ʻO nā mea hoʻomanaʻo ʻo Mae West, hele nā ​​mea nani ma ka poloka

Na Paul ClintonSpecial i CNN InteractiveHOLLYWOOD, Kaleponi (CNN) -- I ka makahiki 1980, ua make kekahi o nā moʻolelo kaulana loa o Hollywood, ʻo Mae West. Ua iho mai ka pale ma luna o kahi mokuna kū hoʻokahi i ka mōʻaukala kiʻiʻoniʻoni me kona hala ʻana. ʻĀnō, e ala aʻe kēlā pale, pōkole, ma Butterfields Auction House ma Los Angeles i ka wā e hele ai nā mea nani, nā leka a me nā mea hoʻomanaʻo ʻē aʻe i ka poloka kūʻai ma ʻelua kūʻai kūʻai. kudala ma ka Poakahi ma ka hora 1 p. EDT (10 a.m. PST). ʻO ke koena o nā mea hoʻomanaʻo e hele ma ka blockon ʻOkakopa 24 pū kekahi ma Los Angeles. ʻO West's longtime companion, muscle man Charles Krauser, i kapa ʻia ʻo Paul Novak, ʻo ia ka hoʻoilina nui o West no kāna mau waiwai pilikino. I kona make ʻana i ka makahiki 1999, ua puka mai ka hōʻiliʻili o West -- he mau tausani ʻāpana kiʻiʻoniʻoni a me nā mea hoʻomanaʻo hoʻomanaʻo, a me nā ʻāpana he nui o nā mea nani a me nā lole lole - a ke kūʻai ʻia nei e kāna waiwai. ʻO Kevin Thomas, he mea loiloi kiʻiʻoniʻoni a me ka mea hoʻolaha leʻaleʻa no The Los Angeles Times, he hoaaloha lōʻihi ʻo ia no West a me Krauser - ua hāʻawi ʻo ia i ka eulogy ma ka hoʻolewa o West - a hele i nā hopena o Krauser. I kāna ʻimi ʻana, ua ʻike ʻo Thomas i nā mea nani a ka mea hana keaka a me kāna mau pepa pilikino, me ka palapala ʻauhau kālā o West 1936, nā palapala kahiko, nā leka mai W. C. ʻO ke aloha ma waena o lāua ʻelua, ka mea i hui i ka wā i hōʻike ʻia ai ʻo Krauser ma ke kahua hōʻikeʻike o West me nā kāne ʻiʻo he nui, ʻo ia ka mea maoli, wahi a Thomas. e malama ia Miss West, a heid," wahi a Thomas, "Aole laua i mare no ka mea, aole i makemake o Mae West e lilo ia Mrs. ʻO kēlā me kēia." Ua kākau ʻia nā leka mai Fields i ka wā i hana mua ʻia ai lāua ʻelua no kā lāua kiʻiʻoniʻoni 1940, "My Little Chickadee." Ua hoʻomau nā lono ʻaʻole i kuʻikahi lāua, akā ʻaʻole pololei kēlā, wahi a Thomas." , a ua ʻike ʻo ia i loko o kāna ʻaelike i manaʻo ʻia e hana ʻo ia i kēlā helu, a ʻoiai ua hana ʻo ia," wahi a Thomas. ʻAʻole hopohopo ʻo West i ka manaʻo o kekahi. ʻO ka moekolohe, he wahine hoʻokuʻu ʻia ʻo ia a makemake ʻo ia e komo i nā mea ʻelua ʻano. ʻO kekahi o kāna mea kaulana loa ma "Night After Night" (1932), me George Raft. I ka wā e ʻōlelo ai kahi kaikamahine nānā pāpale i ke ʻano o West, "E ka maikaʻi, he aha nā mea nani!" Pane mai ʻo West, "ʻAʻohe pili o ka maikaʻi." ʻO West kahi hoʻololi wahine hoʻokahi wahine, e like me Thomas. "ʻAʻohe mea hana keaka i loaʻa ka hopena like ʻole i ka nohona pili kanaka o kona manawa," wahi āna. Ua hoʻopuka nā mea nani i nā nīnau he nui, wahi a Peter Shemonsky, ka luna hoʻomalu o Butterfields o nā mea nani. , no ka mea ʻo lākou nā MaeWest" wahi āna. "No ka loaʻa ʻana o kahi hōʻiliʻili e like me kēia ʻano maʻamau." Manaʻo ka poʻe kūʻai aku e hiki ke kiʻi i kāna mau mea nani i $250,000, akā ʻaʻole ia he mea hiki ʻole i kēlā me kēia ʻāpana ke hiki i ka mea kūʻai maʻamau, wahi a Shemonsky." ua manaʻo ʻia ma waena o $200 a me $300," wahi āna. "He wati lima o ka lede ma waena o $700 a me $900." Aia kekahi mau makana kumu kūʻai. "Aia kahi kūpeʻe lima i manaʻo ʻia ma waena o $20,000 a me $30,000," wahi a Shemonsky. "ʻO ka ʻāpana waiwai loa i ka hōʻiliʻili ʻana ʻo ke apo mai Mae West. He daimana nui ia, ʻoi aku ma mua o 16 carats, i kahi manawa e piʻi mai ana mai ka makahiki 1930." He manawa koʻikoʻi kēlā manawa ma Hollywood, a ʻo West kekahi o nā poʻe i hana pēlā, wahi a Thomas." he ʻumi makahiki ma ka mōʻaukala Hollywood no ka mea ua aʻo nā kiʻiʻoniʻoni e kamaʻilio," wahi āna. "He ʻumi makahiki koʻikoʻi, noʻonoʻo, koʻikoʻi ia ma Americancinema, a ʻo Mae West ka mea kūpono loa ma waena o ia mea." He 60 mau ʻāpana nui ko West memorabilia a manaʻo ʻia e kiʻi ʻoi aku ma mua o $100,000. Makemake ʻoe i kahi ʻāpana o Tinseltown? E loaʻa nā kudala ʻelua ma ka pūnaewele ma www.Butterfields.com.RELATED STORIES: