popular with theatre actors who, at that time, had to purchase their own clothes and costumes for auditions and performances. It was Morris Angel, the company’s founder, who allowed actors to hire, rather than buy their outfits – the first man to make such an innovation. With the advent of cinema, the Angel family made their second major diversification by supplying costumes to the fledgling movie industry and, through primary company Angels The Costumiers, has continued to be a quiet and constant success story within the British (and international) film industry. Since 1946, when costumes supplied by Angels received an Academy Award for Laurence Olivier’s Henry V, Angels The Costumiers has supplied costumes to a further 26 movies that have won Oscars© for ‘Outstanding Achievement In Costume Design’ for work undertaken on major international films including Lawrence of Arabia, Star Wars, Titanic, Gladiator and most recently Memoirs of a Geisha. At this year’s Academy Awards, Angels are in the running again for costumes supplied for Pirates of the Caribbean, The Queen, and (note – to be completed once announcement made on Jan. 23rd). Angels The Costumiers is based in Hendon, and boasts a warehouse containing over a million and a half costumes on five miles of hanging rails.
Below are selected highlights:
STAR WARS
One of the star lots in the sale is Obi-Wan ‘Ben’ Kenobi’s cloak worn by Sir Alec Guinness in the masterpiece Space adventure Star Wars (1977). Obi Wan Kenobi is one of the most prominent characters in the Star Wars saga. Whilst the character is central in the recently filmed prequels (Episodes I-III), starring Ewan McGregor in the role, the character first appeared in the first installment of the saga, Episode IV, A New Hope. Sir Alec Guinness gave a remarkable performance as the ageing Jedi Knight in Episode IV and resumes his role in the other sequels, usually clad in this iconic Jedi robe.
When Star Wars was first released in 1977, thousands of people flocked to cinemas to watch what was to be the sci-fi epic that would redefine the science-fiction genre. Alec Guinness starred with Carrie Fisher, and the then ‘little known’ actor, Harrison Ford. Produced by Gary Kurtz and written and directed by George Lucas, this classic epic of good versus evil was the highest-grossing movie for twenty years and continues to enthral audiences worldwide.
This original cloak, an integral part of this world of excitement and mystery is estimated at £50,000-60,000. Also from Star Wars is an imperial commanders uniform, estimated at £8,000-10,000.
JAMES BOND
Several outfits from James Bond 007, a fictional British agent created by writer Ian Fleming in 1952 will also be sold.
Outfits worn by Pierce Brosnan in three of the films he starred in from 1995 to 1999 will feature. From GoldenEye (1995) is Brosnan’s Brioni grey three piece-suit (£8,000-10,000), a similar blue suit (£5,000-6,000) and a cream linen suit (£8,000 -10,000).
In GoldenEye, a new Bond for the 1990s was created, when Pierce Brosnan took over as 007. The long-established house of Brioni in Rome, supplied him with their famed look of style and elegance. Brioni has a stipulated way of tailoring their suits with a minimum of 185 steps to produce the finished article which creates an ageless fashion statement. The grey Brioni suit was used extensively throughout the film, most memorably in the scene between Alec Trevelyan and Bond in the disused communist statue park. A black dress, shoes and jacket, from GoldenEye as worn by Famke Jansen is estimated at £3,000-4,000.
In Tomorrow Never Dies (1997), Brosnan donned the Bond mantle again. Brosnan’s leather jacket, black roll neck sweater, black ski jumper and green combat trousers,(£8,000-10,000) and a blue cotton shirt, black sweat pants and blue canvas deck shoes (£4,000-5,000), as worn in the film, continue the Bond theme.
A ski suit worn by Brosnan (£6,000-8,000) and a wine coloured ski suit, with fur-lined hood, worn by Sophie Marceau (£1,200-1,500), will be sold, as well. These items featured in the third Brosnan instalment, The World is Not Enough (1999).
