{"page":"\u003clink rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"https://lessonplanet.com/assets/packs/css/resources-c03aa079.css\" /\u003e\n\u003clink rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"https://lessonplanet.com/assets/packs/css/lp_boclips_stylesheets-517835be.css\" media=\"all\" /\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-title='USA: NEW YORK: AUCTION OF MARLENE DIETRICH MEMORABILIA: PREVIEW' data-url='/boclips/videos/5c54bd84d8eafeecae134bd7' data-video-url='/boclips/videos/5c54bd84d8eafeecae134bd7' id='bo_player_modal'\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='boclips-resource-page modal-dialog panel-container'\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='react-notifications-root'\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-header'\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-type'\u003e\n\u003ci aria-hidden='true' class='fai fa-regular fa-circle-play'\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\nVideo\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003ch1 class='rp-title' id='video-title'\u003e\nUSA: NEW YORK: AUCTION OF MARLENE DIETRICH MEMORABILIA: PREVIEW\n\u003c/h1\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-actions'\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='mr-1'\u003e\n\u003ca class=\"btn btn-success\" data-posthog-event=\"Signup: LP Signup Activity\" data-posthog-location=\"body_link_boclips\" data-remote=\"true\" href=\"/subscription/new\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGet Free Access\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e for 10 Days\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e!\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-body'\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-info'\u003e\n\u003cdiv aria-label='Hide resource details' class='rp-hide-info' role='button' tabindex='0'\u003e\u0026times;\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003ci aria-label='Expand resource details' class='rp-expand-info fai fa-solid fa-up-right-and-down-left-from-center' role='button' tabindex='0'\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\n\u003ci aria-label='Compress resource details' class='rp-compress-info fai fa-solid fa-down-left-and-up-right-to-center' role='button' tabindex='0'\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-rating'\u003e\n\u003cspan class='resource-pool'\u003e\n\u003cspan class='pool-label'\u003ePublisher:\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='pool-name'\u003e\n\u003cspan class='text'\u003e\u003ca data-publisher-id=\"30356011\" href=\"/search?publisher_ids%5B%5D=30356011\"\u003eCurated Video\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-description'\u003e\n\u003cspan class='short-description'\u003eEnglish/NatMore than five years after the death of Marlene Dietrich, relatives will share her legend by sending private possessions from her Manhattan residence to auction at Sotheby's in Beverly Hills.This weekend admirers of the star...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003eEnglish/Nat\u003cbr/\u003eMore than five years after the death of Marlene Dietrich, relatives will share her legend by sending private possessions from her Manhattan residence to auction at Sotheby's in Beverly Hills.\u003cbr/\u003eThis weekend admirers of the star will have the chance to bid on a sample of Dietrich's furniture, clothing, art, and gifts from some of the prominent men in her life like Yul Brynner.\u003cbr/\u003eThe 270 lot collection is valued at 300-thousand dollars - and APTV took a look at some of the goodies due to go under the hammer.\u003cbr/\u003eDietrich bought a Park Avenue apartment back in 1959 and it remained her only official residence until her death in Paris in 1992. \u003cbr/\u003eThe famous diva lived here during her triumphant post-screen incarnation as a live performer, and her grandsons say it was her most intimate dwelling.\u003cbr/\u003eThe apartment has remained virtually untouched since she left it in 1978, but this Saturday, possessions from the love icon's private world will go up for auction in Sotheby's this Saturday. \u003cbr/\u003eFans and buyers will come here to make a bid or just get a glimpse of Marlene Dietrich's personal items from her Manhattan home.\u003cbr/\u003eThe screen goddess was perhaps as famous for her sexual conquests as her acting and singing - the auction reflects this with a range of memorabilia given to Dietrich by the men in her life.\u003cbr/\u003eThis letter from Ernest Hemingway addresses Dietrich as \"My Dearest Kraut\" and the writer signed it \"Papa\". \u003cbr/\u003eWhether or not the two were lovers is still in dispute, but they were certainly close friends sharing a daring approach to life. \u003cbr/\u003eThe Hemingway letter and note are expecting to get several thousand dollars each.\u003cbr/\u003eAnother highlight of the auction is this French desk given to Dietrich by one of her lovers, journalist Edward R. Murrow - it could fetch three to five thousand dollars.