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Los Angeles, California – (June 23rd, 2020) – Julien’s Auctions,
the world-record breaking auction house to the stars, has announced
PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF STEVE MARTIN, an exclusive auction
event celebrating the distinguished career of the legendary
American actor, comedian, writer, playwright, producer, musician,
and composer, taking place Saturday, July 18th, 2020 at Julien’s
Auctions in Beverly Hills and live online at juliensauctions.com.
It was also announced today that all of Steve Martin’s proceeds he
receives from the auction will be donated by him to benefit The
Motion Picture Home in honor of Roddy McDowall, the late legendary
stage, film and television actor and philanthropist for the Motion
Picture & Television Fund’s Country House and Hospital. MPTF
supports working and retired members of the entertainment community
with a safety net of health and social services, including
temporary financial assistance, case management, and residential
living. For more info mptf.com
JULIEN’S AUCTIONS ANNOUNCES PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF
STEVE MARTIN
SATURDAY, JULY 18, 2020
Emmy, Grammy and Academy Award Winning Hollywood Legend’s
Trademark White Suit Costume, Iconic Arrow through the Head Piece,
1976 Gibson Flying V “Toot Uncommons” Electric Guitar, Props and
Costumes from Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid,
Little Shop of Horrors and More to Dazzle the Auction Stage at
Julien’s Auctions in Beverly Hills
All of Steve Martin’s Proceeds of the Auction to be Donated to
Benefit The Motion Picture Home in Honor of Roddy McDowall
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On offer is the most comprehensive collection of Martin’s iconic
costumes and memorabilia ever assembled at auction from his films,
television shows and specials, as well as awards, posters, musical
instruments, magic props and personal items from one of Hollywood’s
most revered comic geniuses and the acclaimed actor’s celebrated
career spanning over five-decades.
Stephen Glenn Martin was born August 14th, 1945 in Waco, Texas.
He began his comedy career in the 1960s as a writer for The
Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, where at the age of twenty-three,
Martin won an Emmy award in 1969 for writing and made his first
television appearance on the show. In the 1970s, Martin made
frequent appearances performing his stand-up comedy on The Tonight
Show Starring Johnny Carson, The Gong Show, HBO’s On Location, The
Muppet
Show and Saturday Night Live and toured in the nation’s top
comedy clubs across the U.S. Martin became one of SNL’s most iconic
stars with viewership jumping by a million viewers during his star
making guest appearances playing some of SNL’s most unforgettable
characters in the late night sketch comedy series’ most classic
skits: Georg Festrunk, one of the swinging Festrunk brothers along
with Yortuk played by Dan Aykroyd; Theodoric of York, the medieval
doctor; his comic musical portrayal of “King Tut” with its novelty
hit song recorded and released by Martin and his band “Toot
Uncommons” which sold over a million copies in 1978; an IRS agent
and bemused foil to the Coneheads; his happy feet dancing routine
and more. Martin is one of the show’s most successful hosts
appearing on twenty-seven Saturday Night Live shows and a
fifteen-time guest-host. His platinum selling comedy albums Let’s
Get Small (1977) and A Wild and Crazy Guy (1978) spawned two of the
nation’s most popular catch phrases from its tracks “Excuse Me” and
“Just a wild and crazy guy,” with the latter album reaching the No.
2 spot on the U.S. sales chart and selling over a million copies.
Both albums won Grammys for Best Comedy Recording in 1977 and 1978,
respectively. Martin became a phenomenon which led to stand-up
comedy performances in sold out stadium sized arenas where the star
wore a distinctive three-piece white suit that became a trademark
for his act.(photo top right: Martin’s 1976 Gibson Flying V
electric guitar)
(photo below left: Martin’s three-piece white suit and bottom
right: Martin’s wild and wacky ties)
(photo: Little Shop of Horrors film prop)
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Hollywood soon called and Martin made his acting film debut in
the 1972 film Another Fine Mess. His short film The Absent-Minded
Waiter, which Martin wrote, starred in and directed, featuring Buck
Henry and Terri Garr, would garner an Academy Award nomination for
Best Short Live Action Film. But it was his starring role in the
1979 comedy film The Jerk that established Martin as a bona fide
box office Hollywood star. Directed by Carl Reiner from a
screenplay written by Martin and two other writers, the film was a
smash hit, grossing over $100 million. In 1981, Martin starred
in his first serious film role in 1981’s Pennies from Heaven and
re-teamed with director Reiner in three other hit comedy films:
1982’s Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid, 1983’s The Man with Two Brains,
and 1984’s All of Me, which is considered one of Martin’s most
critically acclaimed performances. In 1986, Martin and fellow SNL
veterans Martin Short and Chevy Chase starred as the Three Amigos
directed by John Landis and written by Martin, Lorne Michaels and
singer-songwriter Randy Newman. That same year, Martin starred as
