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Lot #666
How to Marry a Millionaire Prop

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Estimate: $1500+
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Description

Elegant glass lamp base used on screen in several 20th Century-Fox productions between 1939 and 1956, including: How to Marry a Millionaire (1953) with Marilyn Monroe, Betty Grable, and Lauren Bacall; The Girl Can't Help It (1956) with Jayne Mansfield; That Night in Rio (1941) with Alice Faye, Don Ameche, and Carmen Miranda; Down Argentine Way (1940) with Betty Grable and Carmen Miranda; and Day-Time Wife (1939) with Tyrone Power and Linda Darnell. The crescent-shaped base measures 8.5″ tall and 4.25″ in diameter, and features a dangling black-and-white beaded decoration below the main lamp platform. Etched on the bottom with the studio's inventory number: "20th C-Fox, 32-2-25416." In fine condition. Accompanied by a 15.75 x 19.75 display reproducing stills from these five films in which the lamp base is seen.

Auction Info

  • Auction Title: Fine Autographs and Artifacts
  • Dates: #587 - Ended July 08, 2020