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The Price family
sewing box! You just never know what will turn up in this
world! The photos are of both Prices and Grants. |
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Another
memorabilia collector named Robert W. bought a costume hat
at an auction some years ago-- it has a costume dept. tag
with Vinnie's name printed on it inside -- but there is no
hint as to when or what production it was for. So Robert W.
photographed it and sent the photo to Vinnie, asking if he
knew what movie or tv show, etc. it might be from.
Evidently Price had no idea either (maybe it was never used,
for that matter), but with typical Vinnie humor he cut out
the hat, glued it to his own photo, and sent it back to
Robert W. with the inscription, "My best hat!" I was happy
to get the hat, but it's the photo that sealed the deal! |
Here's the
hat, on a Price head I have. |
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The shoe was
pressed flat inside the baby book I'd purchased, and when I
found it there, I thought, "Drat, its mate must have fallen
out during the past 90+ years." But there in the book, on
the page where V.L.P., Sr. wrote about Vinnie's baptism day,
15 Oct. 1919, it says that baby Vinnie kicked off the other
shoe somewhere on the way to the church -- and though they
searched for it, it never could be found. So this single
shoe is exactly what Vinnie's family had and preserved. I
"stuffed" it with acid-free tissue and it came back into
shape very well. Note, too, the curl of his baby hair. |
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Vinnie's smaller briefcase, plastered with stickers from his
endless travels [near right]. The wear on this piece
bespeaks how much VP used it over the years. I like the
length of orange yarn tied to the handle -- a "marker" so he
could spot it quickly in the airport luggage pick-up area. |
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Vinnie's
larger briefcase which he carried on endless trips and
tours. Note the heavily worn handle and his gold initials. |
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[left] Vinnie --
tallest in the family! -- behind his mother and father,
Marguerite and V.L. Sr., with his brother and sisters and
their families on the occasion of Mr. and Mrs. Price's
Golden Wedding anniversary in 1944. To celebrate the
occasion, one of Vinnie's nieces models the wedding gown
that Marguerite had worn in 1894. [right] This was from
Vinnie's personal collection. His role as King Charles II
in HUDSON'S BAY (1941). |
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[left] A
poster which once belonged to Forry Ackerman. It was given
to me by a mutual friend after Forry's passing.
[right] I believe
this was taken around the time Vinnie was doing his stint on
PBS' wonderful show, Mystery! |
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This is Vincent Price's little travel
alarm clock which he carried with him on every trip he took
for many years. Behind it are two of his favorite photos of
his beloved mother and father. |
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Vincent Price
collected many things, including rare seashells! This is
the largest shell his collection boasted, a Syrinx aruanus,
the Australian Trumpet Syrinx! This one is about 21" from
tip to tip, one of the prizes of Vinnie's collection. It
has a hole drilled near the tip on one side so that it can
be blown (as the Pacific Islanders can do), and I understand
that occasionally, when they gave parties, Vinnie could be
persuaded to attempt to get a resounding tone from it. To
everyone's delight, he could only achieve a barrage of rude
noises! |
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this shell and a smaller one displayed in the Price home. |
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Amusing little
Italian etching from Price's personal collection. |
A 1930s studio
portrait, a 19th Century figural candlestick holder in the
form of a British naval officer bulldog!
And another view
of his little travel-alarm clock which he carried on all his
travels. |
A pair of 19th
Century watercolor illustrations, probably for use in a
zoological book. Price liked this pair of monkeys very much,
I was told. |
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This is the
silver cigarette box that's engraved commemorating VICTORIA
REGINA...no idea who gave it to him....The shells were in it
when I got it. Vinnie just could not stop collecting! |
An important
page from the 1911 baby book -- all writing in the book was
his dad's, by the way -- but his beloved mom, Marguerite,
did sign this page: his name, his birthdate, and time of
birth. |
A page in
Price's baby book from 1911 --with some of his baby curls. |
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His baby
mittens, also in the baby book. |
Some of the
cards from Price's billfold --and one or two of wife Mary's,
too, I think -- and a silver luggage tag from Tiffany's! |
The letter
Vincent wrote to Evie Karloff regarding the recent passing
of Boris--a touching tribute letter of condolence. |
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