SOME GENUINE MEMENTOS OF COMEDY AND CULTURE will be going on the auction block in October. The family of the late Bob Hope will be auctioning off some of his personal items and souvenirs from his long career in vaudeville, film, radio and TV.

Bob Hope’s 10-gallon hat from the movie “Paleface”
is one of the 800 items to be sold.

The man who became an entertainment legend in his own lifetime was a prolific saver and collector and left 11,000 mementos after he died in 2003. The Associated Press reports:

“Dad was a pack rat,” daughter Linda Hope told The Associated Press. “He loved to collect things. Even when he wasn’t conscious of collecting, people would give him things. They would be brought home, listed, photographed and placed in storage. Now keeper of the family flame, Linda Hope, 68, made the first public announcement of the Bob Hope Estate Auction on a recent sunny morning at the comedian’s longtime compound in North Hollywood — 7 acres of mansion, office building, swimming pool, greenery and short-hole golf course. A selection of the items to be auctioned were spread atop two large tables. 

“A lot of the things will go to the Library of Congress,” Linda explained in a lounge where her father gave many an interview over lunch, including to this reporter. “Most of the paper goods will be going there, scripts and photographs and other things that Dad donated before he died. The Library isn’t interested in three-dimensional items.

“We decided that after giving important gifts to museums, there was still a lot of wonderful stuff that people could enjoy,” Linda Hope said.

The proceeds from the auction will be donated to her father’s favorite charities.

Hope’s personal attache case
will go to a lucky bidder.

The auction will be televised live and streamed online so that fans throughout the world can watch and bid on their favorite items if they want to. The sale is being handled by Julien’s Auctions of Los Angeles and you can visit their website to view some of the items that will be up for sale. You can also register to bid at that same site.

All of the collection will be posted online and proxy bids will be accepted starting on September 1.

Julien’s Auctions webpage for the Bob Hope sale is HERE.
Read the full AP story HERE.
 

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