Bidspirit auctions | Willow Auction House Auction Nov 6, 2025
Willow Auction House, Nov 6, 2025. 209 lots, estimates 80 - 1000 $.
Willow Auction House -
Behind the Curtain: The Tony Walton Collection includes more than 700 lots from the estate of theatre and film designer Tony Walton. Day three of this three day sale includes items from Walton's personal collection.
A large collection of theatre posters and window cards, including many designed by Tony Walton, is among the highlights. Day three also includes original artwork, books, awards, and a large selection of Playbills from throughout Walton's career. A selection of tin litho and other toys rounds out day three.
Willow Auction House is proud to present Behind the Curtain: The Tony Walton Collection. For more than 60 years, Tony Walton designed costumes and sets for some of Broadway’s most notable productions, including Chicago, Annie Get Your Gun, and Guys and Dolls. A Tony, Oscar and Emmy Award winner, he also worked on films such as All That Jazz and The Wiz, and designed for off-Broadway and regional theater productions, ballets and operas.
Lots in this catalog (209)
- Lot 700: Tony Walton 2 Acrylic on Paper Portraits — $200 - $300
- Lot 701: Tony Walton Mixed Media Abstract Portrait — $200 - $300
- Lot 702: Tony Walton Mixed Media Abstract — $200 - $300
- Lot 703: Tony Walton 4 Acrylics on Paper — $200 - $300
- Lot 704: Tony Walton Acrylic Guinevere — $200 - $300
- Lot 705: Tony Walton Acrylic Self Portrait — $200 - $300
- Lot 706: Tony Walton Collage With Inscription — $400 - $500
- Lot 707: After JMW Turner Acrylic on Canvas Tempest — $400 - $600
- Lot 708: Ellsworth Kelly Style Oil on Canvas Abstract — $300 - $400
- Lot 709: Rooster Mixed Media Sculpture — $200 - $400
- Lot 710: Wood & Metal Bird Set Design Element — $300 - $500
- Lot 711: Wood Sculpture of a Dancer — $300 - $400
- Lot 712: 10 Theater Awards — $200 - $400
- Lot 713: 25+ Award & Nomination Certificates — $400 - $500
- Lot 714: 4 Awards SETC, Directors Guild, NY Telephone — $300 - $500
- Lot 715: Collection of Vintage Playbills 1950s-1970s — $200 - $300
- Lot 716: 500+ 1970s-2000s Playbills — $400 - $500
- Lot 717: Group of Playbills 10 Binders 1990-2009 — $200 - $400
- Lot 718: Group of Playbills 11 Binders 2010-2018 — $200 - $400
- Lot 719: Group of Playbills 9 Binders All Tony Walton Shows — $200 - $300
- Lot 720: Group of 35 Records Various Productions — $100 - $200
- Lot 721: Greeting Cards, Postcards Various Productions — $100 - $200
- Lot 722: 13 Theater & Ballet Posters Broadway, Regional — $200 - $300
- Lot 723: 21 Theater Posters & Window Cards — $200 - $300
- Lot 724: 18 Theater & Ballet Posters, Prints — $200 - $300
- Lot 725: 12 Theater Posters & Prints, Ballet, Regional — $200 - $300
- Lot 726: 10+ Theater & Ballet Posters — $200 - $300
- Lot 727: 13 Theater & Ballet Posters — $200 - $300
- Lot 728: 11 Theater & Ballet Posters Broadway, Regional — $200 - $300
- Lot 729: 10 Theater & Ballet Posters — $200 - $300
- Lot 730: 16 Theater & Ballet Posters — $200 - $300
- Lot 731: 15 Theater & Ballet Posters — $200 - $300
- Lot 732: 15 Theater & Ballet Posters — $200 - $300
- Lot 733: 10 Theater & Ballet Posters Broadway, Off-Broadway — $200 - $300
- Lot 734: 10 Theater & Ballet Posters Broadway, Off-Broadway — $200 - $300
- Lot 735: 10 Theater, Opera & Ballet Posters — $200 - $300
- Lot 736: 10 Theater Posters 1960s-70s — $200 - $300
