Sir Michael Caine’s gold Rolex sells for more than £125,000 at auction
The veteran actor and his wife have auctioned off artworks, film posters and personal items.
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Your support makes all the difference.A gold Rolex owned by Sir Michael Caine has sold for £125,250 during an auction of the actor’s personal collection.
The Oscar winner, 88, and his wife Shakira put mementos from his film career as well as artwork, furniture and jewellery up for sale as they are downsizing into a new home.
A 1977 oil painting by John Bratby, which was expected to sell with an upper estimate of £3,000, was also among the lots which went under the hammer at Bonhams auction house in London on Wednesday evening. It sold for £31,500.
Also among the collection was Sir Michael’s own Indian rosewood pedestal desk that fetched £10,000 and a poster from one of his early movies, the 1964 war film Zulu which went for £11,500.
Another portrait of Sir Michael by Lincoln Townley sold for £19,000, with the proceeds of the sale being donated by the actor and his wife to the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC).
A director’s chair from the 1971 crime film Get Carter, in which Sir Michael starred as gangster Jack Carter, had an upper estimate of £1,200 but sold for £5,000.
Other items from his seven-decade screen career featured in the sale included a film poster for 1966 romantic comedy Alfie, which earned him an Oscar nomination for best actor, that sold for £4,000.
Two signed posters also went under the hammer. One of the 1969 Battle Of Britain war film which saw Sir Michael act alongside Laurence Olivier sold for £4,500 while the other for The Italian Job where he starred as protagonist Charlie Croker made £8,500.
Paintings from his personal collection were also sold including Sir David Murray’s Shakespeare’s Avon (£3,800), Charles Mozley’s piece Outside L’Escargot, Paris (£2,800) and Going To Church by Frank Dadd (£2,200).
A number of black-and-white photographic prints featuring Sir Michael throughout the years, as well as two pairs of spectacles belonging to the veteran actor were also part of the collection.
Sir Peter Wanless, chief executive of the NSPCC, said: “We are absolutely delighted that Sir Michael Caine has chosen to donate all the proceeds raised from the sale of this fantastic portrait to the NSPCC.
“Sir Michael Caine is a long-standing ambassador of the NSPCC and has been a great champion of our vital work. The £15,000 raised from the sale of the portrait will provide vital support in our fight to prevent child abuse.”