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JULIEN’S AUCTIONS: PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF DORIS DAY PRESS RELEASE
For Immediate Release:
JULIEN’S AUCTIONS
ANNOUNCES PROPERTY FROM
THE ESTATE OF DORIS DAY
All Proceeds of the Auction to Benefit
The Doris Day Animal Foundation
For more information: www.ddaf.org
A Celebration of the Hollywood Legend and
Legendary Pop Singer Featuring Her Film
Costumes, Classic Car, Furniture, Memorabilia,
Awards and More to Take Place Day After Her
98th Birthday.
Exclusive Exhibition Preview of Collection to Set
Sail on Exclusive Queen Victoria Transatlantic
Voyage Presented by Julien’s Auctions and Cunard.
Only European Public Exhibition of Collection
to Open at The Museum of Style Icons at the
Newbridge Silverware Visitor’s Centre
November 26, 2019.
SATURDAY, APRIL 4 & SUNDAY, APRIL 5, 2020
Los Angeles, California – (November 6, 2019) – Julien’s Auctions, the world-record breaking auction
house, has announced PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF DORIS DAY, their exclusive two-day auction
event celebrating the life and career of the legendary American actress, singer and animal rights pioneer,
Doris Day, will take place a day after what would have been her 98th birthday Saturday, April 4 and
Sunday, April 5, 2020 at Julien’s Auctions in Beverly Hills and live online at juliensauctions.com. It was
also announced today that all proceeds of the auction will benefit The Doris Day Animal Foundation, the
Hollywood icon’s charity founded in 1978 that funds nonprofit causes that need assistance in their work,
caring for and protecting animals. For more information: www.ddaf.org
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(photo above: Doris Day’s estate in Carmel-by-the-Sea)
On offer is an exclusive collection of her most iconic costumes and memorabilia from her films and
television shows and specials, furnishings and household items from her beloved home in Carmel-by-the-
Sea, California as well as her most personal items, never before seen at auction that offer a glimpse into
the fascinating public and private life of Day. Over 800 lots will be offered including her Golden Globe
awards (estimate: $4,000-$6,000 each) (photo below); a classic 1930 Ford convertible seen in the opening
credits of her Best Friends television show (estimate $10,000-$20,000); a red lacquer Young Chang
upright piano gifted by her son, Terry Melcher (estimate: $2,000-$4,000); a brass embossed elephant
jardinière gifted by Rock Hudson (estimate:
$1,000-$2,000); costumes and event worn
ensembles including a brown leather jacket worn
on numerous episodes of The Doris Day Show in
the late 1960s and early 1970s (estimate: $2,000-
$3,000), Day’s formal white ensemble worn
when she received the Cecil B. DeMille Honorary
Golden Globe Award in 1989 (estimate: $2,000-
$3,000), a classic red wool coat worn by the star in
the early 1960s and an event worn white sweater
dress (estimate: $1,000-$2,000 each); paintings
by artist and singer Tony Bennett, Pierre Bonnard,
Edward Szymyd, Cherry Jaffe Huldah, James
Abbott McNeill Whistler and more; a collection of
her fine tableware of silver, crystal and porcelain
and animal themed decorative items; a yellow
tole vase gifted by Paul McCartney (estimate:
$200-$400); a collection of her mid-century Louis
XV style and vintage wicker furniture; a leather bound issue of Architectural Digest with personalized
cover featuring a pictorial spread inside Day’s Beverly Hills home from the 1950s containing photographs
of her furniture that are featured in this auction (estimate: $200-$400); a cast aluminum Arthur Court
bulldog ice bucket (estimate: $600-$800) and more.
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(photo above: Day’s dining room with her collection of fine tableware and decorative items)
In addition, Julien’s Auctions and luxury ocean liner company Cunard will bring Doris Day’s exceptional
collection to the high seas in an exclusive auction exhibition aboard Queen Victoria in a voyage departing
out of Fort Lauderdale, Florida on March 17 and arriving in Southampton, UK on March 28.
