Milton Greene

Audrey Hepburn and Henry Fonda on the set of the 1956 Paramount production War and Peace, Rome, 1955

Found at Christies, London (Online Auction)
Audrey Hepburn: The Personal Collection, Lot 348
19.Sep - 04.Okt.2017
Estimate: 800 - 1.200 GBP
Price realised: 2.750 GBP
two gelatin silver production stills
each with stamped photographer's credit and numerical notations (verso)
each sheet: 10 x 8 in. (25.4 x 20.3 cm.)
quantity: 2
It was an era of epics as Hollywood utilised widescreen techniques to compete with the growing threat of television, and Tolstoy's 1869 literary masterpiece War and Peace was the ultimate epic, set against the Napoleonic invasion of Russia. The naïve, waif-like heroine Natasha Rostov could have been written for Audrey Hepburn - producers Carlo Ponti and Dino De Laurentis secured her for the role by shrewdly offering the part of love interest Prince Andrei to her husband Mel Ferrer, with Henry F
Each lot of Audrey Hepburn: The Personal Collection will be issued with a Certificate of Provenance, signed by Audrey Hepburn’s sons, Sean Hepburn Ferrer & Luca Dotti. All photographic material (only) will also be stamped as from the sale Audrey Hepburn: The Personal Collection, September 2017, Christie’s.
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Upper estimate price exceeded by more than 100%

This artwork by Milton Greene achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in London in September 2017. In the Audrey Hepburn: The Personal Collection auction, the work Audrey Hepburn and Henry Fonda on the set of the 1956 Paramount production War and Peace, Rome, 1955 sold for GBP 2,750.00 (€ 3,119.91) - well above the upper estimate of GBP 1,200.00. Admittedly, works by Milton Greene have also been auctioned for a multiple of this price - according to our records, the highest result so far was achieved by the work Nelly Nyad (1952) in October 2000 with an auction result of USD 15,275.00 (€ 18,000.24).

Oberer Schätzpreis um mehr als 100% übertroffen

Dieses Kunstwerk von Milton Greene erzielte im September 2017 bei Christies in London einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Audrey Hepburn: The Personal Collection wurde die Arbeit Audrey Hepburn and Henry Fonda on the set of the 1956 Paramount production War and Peace, Rome, 1955 für GBP 2.750,00 (€ 3.119,91) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 1.200,00. Freilich wurden Arbeiten von Milton Greene auch schon für ein Vielfaches dieses Preises versteigert – das bisher höchste Ergebnis erzielte nach unseren Aufzeichnungen die Arbeit Nelly Nyad (1952) im Oktober 2000 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von USD 15.275,00 (€ 18.000,24).

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