Amaaaaaaazing

Debbie Reynolds just had a huge auction of tons of Hollywood memorabilia that she has collected over the years.

"My lifetime dream has been to assemble and preserve the history of the Hollywood film industry. Hollywood has been an enormous part of my life as I know it has been for countless fans all over the world.  This collection represents a lifetime of collecting Hollywood artifacts and this is a rare opportunity to own a piece of Hollywood History for those who love the movies as much as I do.  For the first time in nearly five decades, these iconic pieces will be made available to the public through a series of auctions presented by Profiles in History beginning in June 2011." 

-Debbie Reynolds 

 If you have some time, scroll through the totally cool catalog - you can find it here.

Couple of highlights:

35. Harpo Marx signature historic vintage top hat and wig acquired directly from him. Vintage ca. 1930’s collapsible pop-open fur and felt top hat (quite fragile, but intact) with internal attached blonde wig, which was acquired directly from Harpo Marx, and worn by him in numerous on-screen Marx brothers film appearances. Gifted by Harpo Marx to Debbie Reynolds. $20,000 – $30,000

48. W. C. Fields joke box and wordplay archive!! W. C. Fields’ personal small leather box containing an archive of approx. 120 slips of paper (3 in. x 5 in. and 4 ½ in. x 5 ¼ in.) completely handwritten and notated by Fields in pencil being a storehouse of words and terms with definitions as well as working drafts of various jokes including, “To bartender, F. Do you know what time it is, Bar T. If I knew what time it was I wouldn’t be working in a joint like this,” and “I bought a mattress yesterday, was it a spring mattress? No fall and winter” and “I am opening a new boxing arena – I’m calling it the Punch Bowl.” The archive contains extensive notations on words, their definitions and various applications in Fields’ wordplay as well as newspaper and cartoon clippings. Of note are a number of leaves with Fields’ extensive pill taking schedule. Leather box is soiled and worn. $3,000 – $5,000.

28. Katharine Hepburn “Jo” brown period dress designed by Walter Plunkett from Little Women. (RKO, 1933) Chocolate brown textured period dress with tan and black vertical line accents, ivory cotton neck and sleeves trimmed in lace (not original). Handwritten label “C-575-1864- HEPBURN.” Neckpiece and sleeves are yellowed. Worn by Katharine Hepburn as Jo when Aunt March and Amy come to visit her in New York on their way to Europe in Little Women. $6,000 – $8,000

The catalog of stuff is over 300 pages long!!  It's wild.