CALABASAS, Calif. (AP) - A photograph of Soviet film pioneer Sergei Eisenstein and a poster from an early Bette Davis movie commanded huge prices at the opening day of an auction of Hollywood memorabilia.
The photo of Eisenstein, the silent movie director and film theorist, was taken by famed photographer Man Ray, said Joe Maddalena, president of Profiles in History, which put on the auction.
"It was inscribed to Eisenstein by Man Ray and I had it estimated at about $4,000 or $5,000," Maddalena said. It sold for $70,000, a price he called "enormous."
A six-sheet poster for Davis' 1938 film "Jezebel" was estimated at $20,000 to $30,000. It also fetched $70,000 Thursday.
The prices didn't include an 18 percent fee charged by the auction house.
The buyers' identities were not released, but Maddalena said bidders came from as far away as China, Japan, Germany and Brazil.
The bidding was expected to grow more intense on Friday when movie props - such as a full-scale T-Rex head from "Jurassic Park" and Julie Andrews' coat from "Mary Poppins" - go on sale.
A model T-800 endoskeleton from "Terminator 2: Judgment Day" was expected to bring in from $80,000 to $100,000, Maddalena said.
Captain Jean Luc Picard's Enterprise E command chair from the Star Trek movie was estimated at up to $60,000, he said.
"Thursday was like the soup before the main course. Friday's the main course," Maddalena said. "We'll have stuff going for six figures."
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Man, I would so go for that Mary Poppins coat!
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