- Lot 737: 11 Theater Posters, Ballet, Regional — $200 - $300
- Lot 738: 11 Theater Posters, Ballet, Regional — $200 - $300
- Lot 739: 10+ Theater & Ballet Posters — $200 - $300
- Lot 740: 15 Theater, TV & Ballet Posters, Prints — $100 - $200
- Lot 741: 12 Theater & Ballet Posters — $200 - $300
- Lot 742: 10+ Theater Posters, Ballet, Regional — $200 - $300
- Lot 743: SF Ballet 50th Season 17 Posters — $100 - $200
- Lot 744: 18 Theater Posters, Ballet, Regional — $200 - $300
- Lot 745: 3 Theater Posters If Love Were All, Will Rogers — $80 - $100
- Lot 746: 3 Broadway Theater Posters — $80 - $100
- Lot 747: 3 Theater Posters Square One, The Real Thing — $80 - $100
- Lot 748: 3 Ballet Posters — $80 - $100
- Lot 749: 2 Theater Posters Irish Rep — $80 - $100
- Lot 750: 7 Broadway Posters — $100 - $200
- Lot 751: 12 Ballet Posters SF, Michael Smuin — $100 - $150
- Lot 752: 3 Theater Poster Prints — $80 - $100
- Lot 753: 3 Theater Posters — $100 - $200
- Lot 754: 11 Theater Posters 1960s-70s — $200 - $300
- Lot 755: 7 Posters, Theater, Regional, Off-Broadway — $100 - $150
- Lot 756: 3 Theater Posters Daniel Clowes, McMullan, McKowe — $80 - $100
- Lot 757: 6 Vintage Movie Posters — $200 - $300
- Lot 758: 5 Vintage Sidney Lumet Movie Posters 70s-80s — $200 - $300
- Lot 759: Group of 7 Signed Posters — $200 - $250
- Lot 760: 3 James McMullan Theater Window Cards — $80 - $100
- Lot 761: 3 James McMullan Theater Posters / Window Cards — $80 - $100
- Lot 762: James McMullan 2 Posters 1 Signed — $100 - $200
- Lot 763: James McMullan Signed Carousel Poster — $100 - $200
- Lot 764: Gypsy Bernadette Peters Autographed Program — $100 - $150
- Lot 765: John Alvin & Anthony Goldschmidt SOB 3 Prints — $100 - $200
- Lot 766: Richard Williams Charge of the Light Brigade Cels — $700 - $900
- Lot 767: 2 Signed Photo Cards Barrett & Trevenlyan — $100 - $150
- Lot 768: 21 Books on Stage Design and Theatre — $100 - $200
- Lot 769: 20 Books on Theatre Design — $100 - $200
- Lot 770: 23 Books on Stage Design and Theatre Lighting — $100 - $200
- Lot 771: 22 Books on Stage Design and Theatre — $100 - $200
- Lot 772: 8 Books on Theatre and Stage Design — $100 - $200
- Lot 773: 19 Books on Theatre and Design — $100 - $200
- Lot 774: 11 Books on Theatre Architecture — $100 - $200
- Lot 775: 23 Books on Costume Design Many Signed — $200 - $400
- Lot 776: 24 Books Costume Design & Costume Guild — $100 - $200
- Lot 777: 24 Books and Pamphlets on Stage and Costume Design — $100 - $200
- Lot 778: 20 Books on Fashion, Costume Design and Pin-Ups — $100 - $200
- Lot 779: 17 Books on Stage and Costume Design — $100 - $200
- Lot 780: 17 Books on Broadway — $100 - $200
- Lot 781: 13 Book On & By Cecil Beaton — $100 - $200
- Lot 782: 33 Books On & By Noel Coward — $100 - $200
- Lot 783: 37 Shakespeare Books — $100 - $200
- Lot 784: 18 E.L. Doctorow Books Including Signed — $200 - $250
- Lot 785: 18 Books on Hirschfeld and Rowlandson — $100 - $200
- Lot 786: 17 Saul Steinberg Books — $100 - $200
- Lot 787: 15 Books on Norman Rockwell — $100 - $200
- Lot 788: 17 Books By & On Max Beerbohm — $100 - $200
- Lot 789: 13 Books by Edward Gordon Craig and Will Rogers — $100 - $200
- Lot 790: 15 Books Oscar Wilde & George Bernard Shaw — $100 - $200
- Lot 791: Collection of 26 Oscar Wilde Books — $100 - $200
- Lot 792: 12 Books on Orson Wells — $100 - $200
- Lot 793: 16 Books on Federico Fellini and Raoul Dufy — $100 - $200
- Lot 794: 33 Books Illustrated by Ronald Searle — $100 - $200
