$7,000
VACHERON CONSTANTIN, GENEVE "Tonneau" model, Ref. 31150. Donated by Kirk Douglas and Vacheron Constantin Notes Kirk Douglas "Kirk Douglas's talent begins in the soles of his feet and ends in the spirit that can vault beyond the stars. " These words of tribute from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts sum up the essence of the man. A lifetime of achievement - which includes 82 films, nine plays, six books, and a host of other contributions to his art, his country and his fellowmen - speaks for itself. Born December 9, 1916 in Amsterdam, New York, the son of illiterate Jewish- Russian immigrants, Issur Danielovitch, who would become Kirk Douglas, was driven to leave behind the poverty of his home town. He won a wrestling scholarship to Saint Lawrence University and worked as a janitor to meet school expenses. A second scholarship, from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, put him on the road to Broadway. He made his Broadway debut as a singing Western Union boy in "Spring Again", but interrupted his budding stage career in 1942 to enlist in the U.S. Navy, where he served as a communications officer in anti-submarine warfare. After the war Douglas returned to Broadway as the ghost soldier in "The Wind is Ninety"; his widely-praised performance caught the attention of Hollywood, and he was cast opposite Barbara Stanwyck in "The Strange Love of Martha Ivers". Three years later, in 1949, his role as one of the screen's early anti-heroes, the cynical boxer in St Read more…
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
1999-02-24
