January 26, 2024 Brian Lebel's Old West Auction
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 1/26/2024
Clint Eastwood screen used desk from Clint's 2021 movie "Cry Macho". A Union Desk Co. circa 1910 walnut desk, 48" wide x 51" tall x 31" deep.
This antique roll-top desk supplied to the film by Bill Manns was featured in a "Cry Macho" scene showing Clint’s character, Mike Milo’s office that included the desk and several pieces of memorabilia from his early days as a champion rodeo bronc rider until he was badly injured in the 1920s and turned to horse training. The office scene illustrates Mike Milo’s rich and successful rodeo career. One of the pieces also featured in the office scene where Mike Milo’s (Clint’s) Crockett parade spurs which have been part of Bill's collection for the past 25 years.
Provenance: The William Manns Collection
Provenance and more information on the film and Mr. Manns can be found online at MorphyAuctions.com
The film- Onetime rodeo star Mike Milo, played by Clint Eastwood, now a washed-up horse trainer, in 1978, takes a job from an ex-boss, Dwight Yoakam, to bring his young son home and away from his alcoholic mother. Crossing rural Mexico on their back way to Texas, the unlikely pair face an unexpectedly challenging journey, during which the world-weary horseman may find his own sense of redemption through teaching the boy what it means to be a man
Bill Manns, is an historian, collector and author of "Cowboys & The Trappings Of The Old West" and several other western books. He has also been active in the Western movie business around Santa Fe for many years as a provider of props and Western set dressing for many New Mexico based Westerns, including "Cry Macho", Clint Eastwood’s most recent movie; shot in New Mexico in 2020. Clint starred in and directed the film.
This is not a standard shippable item and will require 3rd party shipping or pickup arrangements to be made.
Item Dimensions: 47" x 29" x 51 - 1/2".
