A film-worn 10-button bib front shirt with Western Costume Co. label sewn in: “9169-1 / John Wayne / Chest 46 / Sleeve 36." Also bears WCC stamps. Includes a number of promotional photos from “The Horse Soldiers” of Wayne wearing the shirt.
Wayne starred as Colonel John Marlowe, a Union cavalry officer in the 1959 John Ford film. Shirt has fading/inconsistent coloration.
Lot 107, Sold $14,160.
Brian Lebel's Mesa Old West Auction - January 23, 2021. Mesa, AZ.
A bright blue 8 button bib front shirt worn by John Wayne as Texas cattleman, Thomas Dunson in 1948’s “Red River” directed by Howard Hawks. Alongside Wayne was Montgomery Cliff, Harry Carey, Harry Carey Jr. and Noah Beery Jr. Western Costume Co. label sewn in, hand written specs, with stamp.
“Red River” was the first important collaboration between Howard Hawks and John Wayne. Nominated for 2 Academy Awards, it was a commercial and critical success.
Lot 274, Sold $21,240.
Brian Lebel's Mesa Old West Auction - January 23, 2021. Mesa, AZ.
The iconic 10 button bib front shirt worn by Wayne in "The Searchers" (1956), Complete with Wayne's original screen worn neckerchief. Sewn-in Western Costume Co. label: "11-2107-2 / John Wayne / Chest 46 / Sleeve Ch. #5", with WCC stamps.
More than just a John Wayne and John Ford collaboration, “The Searchers” is widely regarded to be one of the greatest Westerns of all time. Directed by John Ford, starring Wayne as Ethan Edwards along with Natalie Wood, Jeffery Hunter and Vera Miles.
"John Ford's “The Searchers” contains scenes of magnificence, and one of John Wayne's best performances. There are shots that are astonishingly beautiful. A cover story in New York magazine called it the most influential movie in American history… Ethan Edwards, fierce, alone, a defeated soldier with no role in peacetime, is one of the most compelling characters Ford and Wayne ever created (they worked together on 14 films)." --Roger Ebert
Included in the lot is an original promotional photo of Wayne wearing the shirt.
Lot 280, Sold $23,600.
Brian Lebel's Mesa Old West Auction - January 23, 2021. Mesa, AZ.
