George L. Roether (American, 1913-1998)
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
Estimate
$1,500 -
$2,500
Sold for $1,375
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
George L. Roether (American, 1913-1998)
Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra and Rudy Vallee
Circa 1935
papier-mache and paint masks
Made for Disney Studios
each bearing a hand-written label, the first inscribed Bing Crosby A Custom Made Mask by George Roether Cleveland, Ohio Hollywood, Calif, the next inscribed Frank Sinatra A Custom Made Mask by George Roether Cleveland, Ohio Hollywood, Calif, and the last labeled Rudy Vallee No 60-20-16-72 Made by George Roether 1244 E. 125 Cleveland Ohio Patent Applied for George Roether.
Height of first 8 3/8 inches.
Circa 1935
papier-mache and paint masks
Made for Disney Studios
each bearing a hand-written label, the first inscribed Bing Crosby A Custom Made Mask by George Roether Cleveland, Ohio Hollywood, Calif, the next inscribed Frank Sinatra A Custom Made Mask by George Roether Cleveland, Ohio Hollywood, Calif, and the last labeled Rudy Vallee No 60-20-16-72 Made by George Roether 1244 E. 125 Cleveland Ohio Patent Applied for George Roether.
Height of first 8 3/8 inches.
George Roether was an animator for Disney and constructed this series of masks depicting movie stars and political figures between 1935 and 1941 in an attempt to have them mass produced. However, Disney declined the project. They subsequently went into storage until 1999 when a relative consigned them and they were offered at auction. They then descended to Ed Berlin of West Orange, NJ, and then to Betsy Dean of Colorado Springs, CO.
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