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With Patek Philippe Extract from the Archives confirming production of the present watch with silvered dial, gold hour markers, leap year indictor in 1982 and its subsequent sale on April 21, 1982.
Formerly in the Mel and Noel Blanc Collection
"What's Up, Doc!" What do Bugs Bunny, Porky Pig, Daffy Duck, Tweety Pie, Sylvester, Taz, Road Runner, Wile E. Coyote, just to name a few characters, have in common?"
Mel Blanc
Virtually every Looney Tunes character in every Warner Bros. cartoon has spoken to you through Mel Blanc. For sixty years, Mel Blanc's unique talent led to the creation of around 1,500 voices. It's estimated that more than two hundred and fifty million people hear him every single day making his voice the most recognizable in the world.
Born in San Francisco in 1908, Blanc grew up in Portland, Oregon, where in the course of grammar school clowning around, he discovered his voice could do many tricks. Blanc began his illustrious career in 1927, on a radio show called "The Hoot Owls".
Blanc became a popular radio performer of the 1930's and 1940's and co-starred on many shows. His most famous appearances were on "The Jack Benny Show" where his unusual sounds and voices included a wisecracking parrot, Benny's legendary Maxwell automobile, the sigh of a goldfish and Professor LeBlanc, Benny's violin teacher.
Blanc's cartoon career started in 1936 when he created the voice of a drunken bull in a Warner Bros. Looney Tune called "Picador Porky". A few months later Porky Pig took on Mel Blanc's voice in "Porky's Duck Hunt". In that first cartoon, Daffy had not yet adopted his famous sloppy lisp, but he was already "woo-wooing" all over the place.
Bugs Bunny's "Eh, What's Up Doc?" wise cracking was born in the 1940 short "A Wild Hare". Bugs was created as a smart-alecky "tough little stinker". With this in mind, Blanc created his voice with a combination Bronx and Brooklyn accent. Sylvester the sloppy - slurring cat ("Sufferin' Succotash"), was born in the early 1940's, as was Tweety Pie ("I Taut I Taw A Puddy Tat").
Mel Blanc continually added to his enormous repertoire. Among his other Warner Bros. creations were Yosemite Sam, The Road Runner, Speedy Gonzalez, Tasmanian Devil, Pepe Le Pew, and Foghorn Leghorn. For Hanna Barbera Studios, he created the voices of Barney Rubble and Dino the Dinosaur of "The Flintstones", Mr. Spacely of "The Jetsons", Captain Caveman, the first voice of Woody Woodpecker for Walter Lanz, and many others.
Mr. Blanc's many years as a musician, conductor and voice specialist, and the requirement for precise, split seconds timing, may account for his lesser known passion; the collecting of fabulous timepieces. After years of admiration for the craft of watchmaking, Mel Blanc was given his first watch by his wife in 1946, a minute repeating pocket watch by Patek Philippe. From this first acquisition, he went on to collect over 500 watches and clocks and was recognized as a Fellow of the National Association of Watch and Clock Collectors during the 1970's.
It is an honor to offer three spectacular wristwatches formerly the property of Mel Blanc; the selection includes a reference 2499/100 (see picture showing Mr. Blanc wearing the watch) and a reference 3450 in almost unworn condition and a fine reference 1579 chronograph with tachometer scale (see lot 96 and 126).
Reference 3450 was the immediate successor to the successful 3448, the first world's first self-winding perpetual calendar wristwatch made for nearly 2 decades. In 1981 Patek Philippe presented the 3450 which showed a few innovations and developments compared to its predecessor most notably a circle aperture between 3 & 4 o'clock position featuring leap year indicator but also a slightly modernized case design with notably a more prominent bezel raised to accommodate the newly available sapphire crystal. Also the case back was modernized now featuring a snap on latch because the case backs were more tightly closed as officially 3450 was considered water resistant.
This example is probably considered one of the most appealing and most attractive examples coming to the market in recent years thanks to numerous features. Firstly, in virtually unworn condition and possibly never polished, it displays very sharp edges, a superb satin finish both on lugs and bands and most interestingly two hallmarks on the band, one at 10:30 position and one at 7:30 position. Secondly, it is from the first generation featuring Arabic numerals for the leap year where the leap year is indicated with a red dot. These are understood to have been made in as few as 40 examples and were later replaced by the version featuring Roman numerals. Thirdly, the watch's superb provenance having been the proud possession of no lesser than the celebrated voice over artist Mel Blanc, known to be a very savvy watch collector, and then bought by a long standing collector who acquired it directly at Christie's New York in October 29, 1997.
Reference 3450 has long been accepted a classic. Now it is becoming a vintage and prime example uniting all key ingredients collectors look for, becoming rarer now developing a trophy status. This watch meets all the demands for the discerning collector.