- Lot 795: 20 Books on Art Deco and Design — $100 - $200
- Lot 796: 2 Book Sets - Toulouse-Lautrec & Van Gogh — $100 - $200
- Lot 797: 17 Books on Caricatures and Artists — $100 - $200
- Lot 798: 11 Art Books — $100 - $200
- Lot 799: 10 Art Books — $100 - $200
- Lot 800: 27 Books on Fantasy, Fairytales, Rackham — $100 - $200
- Lot 801: 21 Books on Walt Disney and Disney Movies — $100 - $200
- Lot 802: 20 Books Signed by Authors — $100 - $200
- Lot 803: 16 Books Art of Disney, Animation and Walt Disney — $100 - $200
- Lot 804: 20 Books Most Signed By Authors — $100 - $200
- Lot 805: 14 Books on Poster Design and Circus Posters — $100 - $200
- Lot 806: Group of Beatles Books, 45s, Photos — $100 - $200
- Lot 807: Robert Edmond Jones 2 Theatre Books — $100 - $200
- Lot 808: Christian Zervos, Les Arts de la Maison, 6 Volumes — $500 - $700
- Lot 809: Feuillets D'Art / The Living Arts Volumes 1-5 — $300 - $500
- Lot 810: 5 Books Candide, Don Quixote, Peter Pan — $200 - $400
- Lot 811: Ottavio Ferrari De Re Vestiaria Libri Septem Book — $200 - $300
- Lot 812: Japanese Bronze Shokudai Candle Holder — $100 - $150
- Lot 813: Maitland Smith Style 8 Panel Chinoiserie Screen — $400 - $600
- Lot 814: John Swinburne 18th Century Clock With Later Case — $200 - $300
- Lot 815: Primitive Farmhouse Blanket Chest — $100 - $150
- Lot 816: English Simplex Library Ladder — $200 - $300
- Lot 817: Early Continental Drop Front Desk — $400 - $500
- Lot 818: Collection of Fountain & Ballpoint Pens — $200 - $300
- Lot 819: Group of 9 Canes, Walking Sticks, Shoehorn — $200 - $300
- Lot 820: Group of 10 Canes & Walking Sticks — $100 - $200
- Lot 821: Mermod Freres Jacot's 10 Tune Cylinder Music Box — $300 - $500
- Lot 822: Group of 72 Swedish Safety Match Boxes — $100 - $150
- Lot 823: Napier Silverplate Penguin Cocktail Shaker — $400 - $600
- Lot 824: Napier Silverplate Penguin Cocktail Shaker — $400 - $600
- Lot 825: Grand Hotel 14k Gold Key Chain With Key — $300 - $400
- Lot 826: Tiffany & Co. Sterling Key Chains Various Shows — $300 - $400
- Lot 827: Group of Accessories Cufflinks, Medal, Pendant — $600 - $800
- Lot 828: 5 Pieces Carlton Walking Ware Porcelain — $100 - $150
- Lot 829: Daniel Teixeira Art Deco Butterfly Tray — $100 - $150
- Lot 830: 7 Advertising Tins Luzianne, Flash, Bond, Hoosier — $100 - $150
- Lot 831: Russian Icon — $200 - $300
- Lot 832: Sarreid Wood Carved WWI Era Biplane — $200 - $300
- Lot 833: 2 Vintage Steam Wagons — $100 - $200
- Lot 834: Cast Iron Fire Wagon Toy — $100 - $200
- Lot 835: 5 Cast Iron Toys Including Hubley — $200 - $250
- Lot 836: 3 Toy Trains — $100 - $200
- Lot 837: 4 Metal Toys Steam Engine, Steam Roller, Tractors — $100 - $200
- Lot 838: 4 Wind-Up Toys — $100 - $200
- Lot 839: 4 Tin Car Toys — $300 - $400
- Lot 840: 4 Japanese Tin Litho Toys S&E Dancing Sam, Alps — $100 - $200
- Lot 841: Metalcraft Sunshine Biscuits Delivery Truck — $100 - $150
- Lot 842: 7 Vintage Tin Litho Toys Gama, Victoria Boat — $100 - $200
- Lot 843: 5 Wind-Up Tin Litho Clown Toys Chein, Distler — $100 - $200
- Lot 844: 5 Wind-Up Tin Litho Toys Marx, Japanese — $100 - $200
- Lot 845: 10 Vintage Tin Litho Toys — $100 - $200
- Lot 846: Gunthermann SG Fordson Tin Litho Tractor Toy — $100 - $150
- Lot 847: 2 Vintage Tin Litho Toys Jazzbo Jim, Japanese — $200 - $300
- Lot 848: Chein Tin Litho Hercules Ferris Wheel Toy — $100 - $150
- Lot 849: Marx Tin Litho Main Street Toy — $100 - $150