Event Details
On Friday, September 20th and Saturday, September 21st, 2013, Julien’s Auctions will host a landmark auction event with the sale of The Personal Property, Antiques and Memorabilia from the Estate of Bob and Dolores Hope.
The auction contains items from Hope’s more than 60 year career in entertainment including Vaudeville, film, stage performances, television specials and entertaining the troops for the USO. Memorabilia from Bob’s personal passion for golf, personal awards, and memorabilia from his many celebrity friends is also represented in this sale.
Bob and Dolores Hope shared a 69 year marriage during which they raised a family and lived in their Toluca Lake and beautiful Palm Springs homes. Property from both homes will be auctioned including the Hopes' collection of antiques and artwork.
Highlights of the sale include: a photograph inscribed to Hope by John F. Kennedy, Hope’s personal golf cart, golf putters, a Bob Hope People’s Choice award, a George I bureau cabinet, Turkish carpets, a red Skelton clown painting, furniture, decorative arts and memorabilia from the careers and life of Bob and Dolores Hope.
The property exhibition is open to the public at the Julien’s Beverly Hills Gallery starting Monday, September 9th until Friday, September 29th. Please join Julien’s on Friday, September 20th and Saturday, September 21st, 2013 as Bob Hope and Dolores continue to touch the lives of their fans and make history.