Posted by Hoodoo on May 9, 2006, 7:01 am
Steve McQueen fans get set for the great sell-off
By Dalya Alberge, Arts Correspondent
The Times May 09, 2006
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,11069-2171391,00.html
TWENTY-FIVE years after his death, Steve McQueen, the Hollywood actor
who made classic films such as The Great Escape and Bullitt, remains a
screen legend and the epitome of cool with a following of millions of
fans worldwide.
The announcement yesterday that hundreds of his personal effects are
to be sold this autumn will spark feverish bidding by collectors. The
items have never been exhibited, let alone offered for sale, before.
They include three of his motorcycles, recalling one of the most
exciting sequences in cinematic history — the scenes in The Great
Escape where he made his bid for freedom from a prisoner-of-war camp
on a motorcycle, attempting to leap over the barbed wire barrier
between Germany and Switzerland. He performed the stunts himself.
The film made his name. McQueen, who exuded a mesmerising screen
magnetism, went on to become the industry’s highest-paid actor.
He died of lung disease in 1980, at the age of 50, shortly after
marrying his third wife, a model who was half his age.
Barbara McQueen Bruns-vold is now selling his personal belongings
through Bonhams & Butterfields in Los Angeles on November 11. She said
yesterday: “For over 25 years I have held on to the many items that
Steve collected. I know there is a public who would love to own a
piece of his collection.”
There are reminders among the items of McQueen’s painful childhood. An
abandoned child and an inmate of reform school, he never forgave his
mother, even when they were reunited in his teens. The auction will
include a truck bearing the licence plate number MCQ3188, his number
during the time he spent at a reform school in Chino, California.
Other items reflect his love of toys.
He drifted as a sailor and lumberjack, among various odd jobs, before
joining the Neighborhood Playhouse in New York and studying acting.
The extensive motoring memorabilia include enamel advertising signs,
petrol pumps and sale brochures — many for Indian motorcycles, a
marque that McQueen adored.
UNDER THE HAMMER
# McQueen’s Indian Power Plus motorcycle, a 1920s racer
# A pair of leather chaps and 14 guns including a Winchester rifle
used in Tom Horn, his penultimate film
# Tin-plate children’s toys, including a motorcycle — his personal
collection used in The Hunter, his last film
# Ornate 1920s petrol pump, which sat in his living room
# A Wurlitzer jukebox
# Belstaff jacket, baseball caps and padded motorcycle sweatshirts,
and his Persol foldaway tinted-blue sunglasses — made famous in The
Thomas Crown Affair
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Posted by Bill Smith on May 9, 2006, 11:58 am
>They include three of his motorcycles, recalling one of the most
>exciting sequences in cinematic history — the scenes in The Great
>Escape where he made his bid for freedom from a prisoner-of-war camp
>on a motorcycle, attempting to leap over the barbed wire barrier
>between Germany and Switzerland. He performed the stunts himself.
That famous jump was done by Bud Ekins. McQueen certainly was skillful
enough to have done it, but the movie's producers didn't want his
valuable backside in traction when they needed him for completion of
the film.
Bill Smith
Posted by Brian on May 18, 2006, 5:43 pm
Bill Smith wrote:
>> They include three of his motorcycles, recalling one of the most
>> exciting sequences in cinematic history — the scenes in The Great
>> Escape where he made his bid for freedom from a prisoner-of-war camp
>> on a motorcycle, attempting to leap over the barbed wire barrier
>> between Germany and Switzerland. He performed the stunts himself.
>
> That famous jump was done by Bud Ekins. McQueen certainly was skillful
> enough to have done it, but the movie's producers didn't want his
> valuable backside in traction when they needed him for completion of
> the film.
>
> Bill Smith
Bud Etkins also did stunt work in 'Bullit' and was Ponch's double in
'CHiP's'
Posted by Jeff Mayner on May 9, 2006, 2:56 pm
> Steve McQueen fans get set for the great sell-off
> By Dalya Alberge, Arts Correspondent
> The Times May 09, 2006
> http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,11069-2171391,00.html
> TWENTY-FIVE years after his death, Steve McQueen, the Hollywood actor
> who made classic films such as The Great Escape and Bullitt, remains a
> screen legend and the epitome of cool with a following of millions of
> fans worldwide.
> The announcement yesterday that hundreds of his personal effects are
> to be sold this autumn will spark feverish bidding by collectors. The
> items have never been exhibited, let alone offered for sale, before.
> They include three of his motorcycles, recalling one of the most
> exciting sequences in cinematic history - the scenes in The Great
> Escape where he made his bid for freedom from a prisoner-of-war camp
> on a motorcycle, attempting to leap over the barbed wire barrier
> between Germany and Switzerland. He performed the stunts himself.
Oops.
> The film made his name. McQueen, who exuded a mesmerising screen
> magnetism, went on to become the industry's highest-paid actor.
> He died of lung disease in 1980, at the age of 50, shortly after
> marrying his third wife, a model who was half his age.
> Barbara McQueen Bruns-vold is now selling his personal belongings
> through Bonhams & Butterfields in Los Angeles on November 11. She said
> yesterday: "For over 25 years I have held on to the many items that
> Steve collected. I know there is a public who would love to own a
> piece of his collection."
> There are reminders among the items of McQueen's painful childhood. An
> abandoned child and an inmate of reform school, he never forgave his
> mother, even when they were reunited in his teens. The auction will
> include a truck bearing the licence plate number MCQ3188, his number
> during the time he spent at a reform school in Chino, California.
> Other items reflect his love of toys.
> He drifted as a sailor and lumberjack, among various odd jobs, before
> joining the Neighborhood Playhouse in New York and studying acting.
> The extensive motoring memorabilia include enamel advertising signs,
> petrol pumps and sale brochures - many for Indian motorcycles, a
> marque that McQueen adored.
> UNDER THE HAMMER
> # McQueen's Indian Power Plus motorcycle, a 1920s racer
> # A pair of leather chaps and 14 guns including a Winchester rifle
> used in Tom Horn, his penultimate film
> # Tin-plate children's toys, including a motorcycle - his personal
> collection used in The Hunter, his last film
> # Ornate 1920s petrol pump, which sat in his living room
> # A Wurlitzer jukebox
> # Belstaff jacket, baseball caps and padded motorcycle sweatshirts,
> and his Persol foldaway tinted-blue sunglasses - made famous in The
> Thomas Crown Affair
Now, those would be very cool.
Jeff
> --
> .... --- --- -.. --- ---
Posted by Hoodoo on May 12, 2006, 5:04 am
in alt.fan.frank-zappa:
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>Subject: Re: Steve McQueen's widow putting three of his motorcycles, other
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>exciting sequences in cinematic history — the scenes in The Great
>Escape where he made his bid for freedom from a prisoner-of-war camp
>on a motorcycle, attempting to leap over the barbed wire barrier
>between Germany and Switzerland. He performed the stunts himself.