Live Auction 14139Out of the Ordinary
SIR CHARLES SPENCER 'CHARLIE' CHAPLIN, KBE (1889-1977)A WOOLLEN CRAVAT FROM 'LIMELIGHT'
Lot 533 Property from the Collection of David Gainsborough Roberts

SIR CHARLES SPENCER 'CHARLIE' CHAPLIN, KBE (1889-1977)A WOOLLEN CRAVAT FROM 'LIMELIGHT'

CIRCA 1952

Closed14 September 2016

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SIR CHARLES SPENCER 'CHARLIE' CHAPLIN, KBE (1889-1977)
A WOOLLEN CRAVAT FROM 'LIMELIGHT'
CIRCA 1952
With hook fastenings, a label 'WESTERN COSTUME CO./ NAME CHARLEE CHAPLIN/ NO. 13-2419-1' to inside collar.

Charlie Chaplin, worn in the United Artists film Limelight, 1952.
Picture Show and Film Pictorial magazine.
Won in a competition by Mr. Holbrook.
Sotheby's, London, 20 September 1988, lot 419.

Specialist note

This cravat was worn by Chaplin in the 1952 United Artists film, Limelight. It is sold with a letter from the editor of Picture Show and Film Pictorial magazine congratulating Mr. Holbrook on his win.
An image of Chaplin wearing the cravat can be found in J. Epstein, G. Brown, O. Chaplin, Remembering Charlie, 1988, p. 86.