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Joan's Personal Belongings

These items once owned or worn by Joan are divided into 3 categories below:

Clothing/Shoes/Accessories

(Movie Costumes and Personal Attire)

 

Jewelry

(Precious/Semi-Precious and Costume)

 

Other

(Personal checks, compacts, etc.)

 

(Note: To see other items from Joan's wardrobe, visit TheFrock.com vintage clothing site.)

 

Clothing/Shoes/Accessories

Movie Costumes

These two dresses are from the personal collection of a San Diego collector. The dress on the left was worn by Joan in Mildred Pierce (the opening night of Mildred's restaurant). The dress on the right is the wedding gown from 1935's I Live My Life. Thanks to Mr. T for contributing these photos to this site.

Click on either picture to see enlarged photos accompanied by shots of Joan wearing the dresses.

         

 

From the June 22, 2006, Christie's Auction

Lot 235: The Women, 1939/Joan Crawford A dazzling full-length skirt designed by Adrian for Joan Crawford as Crystal Allen in the 1939 M.G.M. film "The Women," accompanied by a silver v-shaped waistband encrusted with various shaped rhinestones.  (Thanks to Samantha Kaylor of Christie's for the photo and information.)

See this site's photos from "The Women" for shots of Joan wearing this skirt.

 

         

Above are two dresses recently auctioned off by Live Auction. At left, a costume from Harriet Craig; at right, the iconic Queen Bee dress.

 

Joan blouse worn in 'Best of Everything.' From Debbie Reynolds' collection, auctioned 12/6/03. Winning bid not disclosed, but brought between $1000 and $2000.    

 Above left is a Joan-costume from The Best of Everything, auctioned 12/6/03 from Debbie Reynolds' collection
and bringing in between $1,000 and $2,000. Above right is Joan's waitress dress from Mildred Pierce, which is housed at the University of Texas's Humanities Research Center.

 

Personal Attire

A Joan-dress from the '60s. Auctioned on eBay in 2002.      A '60s-dress auctioned on eBay in 2002.      A '60s-dress auctioned on eBay in 2002.

 A cashmere and mink coat.      A Joan-dress from the '40s. Auctioned online in Feb. '05 starting at $300.     Bathing suit. Auctioned May '07 on eBay.

Joan's shoes, from hairdresser Sydney Guilaroff's collection. Ebay auction 4/04.          Shoes from Sydney Guilaroff's collection. Ebay auction 4/04.

Leach Kale shoes and handbag set.      

 Auctioned November 2006 on eBay.

Kidskin gloves auctioned from Sydney Guilaroff's collection, 5/04.       A Schiaparelli turban.

 A handbag purchased by John Scott at the 1978 Christie's auction.      EBay auction 9/04, from Roslyn Herman Antiques.      Handbags of china silk with vinyl covering, from the Sotheby's auction. Auctioned on eBay in 11/04 starting at $900.

 

Jewelry

Click here to see 12 photos plus descriptions of Joan's jewelry from Hollywood Jewels. (Thanks, Vincent!)

Precious  and Semi-precious

An aquamarine and diamonds set.     Click to see larger picture.

ABOVE: Aquamarine and diamond suite by Verger Freres. Bought by Joan circa 1935. Sold at auction to Andy Warhol in 1978, then sold at Sotheby's NY in 1988. Auction in 2009 at Hancocks of London. (Click for full description.)

 

ABOVE: c. 1935 platinum art deco necklace, with 172 diamonds, by Stephen Russell. Valued in 2009 at $195,000. Presented at the Golden Globes' red carpet show in '09 by Platinum Guild International.

 

 Bracelet of 14k gold, platinum, star sapphires, star rubies, diamonds.

A collar encrusted with semi-precious stones, including topaz. From a Roslyn Herman auction.      A citrine collection.     Topaz and rhinestones.

 

Costume

Joan's faux gold ram-headed bracelet. From the William Wilt collection.       Joan's 'lucky watch,' given to Hollywood psychic John Cohan in the '50s. She told him it helped her survive two car accidents.

 

16-inch '60s rhinestone necklace from Sydney Guilaroff's '95 auction.        Costume necklace.       From the 1960 Helen Turpin collection.       Faux jade necklace, currently auctioned on the Roslyn Herman site for $225.

 

 Costume necklace.

 

  Costume brooch.           Rhinestone brooch, 2-1/2 inches wide. Joan left this lying around the set of '51's 'Goodbye My Fancy' and co-star Janice Rule snatched it! First auctioned in the '90s.           Costume brooch, 2-1/2 x 1-3/4 in. By Marboux, from a Mr. Jeffries' collection.

 A gold-coated pin being auction online in Feb. '05 starting at $225.      A brooch.      Costume brooch from makeup man Gordon Bau's auction

 

A slider watch. A slider watch.

 

   Crystal earrings being auctioned off online in Feb. '05 starting at $250.     Joan's lavendar and silver earrings. Being auctioned online 9/05.    Costume earrings.

 

Other

Personal stationery, circa 1920s          Part of Joan's Kuan-Yin porcelain collection.         Bookplate: From the library of Joan Crawford. (It's hard to see here, but the face on the Venus de Milo is Joan's!)

 Dresser set.

A Joan cigarette case, from the Allen Jeffries collection; being auctioned 9/05 online.     Cigarette case.

 

Joan's gift to Burlingham, NC, radio program director in May 1967 when she was touring for Pepsi.          A compact, 5 x 3-1/2 inches, with raspberry lipstick and compartments for loose and solid powder. As of 5/04, this was on sale for $365 on the Roslyn Herman auction site.      A compact.

 

    Makeup case given to Joan by Frank Sinatra, Christmas 1957.      Inside of makeup case.

 Sinatra's inscription on bottom of case.

 

Joan's pharmacy card from the Clayton and Edwards Pharmacy in NYC.              A recent button made out of Joan's old MGM employee card #13998. It also shows her Social Security number: 568-10-8455.

 

A personal check from Joan's last address on E. 69th St.

A batch of checks written in 1976.