{"id":43589,"date":"2018-03-06T12:39:44","date_gmt":"2018-03-06T19:39:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.originalprop.com\/blog\/?p=43589"},"modified":"2018-03-07T12:16:37","modified_gmt":"2018-03-07T19:16:37","slug":"unsold-james-dean-rebel-without-a-cause-red-jacket-fails-to-sell-in-high-profile-palm-beach-modern-auctions-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.originalprop.com\/blog\/2018\/03\/06\/unsold-james-dean-rebel-without-a-cause-red-jacket-fails-to-sell-in-high-profile-palm-beach-modern-auctions-event\/","title":{"rendered":"UNSOLD: James Dean “Rebel Without A Cause” Red Jacket Fails To Sell In High Profile “Palm Beach Modern Auctions” Event"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Palm Beach Modern Auctions<\/a> received a lot of press in the mainstream media in the past few weeks for their red jacket attributed to the classic James Dean film, Rebel Without A Cause<\/em>.\u00a0 The $400,000-$600,000 pre-sale estimate would imply that the jacket must have been worn by the star during production of the film…\u00a0 Perhaps the provenance supplied by the auction house was unconvincing, since it failed to sell at auction.\u00a0 <\/p>\n

Head over to Rick Spector’s “Stairway To The Stars” Facebook page<\/a> for his research into and analysis of the letter that the auction house supplied in the lot description to support the claims of authenticity and provenance for the jacket:<\/p>\n

Stairway To The Stars – Facebook Post #1 (March 1st):\u00a0 LINK<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Stairway To The Stars:<\/p>\n

Here we go again. James Dean red windbreaker from REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE which is at auction for $400,000 to $600,000 dollars. However, the linchpin of the claim is to put it in costume supervisor’s Leon Roberts’ hands who then pursued it, according to an unsigned typed note from 1962, from the man he gave it to. The problem with that is that Leon Roberts died in January 1957, just after arriving in Japan to do SAYONARA. James Garner opens Chapter 4 of his autobiography describing the event and the 1957 Costumer’s Annual has a full page (shown) dedication to Roberts from his co workers on the production. All this has been sent to the auction house. To their credit, they have replied by asserting it could not be the same man as LAFAYETTE ESCADRILLE is credited to him for a 1958 release. True, except that was filmed between October 1956 and May 1957 and held until the following year. See for yourself… <\/em>https:\/\/www.liveauctioneers.com\/\u2026\/59972873_james-dean-rebel\u2026<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n