the sadistic dentist, Orin Scrivello, in the movie musical film
version of the hit play Little Shop of Horrors along with Rick
Moranis. In 1987, Martin joined comedian John Candy in the John
Hughes cult classic Planes, Trains and Automobiles as well as
starred in Roxanne, the film adaptation of the classic tale of
Cyrano de Bergerac and co-wrote the Writers Guild of
America Award winning screenplay. In 1988, he took the stage in
the Broadway revival of Waiting for Godot, directed by Mike Nichols
where he played Vladimir, opposite Robin Williams as Estragon and
Bill Irwin as Lucky. (photo above: Martin’s clap boards)
From the late 1980s to 2000s, Martin would star in many
critically acclaimed and box office hit films including, 1988’s
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels directed by Frank Oz and opposite Michael
Caine; Ron Howard’s Parenthood with Rick Moranis in 1989 and again
with Moranis in 1990’s My Blue Heaven; 1991’s L.A. Story, a
romantic comedy hit film whose screenplay Martin also co-wrote;
Lawrence Kasdan’s film Grand Canyon, Father of the Bride (1991)
followed by its sequel in 1995; 1992’s Housesitter with Goldie Hawn
and Dana Delaney; 1994’s A Simple Twist of Fate, a film adaptation
of “Silas Marner”; David Mamet’s 1997 thriller A Spanish Prisoner;
1999’s Bowfinger opposite Eddie Murphy, which Martin also wrote;
1999’s The Out of Towners, a remake of Neil Simon’s comedy,
co-starring Goldie Hawn and more. By 2003, Martin ranked fourth on
the box office stars list, after starring in Bringing Down The
House opposite Queen Latifah and Cheaper by the Dozen, each of
which earned over $130 million at U.S. theaters. In 2005, he
starred in Cheaper by the Dozen 2 and the following year, he
starred in the box office hit The Pink Panther as the iconic
Inspector Clouseau and reprised the role in the equally successful
The Pink Panther 2, of which both films combined grossed over
$230 million at the box office. Other film roles included Baby
Mama opposite Tina Fey and Amy Poehler, It’s Complicated opposite
Meryl Streep and Alex Baldwin, The Big Year opposite Jack Black,
Owen Wilson and JoBeth Williams, the animated film Home and the war
drama Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk. Martin is also an acclaimed
author and playwright whose work includes: the 1993 full length
play Picasso at Lapin Agile, which opened in Chicago’s
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famed Steppenwolf Theater Company and performed in Los Angeles,
New York and other U.S. cities; the 2002 adaptation of Carl
Sternheim’s off-Broadway play The Underpants; 2008’s Traitor
starring Don Cheadle and the novellas, “Shopgirl” (2000), a New
York Times best seller which was made into a 2005 film starring
Martin and Claire Danes and “The Pleasure of My Company” (2003);
his 2007 memoir, “Born Standing Up,” which Time magazine named as
one of the Top 10 Nonfiction Books of 2007; the 2010 novel “An
Object of Beauty;” the 2017 Broadway play Meteor Shower directed by
Jerry Zaks whose cast featured Amy Schumer, Laura Benanti, Jeremy
Shamos and Keegan-Michael Key; and the story for the upcoming
Disney film, Magic Camp. Martin has hosted the Academy Awards in
2001 and 2003 and with Alec Baldwin in 2010.
A self-taught banjo player since the age of 17, Martin is also a
Grammy Award winning bluegrass musician and composer, whose 2001
recording playing the banjo on Earl Scruggs’ remake of Foggy
Mountain Breakdown, won The Recording Academy’s honor for Best
Country Instrumental. The banjo was a staple of Martin’s 1970s
stand-up career as well on his comedy and music albums, most
notably with the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band who played on his hit song
“King Tut” as “The Toot Uncommons.” In 2009, Martin released his
first all-music album, The Crow: New Songs for the 5-String Banjo
featuring acts such as Dolly Parton, which won the Grammy for Best
Bluegrass Album in 2010. Martin has collaborated, recorded and
toured with the Steep Canyon Rangers and Edie Brickell, whose track
“Love Has Come For You” won the 2013 Grammy Award for Best American
Roots Song. Martin and Brickell collaborated on his first musical,
Bright Star which opened on Broadway in 2016. In 2010, Martin
created the Steve Martin Prize for Excellence in Banjo and
Bluegrass, an award established to reward artistry and bring
greater visibility to bluegrass performers whose prize includes a
US $50,000 cash award and a bronze sculpture created by the artist
Eric Fischl. (photo above: Martin’s Gibson banjo gifted by Queen
Latifah)
Martin has received several distinguished honors throughout his
career including an Emmy Award, a Writers Guild of America award,
two People’s Choice Awards (photo left: Martin’s 1993 People Choice
Award), five Grammy Awards, the 2000 American Comedy Award for
Lifetime Achievement in Comedy, a Drama Desk Award for Outstanding
Music, awards from the National Society of Film Critics, New York
Film Critics Circle and Los Angeles Film Critics Association and
more. In 2005, Martin was awarded
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the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, as well as the Kennedy
Center Honors in recognition of his lifetime of contributions to
American culture in 2007. In 2013, he was awarded an Academy
Honorary Award and in 2015, he received the AFI Lifetime
Achievement Award.
