Nineteen years after the death of Stanley Kubrick, auction house Aste Bolaffi has announced it will sell the most important collection of memorabilia of the iconic filmmaker's work and life.
The items, which come from the collection of his former
assistant Emilio D'Alessandro and wife Janette, will be
auctioned on March 27 in Turin at the Sala Bolaffi.
Items to go on sale include the clapperboard from Kubrick's
1999 movie Eyes Wide Shut and Jack Torrance's burgundy jacket in
The Shining (1980).
Other pieces to be auctioned include personal belongings and
pieces from Kubrick's sets, collected by D'Alessandro, who
worked for the famously reclusive director from 1971 and 1999
and became a trusted friend.
D'Alessandro began working for Kubrick as a driver and
established a personal relationship with him, which he also
spoke about in a book.
The filmmaker paid tribute to D'Alessandro in Eyes Wide Shut,
giving him a cameo role and his name to a bar in New York
attended by the doctor played by Tom Cruise.
And from that bar comes the large banner - Caffè da Emilio -
to be auctioned with a starting price of 1,000 euros.
From the same set, the New York city rebuilt in Pinewood
Studios, other items to go on sale include the film's original
clapperboard, with a starting price of 5,000 euros, one of the
coats and a watch worn by Tom Cruise during filming, to be
auctioned with a starting price of 3,000 euros each.
From The Shining, Kubrick's work that redefined horror
movies, Bolaffi will auction one of the most iconic garments in
the history of cinema - the burgundy velvet jacket worn by Jack
Torrance - with a starting price 10 thousand euros.
The jacket was worn by the actor Jack Nicholson during most
of the film, a key feature of the character during his stay at
the Overlook Hotel.
Other items from the movie to go on sale include seven
colored key chains with room numbers (1,000 euros) and two rugs
from the Colorado Lounge, the room where the protagonist "works"
on his novel (2,000 euros each).
A particularly rare piece is the long segment of the original
film with a scene of Wendy, Torrance's wife, carrying her son
Danny in her arms.
Kubrick gave the segment to D'Alessandro although he was
known for burning all parts of a film once the montage was
finished (3,000 euros).
From Kubrick's harrowing and characteristically eccentric
film about Vietnam, Full Metal Jacket (1987), cult objects to go
on sale include one of Sergeant Hartman's hats, a symbol of the
violent and strict Marines instructor who is the protagonist of
the first part of the film (starting price 3,000 euros).
Another item is the green military jacket used by Kubrick on
set with his name printed on it (starting price 10,000 euros).
Also on sale is a vinyl with the original soundtrack of the
film composed by Kubrick's daughter and an autograph for his
assistant - "To Emilio with Love, S. Kubrick" - (starting price
2,000 euros).
There will also be props from the 1971 movie A Clockwork
Orange (from 1,000 euros), a tricorn hat designed for Barry
Lyndon by Milena Canonero, the award-winning Italian costume
designer, who won her first Oscar for this film (from 1,000
euros).
From the same set is a binder that contained the film's
script divided by scene (starting price 2,000 euros).
This auction also offers the opportunity to rediscover a real
cult object: Stanley Kubrick's orange canvas bag with a black
shoulder strap.
The "Tenba 2" was the first camera bag with a minimalist and
lightweight design (starting price 8,000 euros) and the director
never parted with it.
The bag is undoubtedly one of the most sought-after items of
the auction and also one of the most personal items up for sale,
in addition to the handwritten notes by Kubrick addressed to
Emilio and Jannette.
The auction's catalogue closes with one of the last signed
notes left by the director to his lifelong friend: "This is the
last mail pickup. I am very sad ", signed "S".
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