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Lot #288. Harry Belafonte | 18K Gold Africa Lapel Pin
Discover the top jewelry items in "Harry Belafonte: A Man of Action" on March 6th at 10:00 AM PST at Julien's Studios in Los Angeles.
13007 S. Western Avenue, Gardena, California 90249
Phone 310-836-1818 | Fax 310-742-0155
March 2, 2025
A 14k gold hunting case pocket watch. Mechanical movement, 15 jewels, the white circular dial with black Roman numerals, subsidiary dial at 6 o’clock, ornate hands, within a 14k gold polished case, 58 mm case
The inner case back no. 151984 marked Pateck Geneve, marked 0.585 for 14k gold. 118 grams.
Condition: the movement needs to be cleaned, oiled, and regular maintenance performed.
Case, 3.5 x 3 x 1.25 inches
PROVENANCE From The Estate of Harry Belafonte
A 14k gold sword shaped toothpick in a leather sleeve, 2.7 gram, 2 ¼ inches. Signed 14k, Tiffany & Co.
PROVENANCE From The Estate of Harry Belafonte
Comprising a 14k gold bamboo style bar, 1 ⅞ inch long, 5.8 grams; and a bicolored 18k gold bar, with safety chain, 2 ⅛ inches long, 6.7 grams.
PROVENANCE From The Estate of Harry Belafonte
Automatic mechanical movement, the gold dial with textured “pyramid” panel, subsidiary dial at 6 o’clock, gold baton chapters, gold hands, within a polished 14k gold case, joined to a brown leather strap, the verso inscribed, “Harry Belafonte In Grateful Appreciation Home & Hospital Daughters of Jacob Oct. 16, 1955”, with swiss hallmark for 14k gold, case measuring 34 mm.
Founded in 1896, The Home of the Daughters of Jacob was New York City's first shomer Shabbos, fully kosher nursing home. In 1955 it was located at 301 East Broadway. This "thank you" gift demonstrates that, even very early in his career, Belafonte was committed to helping his communities and society at large.
Condition: the movement needs to be cleaned, oiled, and regular maintenance performed.
Length, 9 inches
PROVENANCE From The Estate of Harry Belafonte
A pair of cufflinks, single-link designed as a polished 14k gold rectangle, the versos inscribed, “TO HARRY WITH ALL” and “MY LUV JULIE” and dated 1954, ⅝ x ¾ inches, 23.7 grams, from his second wife Julie Robinson.
Belafonte first met Robinson when she came to perform at the New School, where he was a student, with the Katherine Dunham Dancers. They connected again when Julie visited her boyfriend Marlon Brando on the back lot of 20th Century Fox where Brando was playing Napoleon in Desiree (20th Century Fox, 1954) and Belafonte was starring in Carmen Jones (20th Century Fox, 1954). Unable to take her to lunch, Brando asked Belafonte to pinch hit. They immediately had a strong connection and were married from 1957 to 2004.
PROVENANCE From The Estate of Harry Belafonte