Outfits worn by Roger Moore – James Bond from 1973–1985 – include a navy battle dress jacket, complete with commanders epaulettes and inner pocket for the Walther PPK, (£3,000-4,000), made for The Spy Who Loved Me in 1977. This jacket was used in the finale of the film during the battle between Bond and the Stromberg operatives on the super-tanker.
In addition, a ‘false front’ for a Naval Commander's jacket, from The Spy Who Loved Me is estimated at £800-1,200. The item features in the scene where Bond travels to Atlantis from the American submarine. The garment was used to give the impression that Bond is fully clothed under his wetsuit. Military berets, navy crew jackets and trousers, from The Spy Who Loved Me, as worn by the Stromberg crew, in the finale of the film, estimated at £800-1,000 can also be seen. A Showgirl outfit made for the circus girls in Octopussy (1983) ranges from £400-600 per item and a Drax personnel jumpsuit, from Moonraker (1979) is £800-1,200.
MISCELLANEOUS OTHER HIGHLIGHTS
Also in the sale are the amusing Batman and Robin suits used on Only Fools and Horses (£4,000-5,000) that were worn by David Jason and Nicholas Lyndhurst as the Trotter brothers, Derek and Rodney. The series has won countless awards and is ingrained into the British culture with many classic gags and quotes. Recently, the Batman and Robin sequence in the Episode Heroes and Villains (1996) was voted in the top ten of memorable comedy moments on British television. These classic costumes were designed by Robin Stubbs.
A grey linen overcoat, from Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004), as worn by Gary Oldman as Sirius Black is estimated at £3,000-4,000; whilst a snake effect lycra dress and a blue lycra sequin effect catsuit (estimated at £500-600) from Spice World (1997), as worn by Victoria Adams (Beckham) and a red sequinned dress as worn by Mel B (Melanie Brown) with boned corset top (estimated at £150-200) also come up in this sale.
Several outfits worn by Madonna in the Eva Peron film biography, Evita (1997) are on auction including: a stone coloured coat, blouse and skirt (£500-700), a black silk patterned dress with a mint coloured and peach coloured slip (£400-500), a green coloured dressing gown, white satin and peach satin slip (£300-400) and a navy blue wool suit and blouse (£400-500).
Other female costumes in this sale, include items worn by: Ava Gardner, Kirsten Dunst, Helen Mirren, Jane Horrocks, Kate Hudson, Gemma Jones, Joanna Lumley, Andie McDowell, Alanis Morrisette, Julianne Moore, Christina Ricci, Helen Slater, Meryl Streep, Rachel Weisz, Kate Winslett, Catherine Zeta Jones, Sophie Marceau, and Joan Sims.
Male actors whose costumes are featured include - Jude Law, Colin Firth, Ralph Fiennes, Robert De Niro, Johnny Depp, Johnny Lee Miller, Dustin Hoffman, John Hurt, Peter Sellers, Billy Connolly, Sir Alec Guinness, Robert Mitchum, Errol Flynn, Sean Connery, Mel Gibson, Kevin Costner, Richard Attenborough, Richard Burton, Stephen Berkoff, Harrison Ford, Roger Moore, Al Pacino, Orlando Bloom, Jonathan Pryce, Kenneth Branagh, Oliver Reed, John Cleese, Stephen Fry, Ray Winstone, Dirk Bogarde, Laurence Olivier, Sid James, Nicholas Lyndhurst, Sir John Gielgud, Benny Hill, Val Kilmer, Christian Bale, Robert Carlyle, Dick Van Dyke and Charlton Heston.
