Lot 356
Rock Hudson's Cartier Pewter Picture Frame - A Gift From Elizabeth Taylor. Lovely 11 x 9" Cartier picture frame with a large heart shape for the photograph engraved at the top "Private Lives / 1983"; at lower left: "Darling Rock & Tom" and at lower right: "Love Elizabeth." One small scratch and a couple of tiny dings. With original gray felt bag (somewhat soiled) from Cartier. Tom was Hollywood publicist Tom Clark, Hudson's long-time companion. A beautiful picture frame given to Hudson by his very good friend and champion, Elizabeth Taylor, whom he met in 1956 when they starred with James Dean in "Giant." Taylor appeared on Broadway with Richard Burton in a revival of "Private Lives" in 1983. Hudson's battle with AIDS and resulting death in 1985 put a face to AIDS and led to Miss Taylor's personal involvement in bringing attention to and trying to find a cure for AIDS.
Estimated Value $500 - 1,000.
Property of Martin Flaherty, Rock Hudson's estate manager from 1975 until Hudson's death in 1985.
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