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    Russell Crowe is Holding an Auction via Sotheby’s Called “The Art of Divorce”

    Mary Anne ButlerBy


    You know you’ve always wanted to own a piece of Hollywood, and Russell Crowe‘s “The Art of Divorce” auction through Sotheby’s Australia might just be your chance. The Oscar-winning actor is going through the last steps in finalizing a divorce from almost-former-wife Danielle Spencer.

    Russell Crowe is Holding an Auction via Sotheby's Called "The Art of Divorce"

    Crowe has said this auction is to “create some space for the future” in an interview with Australia’s Daily Telegraph.

    “The sale represents the dispersal of a highly personal collection that was assembled by Crowe over many years, including those shared with his former wife Danielle Spencer,” the official auction catalogue on Sotheby’s reads.

    Some of the highlights in the collection aren’t even the movie stuff (for me personally, Russell’s guitars are the real gems), but there are some notable pieces that I wasn’t expecting to see, like the 1986 Grammy award presented to Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee Lewis, Roy Orbison, Sam Phillips, Rick Nelson, and Chips Moman for best spoken word or non-musical recording for interviews from the Class of ’55 recording session.

    Like Maximus’s cuirass from the death scene in Gladiator, which has an early estimate of $20,000 t0 30,000.

    Russell Crowe is Holding an Auction via Sotheby's Called "The Art of Divorce"
    The moulded polyurethane torso in two sections, mounted with leather and applied to the front with embossed silver metal appliqués depicting rearing horses, figures and griffins, rising to tiered shoulder guards
    56 cm high, 44 cm wide, 26 cm deep
    (photo by Sotheby’s AU)

    Or maybe you’d prefer Javert’s vest from the 2012 film version of Les Miserables, because that’s in here for an estimate of $1,500-2,000.

    Russell Crowe is Holding an Auction via Sotheby's Called "The Art of Divorce"
    The sleeves vest with a high black collar embroidered to the front with fleur de lis, brass buttons.

    “This vest was part of my costume for Les Misérables (2012). The actual uniform had sleeves and a tail. When filming horse riding scenes in this costume, with a blue riding coat over the top, it was very uncomfortable so I asked the costume department to make a version that was only what you would see under the coat,” Crowe says. (Javert’s full uniform is also available.)

    Maybe Master and Commander is more your speed, in which case Captain Jack Aubrey’s number 2 blues naval uniform is the lot for you, with an estimate of $25,000-35,000.

    Russell Crowe is Holding an Auction via Sotheby's Called "The Art of Divorce"
    Worn in the scene in which ‘Captain Jack Aubrey’ orders his crew to land, in order for ‘Dr Maturin’ to operate on his own wound, comprising a dark blue, long wool Captain’s coat with gold thread embroidered shoulder boards and brass Naval buttons, a cream coloured ruffled cotton shirt, a cream wool vest, cream coloured breeches and a black neck wrap tie, and a pair of high top black leather riding boots and cream woollen socks, together with a framed photograph of Russell Crowe as ‘Captain Jack Aubrey’, signed to the reverse by Russell Crowe

    The auction is definitely worth a look if you are a Russell Crowe fan, or enjoy a good catalogue of items you’ll never be able to afford.

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    Mary Anne Butler (Mab) got her start in album reviews and live concert coverage for a nationally published (print) music magazine as a teenager. She eventually transitioned to online media, writing for such sites as UGO/IGN, ComicsOnline, Geek Magazine, Ace of Geeks, Aggressive Comix (Editor-in-Chief), Bleeding Cool (News Editor), Nerdbot (as Editor-In-Chief), and now [Bad]Influencers, where she is Editor-in-Chief. Over the past 15 years, she’s built a well-known reputation at conventions across the globe as a cosplayer (occasionally), photographer (constantly), panelist and moderator (mostly), and reporter (always). Interviews, reviews, observations, breaking news, and objective reporting are the name of the game for the founder of Harkonnen Knife Fight, a Dune-themed band. She also produces award-winning immersive events, including Wasteland Weekend and Neotropolis.

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