Film memorabilia from late Hollywood legend Shelley Duvall’s three-decade profession is now up for pre-bid. Texas public sale home Vogt has launched the catalog for an October 30 sale of the late actresses’ private assortment, together with signed posters and different paperwork from The Shining and Annie Corridor.
The gathering offers an intimate peek into the lifetime of the iconic actress, whose movie profession led her to working with probably the most well-known auteurs of Twentieth-century cinema, together with Robert Altman, Stanley Kubrick, Woody Allen, Terry Gilliam, Jane Campion, Steven Soderbergh, and Tim Burton. The public sale additionally contains gadgets from her second act as a producer of beloved kids’s applications like Faerie Story Theatre.
The most well liked gadgets in pre-bid come from Duvall’s most iconic function because the terrified Wendy Torrance in Kubrick’s The Shining, together with signed cheat sheets, publicity stills, scripts, and a number of other variations on the film poster. Regardless of being notoriously antagonized throughout filming, she by no means disassociated herself with the film, nonetheless autographing newer merch like a board sport, a replica room 237 key fob, and even a Funko Pop doll.
The gathering additionally features a handful of things from Annie Corridor, together with a signed nonetheless and foyer playing cards. The ephemera is more likely to improve in worth following the October 11 loss of life of the movie’s star, Diane Keaton. Different film memorabilia contains keepsakes from 3 Girls, Brewster McCloud, Nashville, Popeye, and Time Bandits — plus her 1977 Cannes Movie Competition award and a director’s chair.
A few of the most fascinating heaps inform the story of Duvall’s private life. Regardless of Paul Simon leaving her for her buddy Carrie Fisher, she saved a group of his tapes and a well-worn {photograph} of the previous couple. And she or he displayed a portrait of Kubrick — a 2000 Christmas present from his spouse, Christiane Kubrick.
The heaps additionally embrace a number of private gadgets, together with clothes, boots, wigs, jewellery, household pictures, and childhood drawings. Duvall’s love of fairy story aesthetics was no affectation. All the furnishings has a whimsical really feel, from a pair of tree stump backyard tables to a Black Forest-style corridor tree that includes a carved climbing bear.
The reside public sale will probably be held at 7 pm on October 30 at Duvall’s sprawling Blanco ranch. The 11-acre property just lately hit the market at a $699,000 asking value. Film followers can register and flick thru the full public sale catalog on-line. Pre-bids are open now.
Duvall, a Texas native, died at age 75 in July 2024 at her Hill Nation ranch.
