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Lot 460
Sale 993 - American Furniture, Folk & Decorative Arts
Lots 1-335
Mar 10, 2022
5:00AM ET
Lots 336-681
Mar 11, 2022
5:00AM ET
Live / Cincinnati
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George L. Roether (American, 1913-1998)
W.C. Fields, Jack Oakie, Carole Lombard and Shirley Booth
circa 1935
painted papier-mache masks
made for Disney Studios
each labeled or inscribed, the first labeled W.C. Fields Made by George Roether Clevelan, Ohio, the next labeled Jack Oakie A Custom Made Mask by George Roether Cleveland, Ohio Hollywood, Calif., the next inscribed Carole Lombard No. 92-2-48-76 Made by Geo. Roether 1244 E. 125 Cleveland, O. and the last labeled No. 16-12-24-70 Made by George L. Roether Not to be duplicated.
Height of first 7 7/8 inches.
W.C. Fields and Jack Oakie both appear in Million Dollar Legs (1932) and If I Had a Million (1932). Oakie and Carole Lombard appear together in The Eagle and the Hawk (1933) and From Hell to Heaven (1933).
circa 1935
painted papier-mache masks
made for Disney Studios
each labeled or inscribed, the first labeled W.C. Fields Made by George Roether Clevelan, Ohio, the next labeled Jack Oakie A Custom Made Mask by George Roether Cleveland, Ohio Hollywood, Calif., the next inscribed Carole Lombard No. 92-2-48-76 Made by Geo. Roether 1244 E. 125 Cleveland, O. and the last labeled No. 16-12-24-70 Made by George L. Roether Not to be duplicated.
Height of first 7 7/8 inches.
W.C. Fields and Jack Oakie both appear in Million Dollar Legs (1932) and If I Had a Million (1932). Oakie and Carole Lombard appear together in The Eagle and the Hawk (1933) and From Hell to Heaven (1933).