Vivien Leigh Gone With The Wind Owned & Worn 1950's Dress from Studio Costumer

Description: This is a vintage, pretty, sheer ivory dress from the late 40's or early 50's and it was owned & worn by Oscar /Academy Award winning actress Vivien Leigh who played Scarlett O'Hara in Gone With The Wind. She also won an Oscar for playing Blanche Dubois in A Streetcar Named Desire. She was a legend of stage & screen. This dress is in decent condition for being ~70 yrs old. The fabric is very delicate & is a little frayed here & there. See photos of the little frayed areas (little separations of fabric, like little holes) on the back of the dress. It has no tags inside of it but looks like a small size. This dress is from the personal collection of late costumer and wardrobe man Kent Warner. He is best known for liberating the ruby slippers from the 1970 MGM Costume and Prop Sale. The winner of this item will receive a typed letter signed in ink on typewriter paper stating how he worked in the industry and met and became friends with the great Vivien Leigh, who gave him this dress to add to his collection. The letter has been signed and notarized. Please see photos as they're part of the description. I have collected VL items for years but now must downsize. I am including a photo of VL. Obviously, she is NOT wearing this dress in the photo. (The photo has a couple bends in it.) Please see my other listings. Would make a great Christmas gift! Email w/questions & thanks for looking! Kent Phillip Warner (March 8, 1943 – April 25, 1984, age: 41 years) was a costume designer, best known for acquiring the ruby slippers from the film The Wizard of Oz prior to the 1970 MGM Auction. He is known to have found four pairs used in the film, (of five pairs that have surfaced). One pair he sold to memorabilia collector Michael Shaw in 1970 for $2,500. These ruby slippers were later stolen from the JG Museum near Garland's birthplace in Minnesoata. sometime between August 27–28, 2005. Speculation persists that it was an inside job as the alarms did not sound. They have been recovered since.Of the several pairs of ruby slippers Warner found on the MGM backlot while assisting to set up the wardrobe auction of May 1970, one pair became a centerpiece of the auction. He later sold all but one of the other pairs, keeping for himself the size 5B pair, believed to have been worn by JG for static and closeup shots, which were in the best condition of the known pairs. He later sold them through Christie's East in 1981 for $12,000.

Price: 575 USD

Location: Aurora, Colorado

End Time: 2024-08-28T20:28:15.000Z

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