The estate of the late swashbuckling producer and Paramount boss Bob Evans will be up for auction Oct. 24, a year after he died at 89.
His son Josh, with third wife Ali MacGraw, coordinated the sale through Julien’s, a specialist in stardust-laden stuff. "We did Hugh Hefner a few years ago," explains Julien’s executive director Martin Nolan. "Evans appeals to the same collectors who gravitate toward this idea of power, cool and mystique." Hefner crafted his iconography through everything from the mansion to the silk pajamas.
For his part, Evans had his nearby Woodland estate — immortalized in a signed color print by Slim Aarons that’s on the block (estimate: $400 to $600) — and was known for his own sartorial signatures, many available for.
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