One of the top highlights of the auction will be the sale of one
of Martin’s trademark three-piece white suits (estimate: $10,000 -
$20,000) worn during his sold-out stand-up comedy performances in
the 80’s. This suit, consisting of an eggshell white blazer with
peaked lapels and three front pockets, tailored by Giorgio Beverly
Hills By Brioni, with a matching vest, a matching pair of slacks
and a black silk necktie by Dior and a black silk pocket square,
was the branding of an identity millions would come to recognize as
the comedian, Steve Martin. This signature suit established Martin
as one of the greatest comic geniuses of the era and would also be
one of only two such suits that the star would ever wear. He had
two of his white suits, one is currently on offer in this auction,
(the other suit was donated to the Smithsonian Museum where it is
currently on display).
Other highlights include film props such as Martin’s dental prop
from the 1986 film Little Shop of Horrors, a heavyweight
silver-tone metal hammer engraved “Orin Scrivello D.D.S.” and “For
Steve/ Thanks and Love/ From/ Little Shop of Horrors/ 1985” used by
the actor as Dr. Scrivello while tending to his masochistic patient
Arthur Denton played by Bill Murray (estimate: $800-$1,200);
Martin’s signed script from the 1979 hit comedy film The Jerk
(estimate: $3,000-$5,000); Martin’s awards including his People
Choice Awards for Favorite Actor in a Comedy Motion Picture from
1992 and 1993 (estimate: $1,000-$2,000 each); a 2004 American
Cinematheque
award and a Los Angeles Film Critics Association award presented
to Martin for “Best Actor” for the 1987 comedy Roxanne (estimate
each: $400-$600); a Gibson Mastertone banjo gifted to Martin by
Queen Latifah, his co-star on the 2003 comedy Bringing Down the
House (estimate: $2,000-$3,000); Martin’s stage played “Toot
Uncommons,” 1976 Gibson Flying V solid body electric guitar with
its groovy-print strap, accompanied by the guitar’s tan road case
stenciled with an image of Steve Martin’s now famous “arrow through
the head” logo, based on the head piece from his iconic stand-up
act and written “Toot Uncommons,” the gag name of the Nitty Gritty
Dirt Band that Martin worked with on his 1978 parody hit song “King
Tut” and toured with in the mid-1970s (estimate: $4,000-$6,000);
his film costumes worn in the 1990 comedy My Blue Heaven,
co-starring Rick Moranis, a maroon two piece suit with peaked
jacket lapels and an ivory jacquard jacket and trousers and a navy
blue wool traditional military jacket with gold stripes,
epaulettes, bars, and medals and matching trousers worn in the 1989
comedy Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (estimate each ensemble:
$800-$1,200) (photo top left); a red raw silk karate robe worn by
Martin as Robert Bowfinger in Bowfinger co-starring Eddie Murphy
who wears a matching garment in the film (estimate: $600-$800)
(photo right); Martin’s drag costumes worn in the 1982 comedy Dead
Men Don’t Wear Plaid, consisting of a black and white wool
herringbone vest, ivory silk jersey blouse, and a black wool
straight skirt and a 1940s-style, navy blue white dot patterned
cotton dress (each ensemble estimate: $800-$1,200) and a group of
seven loud and wacky ties worn in the film (estimate: $300-$500); a
metal headband with a puffy blue velvet arrow tip and white
“feathers” gifted to Martin by a fan (estimate: $1,000-$2,000); a
pair of clapper boards, one for the 1984 film All of Me co-starring
Lily Tomlin and directed by Carl Reiner, and one for the 1985 CBS
Television special “I, George Burns Comedy Week” of which Martin
directed one episode
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(estimate: $600-$800); three collectibles related to his play
Picasso at the Lapin Agile including a 1995 commemorative Lucite
piece noting that Martin’s play was “the longest run/ in the
history of the/ Westwood Playhouse,” a tan leather-covered trinket
box featuring a color photograph of the Promenade Theatre marquee
when the play was staged there and a related gag poster from
Martin’s appearance at the West Side YMCA (estimate: $400-$600) and
more.
“Julien’s Auctions is excited to present this auction event that
celebrates the artistry of Steve Martin, one of the world’s most
beloved and acclaimed entertainers of our time and a singular and
original superstar whose creative genius knows no bounds,” said
Martin Nolan, Executive Director of Julien’s Auctions. “We are also
honored to announce that Mr. Martin plans to donate 100 percent of
the proceeds he receives from the sale, to the Motion Picture &
Television Fund’s Country House and Hospital, in honor of Steve
Martin’s good friend, the legendary actor Roddy McDowall.”
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Steve Martin Signed Script from The Jerk (estimate $3,000 to
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