For media information on Bonhams and/or images, please contact Michelle Gonsalves on 020 7468 8340 or press@bonhams.com
For media information on Angels The Costumiers and the Angel Family, please contact Benjamin Webb/Daniel Kaplan on 020 7287 7250 / 07930 408 224 or daniel@intelligent-pr.com
Press website – www.bonhams.com/press
Bonhams, founded in 1793, is one of the world's oldest and largest auctioneers of fine art and antiques. The present company was formed by the merger in November 2001 of Bonhams & Brooks and Phillips Son and Neale UK. In August 2002, the company acquired Butterfields, the principal firm of auctioneers on the West Coast of America and in August 2003, Goodmans, a leading Australian fine art and antiques auctioneer with salerooms in Sydney, joined the Bonhams Group of Companies. Today, Bonhams is the third largest and fastest growing auction house in the world with a global network of offices and regional representatives providing sales advice and valuation services in 20 countries. It offers more sales than any of its rivals, through two major salerooms in London: New Bond Street, and Knightsbridge, and a further 10 throughout the UK. Sales are also held in San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York and Boston in the USA; and Switzerland, Monaco, and Australia. For a full listing of upcoming sales, plus details of more than 40 Bonhams specialist departments, go to www.bonhams.com . For other press releases, go to www.bonhams.com/press
THE ANGELS STAR COLLECTION - UK’S LARGEST AUCTION OF FILM & TV COSTUMES AT BONHAMS
A remarkable collection of costumes created and supplied by Angels The Costumiers, for some of the most iconic international film, television and theatre productions in history will be sold at Bonhams on Tuesday 6 March 2007, in what is believed to be the UK’s largest auction of film and television costumes.
More than 400 Angels outfits including Obi Wan’s Cloak (Star Wars, Alec Guinness £50,000-60,000) and James Bond’s Suits (e.g. Tomorrow Never Dies, Pierce Brosnan £4,000-5,000) will be available to collectors and amateur fans alike. Other lots in the Bonhams sale of Angels costumes include the most prominent costumes from films such as Braveheart, Titanic, Elizabeth, Indiana Jones, Highlander, Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, Evita and Superman.
In recognition of the popular appeal of the items, and a world first in terms of a viewing experience, Bonhams’ saleroom will be turned into a star’s dressing room – allowing interested customers the opportunity to try on selected costumes.
Tim Angel, Chairman of Angels, and fifth generation of the family firm comments, “The joy of being in this business is that you know you are creating something that will help an audience immerse itself in a different world. Our costumes are famous for fulfilling the exact requirements and needs of the film, and are researched and tailored to the highest standard. Whether it is the cloak of a Jedi knight from a galaxy far, far away, or the most elegant suit worn by Her Majesty’s best secret agent, our job is done if the audience are convinced and impressed by the authenticity and effectiveness of the costumes shown on the screen. The flip-side of creating such iconic costumes, that become so very famous and so firmly associated with key movies, is that they can never be used in other films or productions, nor can they be made available from our fancy dress shop…for obvious reasons! With over a century and a half’s worth of costumes on the racks, each with ever increasing insurance requirements, and space at a premium, it seemed the right time for us to allow collectors and fans the chance to take home a piece of the movie magic.”
Jon Baddeley, Group Head of the Collector’s Department at Bonhams comments, "The Angels collection of film costumes is without doubt the largest and most important archive of its type ever to come to auction. It will give film fans world-wide the unique opportunity to acquire clothing worn by their heroes in some of the most famous British and international films made over the last 60 years. An event not to be missed by any film aficionado."
ANGELS – SUPPLYING COSTUMES FOR A CENTURY AND A HALF
Angels, founded in 1840, is the world’s longest-established supplier of costumes to the film, theatre and television industry. Angels shop became popular with theatre actors who, at that time, had to purchase their own clothes and costumes for auditions and performances. It was Morris Angel, the company’s founder, who allowed actors to hire, rather than buy their outfits – the first man to make such an innovation. With the advent of cinema, the Angel family made their second major diversification by supplying costumes to the fledgling movie industry and, through primary company Angels The Costumiers, has continued to be a quiet and constant success story within the British (and international) film industry. Since 1946, when costumes supplied by Angels received an Academy Award for Laurence Olivier’s Henry V, Angels The Costumiers has supplied costumes to a further 26 movies that have won Oscars© for ‘Outstanding Achievement In Costume Design’ for work undertaken on major international films including Lawrence of Arabia, Star Wars, Titanic, Gladiator and most recently Memoirs of a Geisha. At this year’s Academy Awards, Angels are in the running again for costumes supplied for Pirates of the Caribbean, The Queen, and (note – to be completed once announcement made on Jan. 23rd). Angels The Costumiers is based in Hendon, and boasts a warehouse containing over a million and a half costumes on five miles of hanging rails.
