The couch on which actor Glenn Ford (1916 - 2006) made love at his Beverly Hills home with actress Marilyn Monroe (1926 - 1962) is among the dozens of personal items, costumes and documents from Ford’s estate that will be offered in a public auction in Dallas, Texas and online by Heritage Auction Galleries (www.HA.com), October 4 - 6, 2008.

Well-known for his roles in Westerns as well as other films, three of Glenn Ford’s cowboy hats with his name embossed on the sweatbands will be offered in the auction, along with personal letters sent to him by Presidents Nixon and Reagan, and, interestingly, even a canceled $5.95 check Ford wrote in 1973 for a one-year subscription to The National Enquirer.

The auction also features hundreds of publicity photographs, movie stills and documents from the estate of actor, Boris Karloff (1887 - 1967), including items related to his famous 1931 film, “Frankenstein.”

Items from the Karloff estate include a rare autograph signed, “Boris Karloff/Frankenstein.”

“Karloff’s daughter, Sara Karloff Sparkman, consigned the historic material from her father’s long stage and movie career. Despite his terrifying on-screen image as Frankenstein’s monster or The Mummy, Boris Karloff was ‘the Gentleman King of Horror,’” said Doug Norwine, Heritage’s Director of Music and Entertainment Memorabilia.

For additional information, contact Heritage Auction Galleries of Dallas, Texas at (800) 872-6467 or online at www.HA.com

Posted: 09|15|08 at 10:03 am. Filed under: US News.