Clark Gable/Carole Lombard

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Clark Gable/Carole Lombard
A gold bracelet, designed as a series of openwork geometric gold links, mounted in gold, the clasp engraved with the initials CG and on the reverse of the clasp I LOVE YOU, CL [Carole Lombard]; accompanied by two black and white photographs of Gable wearing the bracelet, one taken on the set of San Francisco, 1936, with Jeanette Macdonald -- 10x8in. (25.4x20.3cm.), the other taken by Clarence Sinclair-Bull on a ship, possibly on the set of Mutiny On The Bounty, 1935, with photographer's ink-stamp to the reverse -- 13x10in. (33x25.4cm.) (3)

Provenance

The Estate of Clark Gable

Lot Essay

Clark Gable and Carole Lombard began their love affair in the mid-1930s but their relationship was kept a secret as Gable was still married to his second wife, Ria. Gable was finally divorced from Ria on March 7, 1939, and on March 29, 1939, Gable and Lombard were married.
Photographs of Gable wearing this bracelet engraved from Lombard bear witness to the length of their love affair as he is seen wearing this bracelet as early as 1934.

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