Carole Lombard Collectors


Don’t Know What To Be For Halloween?

Grab a pal and go as Gable and Lombard!
This is not a joke.
A seller on ebay has just listed these handsomely-crafted-in-France masks of Carole Lombard and Clark Gable. See:

Oh the LOLS.
The seller estimates them to be from the mid-1950’s to early 1960’s. (Meaning Clark may have seen them!)
If YOU want to be one of [...]

Collector’s Corner: Carole Lombard Tobacco Cards

When it comes to Carole Lombard I consider myself to be a die-hard collector. However, there is one aspect of Lombardilia I have yet to delve into- tobacco cards.
Helen L. on the other hand is an avid collector of these cards and she took over 3 months to compile this comprehensive list for all the [...]

Tally’s Lombard Collection: Back To Carole’s Closet!

Do we really need an introduction? Everyone knows Tally! She’s the beautiful lady with a big collection of Lombard-ilia which she generously shares with all of us at CaroleLombard.org. Well she’s back with some more goodies for you and I’m just going to pass this post right to her. Take it away Tally:
“Hi there! A [...]

Tally’s Lombard Collection: Dress Like Lombard

Today we get to peek into the best part of Carole Lombard’s closet: her dresses!
Yes, the wonderful Miss-y Tally has returned with some more goodies from her vast and very lovely Lombard-ilia collection.
Tally, take it away . . .
1) First, is a lovely pink and silver, net cocktail dress, simply GORGEOUS, Very full skirt, [...]

Tally’s Lombard Treasures: Carole Lombard’s Jewels

Good morning everyone! Looks like another beautiful entry today with the fabulous Miss-y Tally showing us some of Carole Lombard’s jewelry. Let’s begin!
For this entry, we have 4 pr of Carole’s earrings:
1) a pair of silver and light blue stone beaded earrings. (scanned bw, but the stones ARE a light blue. Would look stunning with [...]

Tally’s Lombard Treasures: Carole Lombard Lingerie!

I’m sure this post will put a smile on Vincent’s face. Miss-y Tally is sharing some more of her Lombard-ilia and has sent lovely photos of Carole Lombard’s lingerie! Take a peek:
“Enclosed are scans of the White islet “House dress” of Carole’s. Though hard to
make out in the picture, it IS islet, but it is [...]

Tally’s Lombard Collection: Part 6 - A Letter From Mrs.Gable V

Pam my dear: ask and you shall receive! Tally’s sharing with us that letter from Kay Gable about the sale of Carole Lombard’s brown dress and flowers. So here you go:
“Here is a scan of Kay’s letter mentioning the dress sale in Feb of 1963.The woman’s name was SIMON, and she had lost the original [...]

Tally’s Lombard Treasures: Part 5

This is the fifth in a as-long-as-it-takes-part series with Miss-y Tally and her wonderful collection of Lombard-ilia. Hopefully you are all enjoying this series as much as I am. If you don’t know what the heck I’m talking about CLICK HERE to see Part 1. Let’s get to it!
“Scans of some more handbags, Carole’s pink-alligator [...]

Tally’s Lombard Treasures: Part 4

Welcome to Part 4 in this awesome series we have been having with Miss-y Tally sharing her Carole Lombard-ilia with all of us. Lots of items today so let’s get to it!
“There are 2 shots of the brown dress with THE corsage of fake flowers Clark had made at MGM. The letter verifying this from [...]

Tally’s Lombard Treasures: Part 3

She’s back with some more! Today Miss-y Tally has rummaged through her fabulous collection of Carole Lombard-ilia and decided to share the following with us:
First we have Carole’s black“lambs wool/treble clef pin hat.”

Here are just two of the many pictures featuring Carole wearing that black hat:

Next, we have“a picture of a copper flower pin, [...]