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We also ask they hold the environmental standard ISO 14001. Spink recycle all ecological material used on our premises and we encourage you to recycle your catalogue tel: +44 (0)20 7563 4005 fax: +44 (0)20 7563 4037 once you have finished with it. For more information about Spink services, forthcoming sales and sales results visit the Spink Website Front Cover Illustrations: 2, 46 Back Cover Illustration: 37 www.spink.com THE AWARDS OF SIR CHRISTOPHER LEE, C.B.E., C. ST. J. Sir Christopher’s C.B.E. Warrant (See Lot 1) WWW.SPINK.COM November 1, 2017 - LONDON THE OFFICIAL HONOURS AND RELATED FILM AWARDS BESTOWED UPON SIR CHRISTOPHER LEE, C.B.E., C. ST. J. (1922-2015) Sold by Order of Lady Lee A percentage of the sale proceeds will be donated by Lady Lee to Denville Hall, Northwood, the retirement home for actors and actresses LONDON, WEDNESDAY 1 NOVEMBER 2017 Commencing at 7.00 p.m. All Sales are subject to the Terms and Conditions for Buyers printed at the back of this catalogue. Please note that bidders who acquire lots on the-saleroom.com will have a fee of 3% on the hammer price added to their invoice for using this facility. Spink is pleased to continue to offer our on-line bidding platform Spink Live for no charge through www.spink.com. Estimates The estimated selling price of each lot is printed below the lot description and does not include the Buyer’s Premium Bidders should bear in mind that estimates are prepared well in advance of the sale and are not definitive. They are subject to revision. A reception will be held from 6 p.m. For those interested in attending, please contact Rita Ariete ([email protected]) 3 THE AWARDS OF SIR CHRISTOPHER LEE, C.B.E., C. ST. J. A FOREWORD BY DAME HARRIET WALTER, D.B.E. We Knew Him as Tio If the phrase “star quality” had been known to me as a child in the 1950s I would most definitely have applied it to my uncle Christopher Lee, and not because of anything to do with his actual film stardom. For me his star quality existed off screen. I was forbidden to witness his professional stardom by the X rating attached to all his films, although in my early teens, with the collusion of my otherwise law-abiding grandmother, I did sneak in to the Notting Hill Coronet to see Dracula; Prince of Darkness wearing my older sister’s high heels and a padded bra. Long before that he had impressed me as the romantic, roving uncle, who would fly in on occasional visits from faraway places. His presence always created excitement. The pulse of the entire family seemed to quicken, and life became more vivid at the sound of his voice when he entered the room. We were a captive audience for his exotic anecdotes and brilliant imitations, necessarily looking up to his 6’4” standing figure from our quickly improvised circle of armchairs or cushions on the floor. My own passion for acting took hold at the age of nine, which may have been partly inspired by one or two visits to the Hammer Film Studios at Brae, where I was let loose on the sets of Pirates of Blood River but I remember it as a quite independent thought more to do with my crush on Hayley Mills than my uncle’s influence. However by the time I was heading for Drama School I was very ready to attend a rather serious private audience with Tio (as we always called him) in which he tried to put me off the acting profession, painting a direful picture of its pitfalls even though he seemed to me to have avoided them quite successfully himself. I acknowledged his superior wisdom, thanked him and went right on and became an actor anyway. Christopher was full of surprises. His looks could famously terrify, but he was a gentle and, I think, rather insecure man. He took himself seriously but was extremely funny. He could seem a bit uncoordinated but he was an excellent sportsman and did most of his own stunts. His school memories were more about sport than academe, but as an adult he was an eternal autodidact with a prodigious memory. There was very little he didn’t know about opera and his own rich baritone voice could have led to a singing career if he had been able to afford the training. In his book Tall Dark and Gruesome he wrote eloquently about this and about his early life, the immediate family he grew up with, his days at Wellington College and how, like most young men of his generation, his youth was violently interrupted by the war. He enlisted in the RAF but when he blacked out at a certain altitude he was forced to abandon that path. Instead he became an Intelligence Officer, in which role his un- English looks, his fluency in five languages and his bravery made him excellent material. To the day he died he never disclosed any details of the things he saw or the secrets he had kept, but I know they would have fed into his acting when he played out adventures in a safer form.