Below are selected highlights:
STAR WARS
One of the star lots in the sale is Obi-Wan ‘Ben’ Kenobi’s cloak worn by Sir Alec Guinness in the masterpiece Space adventure Star Wars (1977). Obi Wan Kenobi is one of the most prominent characters in the Star Wars saga. Whilst the character is central in the recently filmed prequels (Episodes I-III), starring Ewan McGregor in the role, the character first appeared in the first installment of the saga, Episode IV, A New Hope. Sir Alec Guinness gave a remarkable performance as the ageing Jedi Knight in Episode IV and resumes his role in the other sequels, usually clad in this iconic Jedi robe.
When Star Wars was first released in 1977, thousands of people flocked to cinemas to watch what was to be the sci-fi epic that would redefine the science-fiction genre. Alec Guinness starred with Carrie Fisher, and the then ‘little known’ actor, Harrison Ford. Produced by Gary Kurtz and written and directed by George Lucas, this classic epic of good versus evil was the highest-grossing movie for twenty years and continues to enthral audiences worldwide.
This original cloak, an integral part of this world of excitement and mystery is estimated at £50,000-60,000. Also from Star Wars is an imperial commanders uniform, estimated at £8,000-10,000.
JAMES BOND
Several outfits from James Bond 007, a fictional British agent created by writer Ian Fleming in 1952 will also be sold.
Outfits worn by Pierce Brosnan in three of the films he starred in from 1995 to 1999 will feature. From GoldenEye (1995) is Brosnan’s Brioni grey three piece-suit (£8,000-10,000), a similar blue suit (£5,000-6,000) and a cream linen suit (£8,000 -10,000).
In GoldenEye, a new Bond for the 1990s was created, when Pierce Brosnan took over as 007. The long-established house of Brioni in Rome, supplied him with their famed look of style and elegance. Brioni has a stipulated way of tailoring their suits with a minimum of 185 steps to produce the finished article which creates an ageless fashion statement. The grey Brioni suit was used extensively throughout the film, most memorably in the scene between Alec Trevelyan and Bond in the disused communist statue park. A black dress, shoes and jacket, from GoldenEye as worn by Famke Jansen is estimated at £3,000-4,000.
In Tomorrow Never Dies (1997), Brosnan donned the Bond mantle again. Brosnan’s leather jacket, black roll neck sweater, black ski jumper and green combat trousers,(£8,000-10,000) and a blue cotton shirt, black sweat pants and blue canvas deck shoes (£4,000-5,000), as worn in the film, continue the Bond theme.
A ski suit worn by Brosnan (£6,000-8,000) and a wine coloured ski suit, with fur-lined hood, worn by Sophie Marceau (£1,200-1,500), will be sold, as well. These items featured in the third Brosnan instalment, The World is Not Enough (1999).
Outfits worn by Roger Moore – James Bond from 1973–1985 – include a navy battle dress jacket, complete with commanders epaulettes and inner pocket for the Walther PPK, (£3,000-4,000), made for The Spy Who Loved Me in 1977. This jacket was used in the finale of the film during the battle between Bond and the Stromberg operatives on the super-tanker.
In addition, a ‘false front’ for a Naval Commander's jacket, from The Spy Who Loved Me is estimated at £800-1,200. The item features in the scene where Bond travels to Atlantis from the American submarine. The garment was used to give the impression that Bond is fully clothed under his wetsuit. Military berets, navy crew jackets and trousers, from The Spy Who Loved Me, as worn by the Stromberg crew, in the finale of the film, estimated at £800-1,000 can also be seen. A Showgirl outfit made for the circus girls in Octopussy (1983) ranges from £400-600 per item and a Drax personnel jumpsuit, from Moonraker (1979) is £800-1,200.
