Have a little Hope

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Forget the stock market; maybe it’s time to invest in some memorabilia. Collector’s items from the life, career and estate of Bob Hope will be sold during a live televised auction Oct. 18 and 19. The auction will be held at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills and conducted by Julien’s Auctions.

Among the highlights: a letter from Bette Davis to Hope, dated Oct. 23, 1943; the red and white feathered headdress Hope wore on the cover of Life magazine in 1962; and a turquoise Western suit that he wore on several TV shows.

Want more? For the golfer on your holiday shopping list, there’s Hope’s Dunlop Bogie Busger golf bag and a white, pink and blue striped golf shirt that Hope presumably wore. The contents of his Burbank office of 50 years will also be auctioned.

Items may be viewed by the public from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily starting Monday through Oct. 17. Or take a peek at the online catalog.

-- Ann Brenoff

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