SANTA FE, New Mexico — SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — An auction house plans to sell off many actor Gene Hackman property in November, including Golden Globe statues, wristwatches and paintings he collected and created himself.
Hackman died aged 95 at his home in Santa Fe, New Mexico, after transitioning from an Oscar-winning film career to a retired life of painting, writing novels and collecting.
Auction items include a still life with a Japanese vase by Hackman and Golden Globe awards for his roles in Unforgiven and The Royal Tenenbaums. There are annotated books from the Hackman Library, screenplays, posters, film memorabilia, and intellectual art including a bronze statue of Auguste Rodin and a 1957 oil painting by modernist Milton Avery.
Anna Hicks of international auction house Bonhams said the sale “reveals an intimate portrait of Hackman's personal world.”
Prices start at $100 for a Winmau dart board for the average Hackman, or $600 to try his Seiko dive watch.
The catalog includes an image of Hackman by portrait artist Everett Raymond Kinstler, who drew US presidents and drew for comics.
Hackman and his wife Betsy Arakawawere found dead in their home on February 26, sending shockwaves through a deserted city retreat for famous actors and writers seeking to escape the limelight. Authorities determined that Hackman died of heart disease with complications from Alzheimer's disease. about a week after ArakawaA 65-year-old man died from hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, a rare but potentially fatal disease transmitted through the droppings of infected rodents.
Hackman made his film debut in 1961 in the film “Mad Dogs” and later starred in range of film rolesincluding as villain Lex Luthor from Superman and a basketball coach seeking redemption in a sentimental Hoosiers favorite. He was a five-time Oscar nominee, winning Best Actor in a Leading Role for The French Connection in 1972 and Best Supporting Actor for Unforgiven two decades later.
He retired from acting in the early 2000s.
