GEORGE HURRELL'S ICONIC PORTRAIT OF JEAN HARLOW ON A WHITE BEARSKIN RUG CREATED FOR VANITY FAIR MAGAZINE NOW SPEARHEADS ONE OF THE LARGEST AUCTIONS OF GLAMOR PHOTOGRAPHY IN ART HISTORY. THE ORIGINAL CAMERA NEGATIVE, AS WELL AS A CUSTOM PRINT OF THE INCOMPARABLE PHOTOGRAPH IS REGARDED AS HURRELL'S MOST IMPORTANT PORTRAIT AND IS ESTIMATED TO SELL FOR OVER $20,000. THE MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR MICHAEL H EPSTEIN AND SCOTT E SCHWIMER COLLECTION , WHICH CONTAINS TENS OF THOUSANDS OF THE BEST EXAMPLES OF HOLLYWOOD FINE ART, WILL BE AUCTIONED OFF BY PROFILES IN HISTORY BEGINNING 26.MARCH. THE MICHAEL H EPSTEIN AND SCOTT E SCHWIMER COLLECTION IS RECOGNIZED AS TEH WORLD'S LARGEST COLLECTION OF GEORGE HURRELL AND INCLUDES OVER 1,000 ORIGINAL VINTAGE PHOTOGRAPHS AS WELL AS 500 CAMERA NEGATIVES. FEATURED ARE DOZENS OF THE MOST VALUABLE 8x10 CAMERA NEGATIVES FROM HURRELL'S CAREER. INCLUDED IS THE BEARSKIN RUG PORTRAIT AS WELL AS THE NEGATIVES USED FOR THE HURRELL PORTFOLIOS TOGETHER WITH THOSE OF GARY COOPER, BETTE DAVIS, MARLENE DIETRICH, RITA HAYWORTH, VERONICA LAKE, AND JOHNNY WEISSMULLER FROM TARZAN, WHICH IS THE MOST SYMBOLIC EVER TAKEN OF A MALE SUBJECT IN HOLLYWOOD. EPSTEIN AND SCHWIMER RECENTLY DECIDED TO OPEN UP THEIR VAULTS AND FOR THE FIRST TIME WILL BE SELLING THEIR COLLECTED PHOTOGRAPHS AND FINE ART MASTERPIECES TO BENEFIT MANY CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS THEY PASSIONATELY SUPPORT, PRIMARILY THE LOS ANGELES GAY & LESBIAN CENTER ON WHICH EPSTEIN SERVED AS BOARD MEMBER FOR 7 YEARS. 'IT'S TIME FOR SCOTT AND ME TO SHARE THE FRUITS OF OUR 25 YEAR COLLECTION WITH THE REST OF THE WORLD. WE WANT OTHERS TO ENJOY AND EMBRACE THE MOST REWARDING FIELD OF COLLECTING WITH WHICH WE CAN EVER IMAGINE BEING INVOLVED IN', EPSTEIN SAID ABOUT THE UPCOMING AUCTION. 'THERE IS NO BETTER ORGANIZATION THAN PROFILES IN HISTORY TO ENTRUST OUR COLLECTION. I AM CERTAIN THAT SCOTT AND I WILL BE BACK COLLECTING ONCE THIS AUCTION IS OVER.'
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