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:

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:
Film clip

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'A Fabulous Auction', British Movietone News Issue No. 1533, 20 Oct 1958. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/22665 (Accessed 08 Feb 2025)