MISCELLANEOUS OTHER HIGHLIGHTS
Also in the sale are the amusing Batman and Robin suits used on Only Fools and Horses (£4,000-5,000) that were worn by David Jason and Nicholas Lyndhurst as the Trotter brothers, Derek and Rodney. The series has won countless awards and is ingrained into the British culture with many classic gags and quotes. Recently, the Batman and Robin sequence in the Episode Heroes and Villains (1996) was voted in the top ten of memorable comedy moments on British television. These classic costumes were designed by Robin Stubbs.
A grey linen overcoat, from Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004), as worn by Gary Oldman as Sirius Black is estimated at £3,000-4,000; whilst a snake effect lycra dress and a blue lycra sequin effect catsuit (estimated at £500-600) from Spice World (1997), as worn by Victoria Adams (Beckham) and a red sequinned dress as worn by Mel B (Melanie Brown) with boned corset top (estimated at £150-200) also come up in this sale.
Several outfits worn by Madonna in the Eva Peron film biography, Evita (1997) are on auction including: a stone coloured coat, blouse and skirt (£500-700), a black silk patterned dress with a mint coloured and peach coloured slip (£400-500), a green coloured dressing gown, white satin and peach satin slip (£300-400) and a navy blue wool suit and blouse (£400-500).
Other female costumes in this sale, include items worn by: Ava Gardner, Kirsten Dunst, Helen Mirren, Jane Horrocks, Kate Hudson, Gemma Jones, Joanna Lumley, Andie McDowell, Alanis Morrisette, Julianne Moore, Christina Ricci, Helen Slater, Meryl Streep, Rachel Weisz, Kate Winslett, Catherine Zeta Jones, Sophie Marceau, and Joan Sims.
Male actors whose costumes are featured include - Jude Law, Colin Firth, Ralph Fiennes, Robert De Niro, Johnny Depp, Johnny Lee Miller, Dustin Hoffman, John Hurt, Peter Sellers, Billy Connolly, Sir Alec Guinness, Robert Mitchum, Errol Flynn, Sean Connery, Mel Gibson, Kevin Costner, Richard Attenborough, Richard Burton, Stephen Berkoff, Harrison Ford, Roger Moore, Al Pacino, Orlando Bloom, Jonathan Pryce, Kenneth Branagh, Oliver Reed, John Cleese, Stephen Fry, Ray Winstone, Dirk Bogarde, Laurence Olivier, Sid James, Nicholas Lyndhurst, Sir John Gielgud, Benny Hill, Val Kilmer, Christian Bale, Robert Carlyle, Dick Van Dyke and Charlton Heston.
For media information on Bonhams and/or images, please contact Michelle Gonsalves on 020 7468 8340 or press@bonhams.com
For media information on Angels The Costumiers and the Angel Family, please contact Benjamin Webb/Daniel Kaplan on 020 7287 7250 / 07930 408 224 or daniel@intelligent-pr.com
Press website – www.bonhams.com/press
Bonhams, founded in 1793, is one of the world's oldest and largest auctioneers of fine art and antiques. The present company was formed by the merger in November 2001 of Bonhams & Brooks and Phillips Son and Neale UK. In August 2002, the company acquired Butterfields, the principal firm of auctioneers on the West Coast of America and in August 2003, Goodmans, a leading Australian fine art and antiques auctioneer with salerooms in Sydney, joined the Bonhams Group of Companies. Today, Bonhams is the third largest and fastest growing auction house in the world with a global network of offices and regional representatives providing sales advice and valuation services in 20 countries. It offers more sales than any of its rivals, through two major salerooms in London: New Bond Street, and Knightsbridge, and a further 10 throughout the UK. Sales are also held in San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York and Boston in the USA; and Switzerland, Monaco, and Australia. For a full listing of upcoming sales, plus details of more than 40 Bonhams specialist departments, go to www.bonhams.com . For other press releases, go to www.bonhams.com/press