Reference 3450 is illustrated in Patek Philippe Wristwatches by Martin Huber & Alan Banbery, second edition, p. 290, pl. 449a.
Formerly in the Mel and Noel Blanc Collection
"What's Up, Doc!" What do Bugs Bunny, Porky Pig, Daffy Duck, Tweety Pie, Sylvester, Taz, Road Runner, Wile E. Coyote, just to name a few characters, have in common?"
Mel Blanc
Virtually every Looney Tunes character in every Warner Bros. cartoon has spoken to you through Mel Blanc. For sixty years, Mel Blanc's unique talent led to the creation of around 1,500 voices. It's estimated that more than two hundred and fifty million people hear him every single day making his voice the most recognizable in the world.
Born in San Francisco in 1908, Blanc grew up in Portland, Oregon, where in the course of grammar school clowning around, he discovered his voice could do many tricks. Blanc began his illustrious career in 1927, on a radio show called "The Hoot Owls".
Blanc became a popular radio performer of the 1930's and 1940's and co-starred on many shows. His most famous appearances were on "The Jack Benny Show" where his unusual sounds and voices included a wisecracking parrot, Benny's legendary Maxwell automobile, the sigh of a goldfish and Professor LeBlanc, Benny's violin teacher.
Blanc's cartoon career started in 1936 when he created the voice of a drunken bull in a Warner Bros. Looney Tune called "Picador Porky". A few months later Porky Pig took on Mel Blanc's voice in "Porky's Duck Hunt". In that first cartoon, Daffy had not yet adopted his famous sloppy lisp, but he was already "woo-wooing" all over the place.
Bugs Bunny's "Eh, What's Up Doc?" wise cracking was born in the 1940 short "A Wild Hare". Bugs was created as a smart-alecky "tough little stinker". With this in mind, Blanc created his voice with a combination Bronx and Brooklyn accent. Sylvester the sloppy - slurring cat ("Sufferin' Succotash"), was born in the early 1940's, as was Tweety Pie ("I Taut I Taw A Puddy Tat").
Mel Blanc continually added to his enormous repertoire. Among his other Warner Bros. creations were Yosemite Sam, The Road Runner, Speedy Gonzalez, Tasmanian Devil, Pepe Le Pew, and Foghorn Leghorn. For Hanna Barbera Studios, he created the voices of Barney Rubble and Dino the Dinosaur of "The Flintstones", Mr. Spacely of "The Jetsons", Captain Caveman, the first voice of Woody Woodpecker for Walter Lanz, and many others.
Mr. Blanc's many years as a musician, conductor and voice specialist, and the requirement for precise, split seconds timing, may account for his lesser known passion; the collecting of fabulous timepieces. After years of admiration for the craft of watchmaking, Mel Blanc was given his first watch by his wife in 1946, a minute repeating pocket watch by Patek Philippe. From this first acquisition, he went on to collect over 500 watches and clocks and was recognized as a Fellow of the National Association of Watch and Clock Collectors during the 1970's.
It is an honor to offer three spectacular wristwatches formerly the property of Mel Blanc; the selection includes a reference 2499/100 (see picture showing Mr. Blanc wearing the watch) and a reference 3450 in almost unworn condition and a fine reference 1579 chronograph with tachometer scale (see lot 96 and 126).
Reference 3450 was the immediate successor to the successful 3448, the first world's first self-winding perpetual calendar wristwatch made for nearly 2 decades. In 1981 Patek Philippe presented the 3450 which showed a few innovations and developments compared to its predecessor most notably a circle aperture between 3 & 4 o'clock position featuring leap year indicator but also a slightly modernized case design with notably a more prominent bezel raised to accommodate the newly available sapphire crystal. Also the case back was modernized now featuring a snap on latch because the case backs were more tightly closed as officially 3450 was considered water resistant.
This example is probably considered one of the most appealing and most attractive examples coming to the market in recent years thanks to numerous features. Firstly, in virtually unworn condition and possibly never polished, it displays very sharp edges, a superb satin finish both on lugs and bands and most interestingly two hallmarks on the band, one at 10:30 position and one at 7:30 position. Secondly, it is from the first generation featuring Arabic numerals for the leap year where the leap year is indicated with a red dot. These are understood to have been made in as few as 40 examples and were later replaced by the version featuring Roman numerals. Thirdly, the watch's superb provenance having been the proud possession of no lesser than the celebrated voice over artist Mel Blanc, known to be a very savvy watch collector, and then bought by a long standing collector who acquired it directly at Christie's New York in October 29, 1997.
Reference 3450 has long been accepted a classic. Now it is becoming a vintage and prime example uniting all key ingredients collectors look for, becoming rarer now developing a trophy status. This watch meets all the demands for the discerning collector.
Reference 3450 is illustrated in Patek Philippe Wristwatches by Martin Huber & Alan Banbery, second edition, p. 290, pl. 449a.