September 26, 2018 O'Connor's Americana Collection
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 9/26/2018
Diminutive trunk carried in "Unconquered" by Actor Gary Cooper; part of his personal baggage, as character Christopher Holden. Holden is shown carrying it off the ship when he arrives from England. It is also shown in other scenes, such as in John Frazer's Forge. The bottom bears the inventory number "M6870." Constructed with a wooden frame covered with a (now) light tan leather bordered with a darker leather and profusely decorated with large-head brass tacks in the colonial (and later) manner. Trunk measures 17 - 1/2" in length, 29 - 1/4" in circumference and retains an original iron hasp 3 - 1/8" in length. The lock itself, 3 - 1/8" X 2 - 1/4", is a later replacement. Possibly someone locked the original and lost the key. No key accompanies the trunk, but a key is not needed to open the lock, currently. Later the trunk was carried by the distinguished American actress Joan Fontaine in "Frenchman's Creek" (1944) which also starred the award winning Mexican actor Arturo De Cordova . Trunk acquired from The Property Department of Paramount Studios, a gift to Walter, from prop man Eddie Langdon (deceased). The trunk is in very good condition with minor losses to the leather around the lip of the lid. The trunk was on display at the Heinz History Center and Fort Pitt Museum as part of the "Unconquered: History Meets Hollywood at Fort Pitt" exhibit which ran from August 2013 through October 2014.