
Lot 1065A
Tod Browning's dog's ashes and his dog-related scrapbook
21 November 2017, 13:00 EST
New YorkSold for US$1,187.50 inc. premium
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Tod Browning's dog's ashes and his dog-related scrapbook
Comprising ashes housed in a canister, wrapped in unopened brown paper and tied with cord, with original transmittal address label, marked "Dusty" in ink, postmarked 1958, from the L. A. Pet Cemetery, Calabasas, California, to "Todd [sic] Browning," Malibu, California; with a white alligator leather scrapbook bound with cord, 34 pp (14 are blank), 1940s, containing approximately 70 photographs, silver gelatin prints, various sizes, with 3 drawings by Alice Browning, watercolor and pen and ink, approximately 4 x 6 in., and two lithographs by Joseph Galea, unsigned, n.d., mounted on cards. This lot includes the cremated ashes of director Tod Browning's dog, Dusty, with a scrapbook largely devoted to his previous dog, Toby. The photos' lighthearted captions by Browning or his wife, Alice, are comically told from Toby's point-of-view--very much out of character with Browning's dark films. The other images are candids depicting Browning, his home, and his family. Also included are three drawings by Alice Browning of young women in quaint homes. From the William S. Hart, Jr. estate.
Ashes' container: diameter: 3.5 in.; height: 4 in.; lithographs: overall: 5 x 7 in; within cards: 3.5 x 5 in.
Ashes' container: diameter: 3.5 in.; height: 4 in.; lithographs: overall: 5 x 7 in; within cards: 3.5 x 5 in.