London, 25 June 2026 - Featuring scripts, costumes, letters, photographs, furniture and fashion pieces, there were impressive results for the collection of legendary actor Terence Stamp which ended today (25 June 2026) at Bonhams. The collection achieved a total of £240,755.
With his striking eyes and captivating features, Terence Stamp (1938-2025) was one of the most enigmatic figures of the swinging sixties, whose effortless charm and powerful screen presence saw him take on an array of memorable roles throughout his six-decade long career as an actor.
Sound & Cinema: Featuring The Terence Stamp Collection ran from 15-25 June on bonhams.com.
Claire Tole-Moir, Head of Popular Culture at Bonhams, commented: "We are delighted with the results of the sale. Terence Stamp was an extraordinary actor, and his long and varied career gave us so many celebrated performances. From Stepney to Mayfair, Stamp was a defining figure of London in the swinging sixties. He was emblematic of a certain style and charm, and that clearly came through in his wonderful collection."
"Terence lived with great intention, everything he surrounded himself with was chosen for a reason, whether a finely made suit, a piece of art, or a letter from a dear friend. A gifted writer as well as an actor, he had a rare ability to reflect on his own life with honesty and elegance, and that same quality is present in everything he collected and kept. This collection reflects the full breadth of the man: the actor, the writer, the style icon, the traveller, the seeker. We hope these objects find homes with people who will cherish them as much as he did."
, The Estate of Terence Stamp
Highlights of the collection included:
• Terence Stamp: A bound script and production stills for The Collector, Columbia Pictures, 1965. Sold for £25,600.
• Terence Stamp: A Fine Mughal ivory and bone inlaid rosewood and ebony fall-front cabinet, Gujarat or Sindh, Western India. Late 17th / Early 18th century. Sold for £19,200.
• Terence Stamp: Far from the Madding Crowd Script and large quantity of stills, MGM/Warner-Pathé Distributors, 1967. Sold for £15,360.
• Terence Stamp: A birthday card from Princess Diana to Terence, dated July 22nd. Sold for £9,600.
• Terry O'Neill (British, 1938-2019): Brigitte Bardot, Spain, 1971, signed by Terry O'Neill and Terence Stamp,1971, printed later. Sold for £8,320.
• Terence Stamp: A Swiss 18kt yellow gold Calatrava quartz wristwatch by Patek Philippe. Sold for £7,040.
• Terence Stamp: A Grey 'Prince of Wales' Check Anderson & Sheppard Suit worn by Terence Stamp for his role as 'Sir Larry Wildman' in Wall Street, 20th Century Fox, 1987. Sold for £7,040.
Terence Stamp (1938-2025)
Born in Stepney, East London, in 1938, Terence Stamp came to prominence in the 1960s alongside fellow working-class actors, Albert Finney, Michael Caine (with whom Stamp once shared a flat), and Tom Courtenay. His first film role came in 1962 when Stamp was cast as the titular character in Peter Ustinov's adaptation of Herman Melville's Billy Budd, which earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor.
With a background on the stage, in 1964, Stamp went to Broadway to star in Bill Naughton's Alfie. He later turned down the film adaptation, instead recommending his friend Michael Caine for the role. Stamp then starred in William Wyler's The Collector (1965), an adaptation of the bestselling novel by John Fowles, winning the best actor award at that year's Cannes Film Festival. This was soon followed by a role in Joseph Losey's Modesty Blaise (1966) opposite Monica Vitti. The next year, he appeared in one of his standout roles, as Sergeant Troy in John Schlesinger's adaptation of Thomas Hardy's Far from the Madding Crowd, which was soon followed by appearance in Ken Loach's 'kitchen sink' drama Poor Cow.
In 1968, Stamp moved into Italian cinema staring in Federico Fellini Spirits of the Dead and Pier Paolo Pasolini's Teorema. He then starred as Arthur Rimbaud in Nelo Risi's A Season in Hell (1971).
Following the end of a much-publicised relationship with the supermodel Jean Shrimpton, Stamp spent long periods over the next eight years at an ashram in Pune, in Maharashtra, India, meditating and studying the teachings of Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh.
He returned to the limelight as the arch villain General Zod in Superman (1978) and Superman II (1980). Then followed Oliver Stone's Wall Street (1987), and Steven Soderbergh's The Limey (1999). In 1994, in a departure from anything he done before Stamp starred as a drag Queen Stephan Elliott's cult comedy classic The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994).
Stamp starred in a diverse array of films in later years including Star Wars: Episode I, The Phantom Menace (1999), Song for Marion (2012), and Tim Burton's Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (2016), Edgar Wright's Last Night in Soho (2021). Before he died, he reprised his role in Priscilla, Queen of the Desert 2, which is set to be released later this year.
25 June 2026
(Press Release)