On the Transatlantic Crossing out of Fort Lauderdale to Southampton, guests will enjoy:
• A daily, rotating exhibit of The Property from the Estate of Doris Day Collection
• Exclusive opportunity to bid on choice items in advance of the general auction
which will be held at Julien’s Auctions in Los Angeles in April 2020
• Q&A with Darren Julien, President/CEO of Julien’s Auctions and Martin Nolan,
Executive Director of Julien’s Auctions
Cunard has enjoyed a longstanding partnership with
Julien’s Auctions for more than ten years, previously
providing guests on board flagship Queen Mary 2
special celebrity auction previews from the estates
of such icons as Elizabeth Taylor, Greta Garbo and
Marilyn Monroe.
Doris Day was the top box office draw of the 20th
century and hit number one four times in the years
1960, 1962, 1963 and 1964. Born in Cincinnati, Ohio
as Doris Mary Anne Kappelhoff on April 3, 1922,
(photo above: Day’s red lacquer Young Chang upright piano) Day began her career as a dancer then later as a
singer on the big band circuit singing with Les Brown
& His Band of Renown and recording their No. 1 hits in 1945, “Sentimental Journey” and “My Dreams are
Getting Better All the Time.” Soon after embarking on a singing solo career, Hollywood came calling and
offered her first film role in Romance on the High Seas (Warner Bros., 1948) which produced her No. 2 hit as
a soloist “It’s Magic.” Shortly after, her duet with Buddy Clark “Someone Like You’ became her first No. 1 as
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a solo star which was featured in the 1949 film My Dream
is Yours. From 1948 to the late 1950s, Day had 30 Top-20
singles, including the No. 1 hits “Love Somebody” and “A
Guy Is a Guy,” and recorded over 30 albums. In 1950, U.S.
servicemen in Korea voted her their favorite star.
(photo left: mantel with artwork and several of her animal
sculptures and decorative items)
Day starred in several hit films for Warner Brothers that
displayed her singing and comedic talents, Tea for Two
(1958), On Moonlight Bay (1951), By the Light of the Silvery
Moon (1953), Young at Heart (1954) opposite Frank Sinatra,
Teacher’s Pet (1958) opposite Clark Gable as well as the
western themed musical, Calamity Jane (1953) which her
song recorded for the film “Secret Love” won the Academy
Award for Best Original Song that year and became her
fourth No. 1 hit single. During the decade, Day had her
own radio program The Doris Day Show and albums from
six of her movie musicals charted in the Top 10, three of
them at No. 1. In the latter half of the 1950s, Day’s success
on the silver screen and music charts reached even greater
heights as she took on more dramatic
acting roles as singer Ruth Etting opposite
James Cagney in the film Love Me or Leave
Me (MGM 1955) which Day considered
to be her best film performance and
which the film’s soundtrack went to No. 1.
The following year, Day would star in her
breakthrough dramatic role as Josephine
Conway McKenna in Alfred Hitchcock’s
classic thriller The Man Who Knew Too Much
opposite James Stewart and became her
tenth film to be in the Top 10 at the box
office. In the film, she sang two songs “We’ll
Love Again” and what would become the
song most synonymous with Day, “Que Será, Será (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)” which won the Academy
Award for Best Original Song. She would return to her musical comedy roots in the 1957 film The Pajama
Game with John Raitt and would achieve even greater box
office success in a slew of romantic comedies from 1959 to
1968, beginning with her film Pillow Talk starring opposite
Rock Hudson with Tony Randall. The film won an Oscar for
Best Screenplay and an Oscar nomination for Day for Best
Actress and from then on, Day became an even bigger
household name with her roles playing working women in
postwar America.
(photo above right: Elephant Jardinière gifted by Rock Hudson
and bottom left: Day’s vintage wicker furniture)
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Day and Hudson went on to
become one of Hollywood’s
most iconic film duos of all
time and would star together
in two other hit romantic
comedies, Lover Come Back
(Universal Pictures, 1961) and
Send Me No Flowers (Universal
Pictures, 1964). Their on-screen
chemistry continued off screen
in their lifelong friendship
and the incredible bond they
shared throughout their lives
and up until Hudson’s death
from AIDS in 1985. Day helped
open the door to tolerance and
understanding of the disease
by publicly demonstrating her support and empathy for Hudson who became the first celebrity to announce
that he had AIDS. From 1968 to 1973, Doris Day starred in her own successful television show on CBS, The
Doris Day Show as well as two television specials, The Doris Mary Anne Kappelhoff Special (1971) and Doris
Day Today (1975). She devoted her life to her passion and advocacy of animal rights and welfare activism
and helped found the Actors and Others for Animals, an organization that rescues stray and mistreated
animals and later founded The Doris Day Animal Foundation and the Washington-based Doris Day Animal
League. After her retirement from acting, Day lived in Carmel-by-the-Sea in California where she also co-
owned a hotel called the Cypress Inn, considered one of the most pet friendly hotels in the U.S.
