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An auction house plans to sell various possessions of actor Gene Hackman in November, including Golden Globe statuettes, a wristwatch and paintings he collected and created.
Hackman died at his home at the age of 95 Santa FeNew Mexico, after a life-changing career in retirement from an Oscar-winning career in film to painting, writing novels and collecting.
Auction items include a still-life painting of a Japanese vase by Hackman and Golden Globe awards from roles in “Unforgiven” and “The Royal Tenenbaums.” There are annotated books, scripts, posters, movie memorabilia from Hackman’s library – and high-brow art including a bronze bust of Auguste Rodin and a 1957 oil painting by modernist Milton Avery.
Anna Hicks’s bonhams The international auction house said the sale “offers an intimate portrait of Hackman’s private world.”
Listings start at $100 for Hackman’s Everyman Winmau Dart board or $600 for a shot at his Seiko diver wristwatch.
The catalog includes Hackman’s likeness of portrait artist Everett Raymond Kinsler, who painted American presidents and created illustrations for comic books.
Hackman and his wife, Betsy ArakawaHe was found dead inside his home on Feb. 26 — sending shock waves through a high-desert town refuge for famous actors and writers trying to escape the spotlight. Authorities determined that Hackman died of heart disease with complications from Alzheimer’s disease, about a week after Arakawa, 65, died of Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome, a rare but potentially fatal disease spread by the feces of infected rodents.
Hackman made his film debut in 1961’s “Mad Dog Cole” and went on to appear in numerous film roles, including playing “Superman” villain Lex Luthor and a basketball coach seeking redemption in the sentimental favorite “Hoosiers.” he was five times oscar Nominee who won Best Actor in a Leading Role for “The French Connection” in 1972 and Best Actor in a Supporting Role two decades later for “Unforgiven.”
He retired from acting in the early 2000s.