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LOT 9

LOT 10

VINTAGE DRESS

Navy crêpe with silk polka-dot detailing and red grosgrain trim. Worn by Wells to the London première of
Out to the Island
. Small tear in hem; topmost button is missing. Included in lot is photograph of Wells, at première, alongside her mother, Pascaline Lefevre, and her brother, Lucas Wells

LOT 10

LOT 11

THREE MAGAZINES

Featuring interviews with Ms Wells, dating from 1991.Copies are signed by Ms Wells across her photograph.

LOT 11

LOT 12

LONDON UNDERGROUND POSTER FOR
OUT TO THE ISLAND

Shows some wear at corners and damage on left-hand side. Written on the back is the following:

Dearest C, Look who it is!

Astrid and I stole this last night: we got chased by a VERY angry man in an orange jacket. How does it feel to be looking down from the walls of Leicester Square station?? Tx.

Included in lot is original cardboard tube in which Lindstrom sent the poster to Wells, at her mother’s address in Paris.

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LOT 13

TWO POSTCARDS

From Lindstrom to Wells, sent from New York to Paris. Postcard one, dated November 1991, of a photograph of Gloria Swanson by Edward Steichen. Text reads:

C – OK, I admit it. The idea of you working with another director
DOES
bother me. I’m an idiot like that. But you must do this other film. Ignore my crazy possessive nonsense and say yes. Just make sure you’re free in time to do my next film. Deal? Tx

Postcard two, dated March 1992, of
Lady in a Blue Dress
by Pablo Picasso. Text reads:

C – script currently looks and feels like this. Small, fragmented pieces that
REFUSE
to match up. Yet. Astrid says it’s a good sign but I’m not so sure. All YOUR scenes are finished, however, and ready for you.

Tx

LOT 13

LOT 14

AUDIO CASSETTE MIXTAPE

Made for Wells by Lindstrom, dated December 1991. Signs of wear to box; small crack on front. Tracklist in Lindstrom’s handwriting in green ballpoint.

LOT 14

LOT 15

PAPERWORK

Pertaining to Wells’s second film,
Lors de la Clôture de la Journée
(1992, dir: Robert Dinage), in which she played the girlfriend of an amnesiac. Included in lot is contract, signed by Wells, shooting script, letters between Wells’s London agent, Artemis Crane, her American agent, Paul Rackman, and the director. All pertain to contractual matters. Some coffee stains and wear to corners.

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LOT 16

VINTAGE LEATHER DOCUMENT CASE

Belonging to Wells. Fraying to corners, surface scratches, some fading to rear. Contains half-used pad of blank paper and various tickets: a return journey from Paris Gare de Lyon to Chambéry-Challes-les-Eaux, dated 13.12.91, an entrance ticket to the Louvre, dated 10.12.91, an entrance ticket to Musées Nationaux, undated, a Paris Métro ticket for ‘section urbaine’, stamped 15.12.91.

LOT 16

LOT 17

CORRESPONDENCE BY FAX BETWEEN LINDSTROM AND WELLS

Numbering 16 sheets in all. Pages have been folded together, corners and outer pages show signs of wear and fading. Included in lot is a folder with a fleur-de-lis design. Small tear in back, some ink stains, fraying to ribbon.

Note to collectors: the lot pertains to correspondence collected and saved by Wells so communications from Wells to Lindstrom are on cartridge paper; communications from Lindstrom to Wells are on fax paper. Some are typed, others handwritten.

LOT 17

[Lindstrom to Wells] 17/02/92

Dearest C,

I did not make Pia cry. Did she tell you I did?? It was all Paul’s doing and he’s your agent so, in a way, YOU made her cry.

When are you coming out to New York? We need you. Why are you hiding away in Paris? What is so great about Paris, anyway? (Astrid, who’s reading over my shoulder, says, ‘Apart from the beauty, the food, the architecture, the history, the art, the cinema, your terrifying mother, the style, the language, the skyline, the river …’ OK, that’s all Astrid is getting to say here.)

So, here is something. I want YOU to help me write the script. I really do. What you did on the last one was invaluable. And, please, drop this SHIT about getting a job. You have a job. Remember?

Tx

[Wells to Lindstrom] 17/02/92

T,

My mother, who picked up your fax, requests to know what exactly about her is so terrifying. We await your reply.

Cx

[Lindstrom to Wells] 18/02/92

C,

What’s terrifying about your mother?
EVERYTHING
. Script collapsed in the middle. It reminds me of cakes my grandmother used to make. Don’t know what to do.
WHEN CAN YOU COME?

Tx

[Wells to Lindstrom] 19/02/92

T,

Cakes: if it hasn’t risen, it’s a sign you haven’t stirred it enough. Do you think it’s the same for scripts?

Cx

[Wells to Lindstrom] 21/02/92

T – sorry to send this by fax. I tried calling you but couldn’t get through. I was just on the phone with Paul and he said he thought Astrid has left. Is everything all right? What happened? Are you OK?