Overview
- The single-owner auction, titled Behind the Curtain: The Tony Walton Collection, will be held November 4–6 in Lincoln Park, New Jersey, with bidding starting daily at 11 a.m.
- More than 700 lots trace Walton’s work across Broadway, film, ballet, and opera, reflecting the scope of his Oscar- and Tony-winning career.
- Day one covers 1950s–1980 materials such as early Slade School designs, Playbill caricatures, and film sketchbooks and posters for All That Jazz and The Wiz.
- Day two spans 1981–2018 with set models and artwork for Sophisticated Ladies, The Real Thing, Guys and Dolls, A Christmas Carol, and Annie Get Your Gun.
- Day three features items from Walton’s personal collection, including Playbills, posters, awards, artwork, and signed books, with bidding offered in person, by phone, online, or via livestream and previews on October 31, November 1, and November 3.