A Fabulous Auction

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1533

Date Released

20 Oct 1958

Date submitted

16 Oct 1958

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1To Link Commonwealth
2. 2London V Moscow
3. 3New Bluebird
4. 4Dance Festival
5. 5A Fabulous Auction
6. 6Mother and Child

Story

Story No. within this Issue

5 / 6

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: A Fabulous Auction. DESCRIPTION: At a famous London auction room, seven pictures were in search of new owners. There was a large and distinguished audience, including Lady Churchill. Bidding was brisk and the sum paid for Cézanne’s Boy in the Red Waistcoat was the highest on record. SHOTLIST: GV painting (key). MS paintings being dusted. MS audience. CU same. GV Lady Churchill sits down. GV hall. GV auctioneer with ‘Self Portrait’ by Manet. MS Auctioneer. MS ‘La Promenade’. LS ‘La Rue de Berne’ MS same. LS ‘Public Garden at Arles’ MS same. Audience. MS ‘La Pensee’. CU same. MS Auctioneer with ‘Boy in Red Waistcoat’. MS painting. CU auctioneer speaking. MS ‘Boy in Red Waistcoat’. GV final bidding.

Keywords

Arts and crafts; Business and commerce; Records

Locations

London; England; Sotheby’s, London

Card file number

75254

Credits:

Commentator

Geoffrey Sumner

Camera

Ken Taylor

Camera

Norman Fisher

Length of story (in feet)

135

Story extras:

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