LOS ANGELES, CA.- Julien’s Auctions held its highly anticipated auction honoring the late “King of Comedy,” Property from the Estate of Jerry Lewis, yesterday June 22nd at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino in Las Vegas in front of an audience of his beloved fans and collectors bidding live on the floor, on the phone across the globe and online on juliensauctions.com.

Top selling items of the auction were Lewis’ stunning watch collection including his 18K yellow gold “Cartier London” oval maxi variation watch from Cartier’s Baignoire collection that sold for $51,200, double its starting estimate of $25,000, a 14K yellow gold Le Coultre watch given to him by Dean Martin and inscribed "Jerry My Buddy/ and Pal/ I Love You/ Dino,” that sold for $37,5000 well over its estimate of $4,000-6,000, a 18K yellow gold Patek Philippe given to him by Sammy Davis, Jr. engraved on the back "To Jerry From Sammy Jr.” that sold for an astounding $35,200 well over its estimate of $6,000-$8,000, a Jerry Lewis owned "Patek Philippe Co. Geneve" pocket watch that sold for $18,750 and other fine jewelry. Other highlights included a French Legion of Honor medal presented to Lewis by French Minister of Culture Jack Lang in 1984 that sold for an astounding $25,000 well over its original estimate of $1,500-$3,000; a 14K yellow gold money clip gifted to Jerry Lewis by Lou Costello in 1953 that sold for $10,240; his King Silversonic trumpet that sold for $12,800; a custom-made tweed burgundy suit worn by Lewis as Professor Julius Kelp in The Nutty Professor (Paramount, 1963) sold for $12,800 more than six times its estimate of $2,000-$4,000 and his collection of custom funny teeth (estimate: $2,000-$4,000) in a custom built box that features Lewis’ face in relief as The Nutty Professor that sold for $12,800; Lewis’ clown costume in The Day the Clown Cried (Wachsberger, 1972) and Hardly Working (20th Century, 1980) that sold for $8,960 (estimate; $2,000-$4,000); a Lewis owned John Rigby shotgun that sold for $10,240; several sets of Lewis’ vintage Louis Vuitton monogrammed coated canvas hardcase trunks that sold ranging from $10,000 to $19,200; a letter from Stan Laurel to Jerry Lewis, dated April 30, 1960 and signed by Laurel that sold for $6,400 well over its estimate of $300-$500; a trio of Lewis’ Nevada state driver licenses which sold for $3,520 nearly six times its estimate of $600-$800 and more.