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RICHARD BURTON'S ASTRAKHAN WOOL COAT FROM M.G.M.'s 'THE V.I.P.s', 1963, co-starring Elizabeth

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RICHARD BURTON'S ASTRAKHAN WOOL COAT FROM M.G.M.'s 'THE V.I.P.s', 1963, co-starring Elizabeth Taylor, Orson Welles, Maggie Smith, and Margaret Rutherford who won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress as well as a Golden Globe, the Costume Designer was Pierre Cardin. The Aquascutum-labelled black 3-button wool coat with astrakhan wool lapels, burgundy lining, inside pocket, angled pockets with ivory velvet lining, single vent, and button cuffs, size REG 42, no. 17230, featured throughout the film (paired with burgundy scarf), including the iconic scene with Taylor resting her head on Burton's shoulder in the back of a taxi, as well as on the publicity posters and stills. Provenance: the coat has remained in the family since 1963, passed from Richard Burton to his older sister Hilda Owen (née Jenkins); inherited by her son (and Burton's nephew), Richard Gerwyn Owen; inherited by his son, the present owner Comments: thought to have been shortened slightly, length 39in, otherwise in very good lightly used condition, with some lining stitching loose only

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