Bonhams offers Stanley Kubrick’s personal archive at auction for the first time, led by the original Star Child prop from 2001: A Space Odyssey, after a free exhibition of the sale.
Bonhams sells The Stanley Kubrick Collection, the director’s personal archive at auction for the first time, at Bonhams New Bond Street in Mayfair on Wednesday 3 February 2027.
Kubrick was born in New York in 1928 and grew up in the Bronx. He worked as a magazine photographer before self-financing his first short film, a documentary about the boxer Walter Cartier.
He shot Lolita in England in 1962, and England stayed his creative base for life. He then made 2001: A Space Odyssey, A Clockwork Orange, Barry Lyndon and The Shining between 1968 and 1980.
The lots come directly from the Stanley Kubrick Film Archives. The highest estimate is for the original Star Child prop from 2001: A Space Odyssey, at £600,000 to £800,000.
The Grady sisters’ production-used costumes from The Shining are estimated at £40,000 to £60,000. His annotated script for Lolita carries the same estimate, and his director’s chair £8,000 to £12,000.
A free exhibition of the whole sale opens at New Bond Street on Monday 18 January and runs to the day of the auction. An online sale of further lots closes on Thursday 4 February.