 Bob Hope: Memorabilia auction raises $601,000
There is good news for the fans of Bob Hope. His memorabilia auction has raised $601,000 in a two-day auction over the weekend with some of the highest bids going to his golf memorabilia and pictures of the entertainer with some of his famous friends. On Monday the organizers have revealed this to the media.
Five years after his death at the age of hundred, several hundred items in Bob Hope's home office of Los Angeles were put up for sale. These include golf clubs, letters, cufflinks and gifts from friends like Bing Crosby, Lucille Ball and Tony Bennett.
One of the most sought-after items was a black and white photograph of Britain's Duke and Duchess of Windsor that was inscribed to Bob Hope. The photograph was also being sold for 27,500 dollars that is over ten times its pre-sale estimate.
Signed photographs of Bob Hope with U.S. presidents Richard Nixon and Dwight Eisenhower also were sold for $5,000 and $5,937 respectively. Also a 1951 handwritten letter from Hope's "road" movie buddy, Bing Crosby, went for $5,000.
It is said that money gathered from the auction is beneficial for U.S. veterans through the Bob and Dolores Hope Charitable Foundation.
Bob Hope, whose theme song was "Thanks for the Memories", was an enthusiastic golfer and friend of many presidents who used to entertain soldiers from World War Two to the Gulf War in the year 1991.
Before the Beverly Hills auction, some of the memorabilia went on tour on the Queen Mary 2 cruise ship and was put up for exhibition at a museum in Ireland. |
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