Jerry Lewis Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award Gold Plate COA Provenance Letter

In 2009, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences recognized Lewis with one of its greatest honors, the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award-Hersholt Humanitarian Award in 2009, in recognition of his fight and efforts with MDA. His motto summed up the philosophy behind his years of devotion to MDA: “I shall pass through this world but once.”

Jerry Lewis accepts the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award by the Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences during the Oscars telecast during the 81st Academy Awards Sunday, Feb. 22, 2009, in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles.

This item is coming to you directly from the estate of Jerry Lewis’ Personal Assistant, Penny Rice.  For over 40 years, she tended to all of Jerry Lewis’ needs.  Finally, she severed ties with Jerry Lewis, and with that, she retained many of her and Jerry’s personal letters, audio tapes, jewelry, books, scripts, and photos.  These items have never been offered on the market but have been kept in the personal collection of Penny Rice for all these years.  Penny Rice passed away, and her daughter had a caretaker.  He helped Penny’s daughter move to Ohio, and she left all the Jerry Lewis Estate to the caretaker.

This is the actual plate that was affixed to Jerry’s trophy.  He removed it to get cleaned up and to get new screws.  It was sent out to Las Vegas Jewelers.  He never got the chance to put it back onto his trophy.  The trophy plate is engraved with the year 2008, as they probably made the plate earlier in 2008, for the 2009  Oscars Awards show.  As the selling of Oscars is taboo, this will be the closest that you will get to Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award and one that was given to Jerry Lewis, the most famous comedian of all time.

There is a 75th Anniversary Academy Awards Pin, new in the box that will accompany this lot. It was given to Jerry Lewis by the Academy. As an added bonus, there is a Jerry Lewis Signed Oscar Statue Photo that was signed by Lewis commemorating his getting the Humanitarian Oscar it is inscribed and dated “02-22-09” which was OSCAR NIGHT.

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