15/06/2026
Terence Stamp: Style and Screen.
One of the most enigmatic figures of the swinging sixties, Terence Stamp (1938–2025) brought effortless charm and a powerful screen presence to a six-decade career that left an indelible mark on British cinema. When Bonhams - founded in 1793 and one of the world’s leading auction houses - brings his personal collection to their Knightsbridge rooms this June, it marks the first time these carefully chosen objects have come to market.
Lot 101: a bespoke grey Prince of Wales check double-breasted suit, made for Stamp for his role as Sir Larry Wildman in Oliver Stone’s Wall Street (20th Century Fox, 1987). The inside label - reading C5078 T.STAMP ESQ, dated 22 April 1987 - places its creation precisely within the film’s production. Wildman, the sharp British financier pitted against Michael Douglas’s Gordon Gekko in the battle for Bluestar Airlines, demanded quiet authority and chose the cloth and style accordingly.
Stamp’s relationship with Anderson & Sheppard continued for many years and he was a frequent visitor for tea at our Clifford Street haberdashery. His friendship with Audie Charles, known to Stamp during her years at Hayward, spanned decades. For a man described by his own estate as someone who “lived with great intention — everything he surrounded himself with was chosen for a reason,” a suit was never simply clothing.
The collection — spanning scripts, costumes, letters, photographs and fashion — reflects, in the estate’s words, “the actor, the writer, the style icon, the traveller, the seeker.” Lot 101 closes 25 June 2026.