(photo top: Day’s 1930 Ford convertible)
Day received many distinguished honors including the Cecil B. DeMille Award for Lifetime Achievement
at the Golden Globes in 1989, the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2004 and the Los Angeles Film
Critics Association’s Career Achievement Award in 2012. She
recorded more than 650 songs from 1947 to 1967 and her
songs “Sentimental Journey” and “Que Será, Será (Whatever
Will Be, Will Be)” were both inducted into the Grammy Hall of
Fame. On May 13, 2019, Doris Day died at the age of 97.
(photo left: Day’s film reels including Pillow Talk)
“Doris Day was a Hollywood giant as one of the screen’s
legendary leading actresses, top box office stars and one
of the greatest singers of the 20th century with the likes of
Frank Sinatra and Judy Garland,” said Martin Nolan, Executive
Director of Julien’s Auctions. “On this special occasion of
what would be Doris Day’s 98th birthday celebration, we are
honored to announce that 100 percent of the proceeds of the
sale will benefit her charity The Doris Day Animal Foundation,
to which she devoted her life’s work as an animal rights activist.”
Special exhibitions in Europe and the U.S. for the public to
view highlighted items prior to the auction will be held at The
Museum of Style Icons in Newbridge, Ireland from November
26, 2019 to February 3, 2020 and at Julien’s Auctions Gallery in
Beverly Hills March 30 to April 4, 2020.
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JULIEN’S AUCTIONS PUBLIC EXHIBITIONS
The Museum of Style Icons
Athgarvan Road, Newbridge,
Co. Kildare, Ireland
W12 HT62
Exhibition: November 26, 2019-February 3, 2020
Free to the Public
For more information: https://visitnewbridgesilverware.com/about-the-museum-of-style-icons
JULIEN’S AUCTIONS PUBLIC EXHIBITION AND AUCTION LOCATION
Julien’s Auctions
257 N. Canon Drive
Beverly Hills, CA 90210
PUBLIC EXHIBITION
Monday, March 30-April 4, 2020
11:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. Pacific Time
Free to the Public
JULIEN’S AUCTIONS LIVE AND ONLINE AUCTION
PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF DORIS DAY
Friday, November 1, 2019
Session I: 10:00 a.m. Pacific Time
PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF DORIS DAY
Saturday, April 4, 2020
Session I: 10:00 a.m. Pacific Time
Session II: 1:00 p.m. Pacific Time
Saturday, April 5, 2020
Session III: 10:00 a.m. Pacific Time
Session IV: 1:00 p.m. Pacific Time
REGISTERING TO BID
Registration is required to bid in this online auction and can be done in person at the exhibition, or online
before the sale at the JuliensAuctions.com Registration page to bid by phone, proxy or in person, or online
at JuliensLive.com to bid live online, or by calling (310) 836-1818.
PLACING BIDS
There are four ways to bid in this sale:
1. Bid through Julien’s Auctions Online Live in Real Time at JuliensLive.com.
2. Bid over the telephone through an auction house representative.
3. Submit a bid in person at the Julien’s Los Angeles Gallery.
4. Enter Absentee bids. Absentee bid forms are included in the back of each catalogue and are
also available by calling Julien’s Auctions or online at www.juliensauctions.com.
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ABOUT JULIEN’S AUCTIONS
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Auctions has received international recognition for its unique and innovative auction events, which attract
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In 2016, Julien’s Auctions received its second placement in the Guinness Book of World Records for the sale
of the world’s most expensive dress ever sold at auction, The Marilyn Monroe “Happy Birthday Mr. President”
dress which sold for $4.8 million. Julien’s Auctions achieved placement in the Guinness Book of World
Records in 2009 for the sale of Michael Jackson’s white glove, which sold for $480,000 making it the most
expensive glove ever sold at auction. Based in Los Angeles, Julien’s Auctions has a global presence bringing
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