Sergei Eisenstein Photo Sells at Hollywood Memorabilia Auction
Published December 14th, 2007
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.
