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Auction: 312 - Numismatic Collector's Series Sale
Lot: 1647

Hollywood: Hedy Lamarr Austrian-American actress (1914-2000); known for her intelligence, she helped invent a frequency-hopping device whose principles are the basis for cell phones; considered by many the most beautiful woman in film history. Two exceedingly scarce variety Typewritten Documents Signed "Hedy Lamarr Lee," each 3-3/4 pages, legal folio, Hollywood, May 16, 1961. Two copies of her Last Will and Testament, in which she bequeaths "all of the real and personal property to which I may have any interest...at the time of my death to my two children, DENISE HEDWIG LODER, also known as DENISE HEDWIG LEE, and ANTHONY JOHN LODER, also known as ANTHONY JOHN LEE, in equal parts by evaluation..." The first copy is also signed by three witnesses. With a third, unsigned copy. Also with a related TLS "Hedy Lamarr Lee," 1 page, 8vo, on stationery imprinted with the initial "L," Los Angeles, July 1, 1961, in which she writes that "It is my intention that as of this date, I transfer all of my property and valuables to Denise Hedwig Loder Lee, and Anthony John Loder Lee, and I here-by do so." With notarization and witness´ signature. Also with an ALS by Lamarr´s daughter, Denise, acknowledging the transfer, also signed by her brother and a witness. With the exception of a fingerprint on the TLS, all are in Fine condition. Especially notable about this will is that it does not mention James, her adopted son. When Lamarr died in 2000, James contested her will, which did not name him at that time, either. Clearly his disinheritance had been intended for decades! [5]

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