LOS ANGELES (CNS) – Singer, actor, and activist Harry Belafonte would be the focus of an public sale that includes practically 400 artifacts from his seven-decade profession, Julien’s Auctions and Turner Traditional Films introduced at the moment.
The public sale, titled “Harry Belafonte: A Man of Motion,” will happen March 6 in Los Angeles and on-line at juliensauctions.com.Belafonte, who rose to fame as a calypso singer within the Nineteen Fifties, starred in movies resembling “Carmen Jones,” “Island within the Solar” and “Odds Towards Tomorrow” and have become closely concerned within the civil rights motion, died from congestive coronary heart failure on April 25, 2023, at age 96.Julien’s and TCM, in partnership with Black Music Motion Coalition, may also host a particular screening of the documentary “Following Harry” on Feb. 19 with a panel that includes the documentary’s director Susanne Rostock, BMAC President and CEO Willie Stiggers, singer-songwriter Aloe Blacc and rap icon Chuck D of Public Enemy.A number of gadgets regarding Martin Luther King Jr. shall be a centerpiece of the public sale, together with the next:— a Chesterfield tan leather-based couch that furnished King’s visitor suite at Belafonte’s New York Metropolis house (with an estimated worth of $3,000-$5,000);— a typed letter dated April 30, 1964, from King concerning a Southern Christian Management Convention booklet ($5,000-$7,000);— a Southern Christian Management Award given to Belafonte by King in 1962 ($500-$700);— a framed {photograph} of King that hung in Belafonte’s workplace ($300-$500);— a black and white {photograph} of Belafonte with King (seemingly taken in 1968 when Belafonte hosted “The Tonight Present”) together with a 1966 album recorded throughout a profit live performance for King in Stockholm, Sweden and the “A Name To Conscience” field set of authentic recordings of MLK Jr. speeches ($300-$500).Among the different notable gadgets on the public sale embody:— authentic lead sheet music for “We’re the World” signed and inscribed to Belafonte by Bruce Springsteen, Lindsey Buckingham, Kenny Loggins, Lionel Richie, Huey Lewis, Kim Carnes, Cyndi Lauper, Dionne Warwick, Kenny Rogers, and Paul Simon (estimated worth $30,000-$50,000);— black and white {photograph} signed and dated by photographer Mark Seliger that includes Nelson Mandela and celebrities together with Belafonte, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Elton John, Elizabeth Taylor, Tom Hanks, Will Smith, Ashley Judd, Richard Gere, Sharon Stone and Whoopi Goldberg for a Kenneth Cole and KNOW HIV/AIDS marketing campaign on World’s AIDS Day in 2005 ($600-$900);— a typed letter from President John F. Kennedy to Belafonte signed “John F. Kennedy Many Thanks,” referencing the 1962 occasion “New York’s Birthday Salute to President Kennedy at Madison Sq. Backyard” ($3,000-$5,000);— Tony Bennett’s bronze portrait bust of Harry Belafonte, sculpted by Bennett and with plaque studying, “The Patriot / Benedetto / 2013″ ($1,000-$1,500) (photograph left) and his signed charcoal on paper portrait of HarryBelafonte ($1,000-$2,000);— Belafonte’s quite a few awards, together with his 1989 Kennedy CenterHonor Award ($500-$700), “Belafonte at Carnegie Corridor” 1960 Gold File Award ($800-$1,200) and 2012 “My Music” NAACP Picture Award ($100-$200).
