An oil on canvas painting by royal portrait artist Richard Stone depicting Morecambe sitting down smoking a cigar sold for £15,000, while a version of his ventriloquist dummy Charlie, which he took to America to appear on The Ed Sullivan Show, sold for £6,200.
Eric Morecambe’s glasses fetch £20,000 at auction A pair of Eric Morecambe’s glasses have fetched £20,000 at an auction filled with treasures belonging to the comedy legend.
A Society of Film and Television Arts award for best light entertainment performance which went to Morecambe and Wise in 1970 also sold for £4,400.
A lifetime of showbiz memorabilia and personal items from the comic’s former home, Brachefield in Harpenden, Hertfordshire, went up for sale almost 10 months following the death of his widow Joan, aged 97, in March 2024.
Morecambe was made an OBE in 1976 and his medal, awarded by the late Queen Elizabeth II, sold for £11,000, which was £8,000 above its highest estimate.