\u003cbr/\u003eSex is the driving power of the auction - these fur throws come from Dietrich's bedroom or inner sanctum, the place where her grandsons remember an all star cast of lovers paying homage to her.\u003cbr/\u003eHer amorous encounters reportedly include affairs with Kirk Douglas, Adlai Stevenson, Harry Cohn and even Edith Piaf.\u003cbr/\u003eBut the man she spent the most time with was the King and I star, Yul Brynner - the couple had two separate affairs during the 1950s. \u003cbr/\u003eDavid Riva, Dietrich's grandson recalled how Brynner and Marlene used make love in her apartment in between the actor's afternoon and evening performances of the King and I.\u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE: (English)\u003cbr/\u003e\"And so there was no time to remove his makeup so more often than not the sheets would be covered - and as you know Yul Brynner's the King and wore body makeup from head to foot it wasn't just the face and so it would get all over everything and Marlene sort of enjoyed having my mother come over and see the pattern of the makeup on the bed.\"\u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION: David Riva, Dietrich's Grandson\u003cbr/\u003eA married Yul Brynner gave these keys to Dietrich as a romantic gesture, envisioning a place where the two could be free.\u003cbr/\u003eAt the auction they could go for five-hundred dollars.\u003cbr/\u003eThe most costly items at Saturday's auction are likely to be these Corot works. \u003cbr/\u003eSotheby's is looking for 70-thousand dollars for the painting and around 10-thousand for the pen and ink. \u003cbr/\u003eErich Maria Remarque, author of All Quiet on the Western Front gave them to his friend Dietrich as a financial safety net in her older years.\u003cbr/\u003eThis dining table from Ernest Hemingway could sell for five-thousand dollars - as with most things from the apartment, it has a story attached.\u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE: (English)\u003cbr/\u003e\"In her new apartment sure enough they ate off of cardboard boxes and the next day he went out and bought her a table saying that really the war is over and it's time to get a table.\"\u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION: Peter Riva, Dietrich's Grandson\u003cbr/\u003eA grand piano used by Burt Bacharach to compose could sell for as much as  dollars.\u003cbr/\u003eOther items include a typewriter given to Dietrich by Noel Coward, a cigarette case from Charles Boyer with an asking price of four- thousand and an Orson Welles cigar tube she shared with him during magic acts.\u003cbr/\u003eDietrich's family believe that as her possessions serve no purpose now, Marlene would want the public she adored to have them.\u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE: (English)\u003cbr/\u003e\"Some of these items are going to just the regular folks which Marlene loved more than any of the paparazzi or the stars, she loved the people and she loved them and so this is a fitting way to bring this to her.\"\u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION: David Riva, Dietrich's Grandson\u003cbr/\u003eAll of Dietrich's four grandsons have reconvened in L-A this week for the auction, and are looking forward to a brisk sale of their grandmother's possessions.\u003cbr/\u003eNew York, NY, USA - October 30, 1997 and Los Angeles, California, USA - October 27, 1997\u003cbr/\u003eNew York - October 30\u003cbr/\u003e1. Pan down Dietrich's apartment building\u003cbr/\u003eLos Angeles - October 27\u003cbr/\u003e2. Pan from Sotheby's exterior and pull into Dietrich poster inside\u003cbr/\u003e3. Pan interior of Sotheby's Dietrich preview\u003cbr/\u003e4. Close up of Sotheby's auction catalogue with Dietrich on cover\u003cbr/\u003e5. Dietrich poster and her fur coats\u003cbr/\u003e6. Close up of Dietrich photo portrait\u003cbr/\u003e7. Pan of glass case containing Dietrich memorabilia\u003cbr/\u003e8. Letter from Ernest Hemingway to Dietrich from April 1959 - signed Papa\u003cbr/\u003e9. Louis XV bureau - gift from Edward R. Morrow to Dietrich (Olivetti typewriter was a gift to Dietrich in 1965)\u003cbr/\u003e10. Book called \"Sex Without Fear\"\u003cbr/\u003e11. Fur blanket from Dietrich's bed\u003cbr/\u003e12. SOUNDBITE: (English) David Riva, Dietrich's Grandson\u003cbr/\u003e13. 14-carat gold key to Dietrich's apartment made for Yul Brynner\u003cbr/\u003e14. 1874 Painting by Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot - gift from Erich Maria Remarque\u003cbr/\u003e15. 1835 Pen and ink by Jean-Baptist Camille Corot - gift from Remarque\u003cbr/\u003e16. Tilt down from Dietrich posters to French provincial dining table gift from Ernest Hemingway\u003cbr/\u003e16. SOUNDBITE: (English) Peter Riva, Dietrich's Grandson\u003cbr/\u003e17. Bluther black-lacquered grand piano on which Burt Bacharach composed\u003cbr/\u003e18. Three portrait photos of Dietrich\u003cbr/\u003e19. SOUNDBITE: (English) David Riva, Dietrich's Grandson\u003cbr/\u003e20. Dietrich poster\u003cbr/\u003e21. Photo op of all four Dietrich grandsons\u003cbr/\u003e22. 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