Pages

▼

Monday 29 April 2013

Golightly Typewriter Goes Lightly; Connie Gustafson Stays in Obscurity

The Golightly-Riter Remington portable typewriter has gone lightly into the night - to a new home, as a gift to a new owner, my son Danny's friend Emily Hansen. It went with a pink Penguin copy of the book that it inspired its creation, Breakfast at Tiffany's, and a pink marshmallow (to be eaten while reading).
It went without a squeak as the world squealed at the revelation Holly Golightly had almost been Connie Gustafson.
Truman Capote's 1958 typescript with his handwritten edits has been sold at auction to Russian retail billionaire Igor Sosin for more than $300,000. The typescript was sold online by Amherst, New Hampshire-based auction house RR Auction.
Capote's handwritten notations include changing the femme fatale's name from Connie Gustafson to the now-iconic Holly Golightly.
 Audrey Hepburn as Holly.
Sadly, Connie Gustafson must remain in obscurity.
at

3 comments:

  1. Ray29 April 2013 at 17:01

    What a great gift. I am sure the recipient will be very grateful.

    ReplyDelete
  2. Scott K29 April 2013 at 20:16

    Ahhh... There's nothing like giving a typewriter! Such a wonderful thing.

    ReplyDelete
  3. Amparo9 August 2013 at 12:36

    This is cool!

    ReplyDelete

I do not accept anonymous comments.
I only allow comments under User IDs provided I know who that person is.
Do not ask me to evaluate typewriters.
Comments must be relevant to the post.
As the author of these posts, I make the decisions about what they contain - it is not open to discussion.