Auction Date:2013 Apr 25 @ 18:00 (UTC-05:00 : EST/CDT)
Location:5 Rt 101A Suite 5, Amherst, New Hampshire, 03031, United States
ALS - Autograph Letter Signed
ANS - Autograph Note Signed
AQS - Autograph Quotation Signed
AMQS - Autograph Musical Quotation Signed
DS - Document Signed
FDC - First Day Cover
Inscribed - “Personalized”
ISP - Inscribed Signed Photograph
LS - Letter Signed
SP - Signed Photograph
TLS - Typed Letter Signed
Film making pioneer (1867–1939) and founder of Universal Studios. Laemmle and his son were responsible for the fantastic string of classic Universal horror films including Phantom of the Opera, Frankenstein, Dracula, and The Mummy. DS, one page, 8.25 x 11, June 30, 1913. Agreement between the Universal Film Manufacturing Company and the Detroit Universal Film Company confirming an agreement regarding the purchase of film reels. In part: “Seven of the thirty five (35) weekly reels which you are to start buying immediately under the terms of this contract are to be sold to you at six (6¢) cents per foot for a period of sixty days, provided the Cincinnati Buckeye Film Exchange does not reduce its orders.” Signed at the conclusion by Laemmle and R. H. Cochrane. At the end of both paragraphs, Cochrane has added, “The Bison brand is not included in this offer. Scattered creases and some stray pencil marks to the top, otherwise fine condition.
The Universal Film Manufacturing Company—now known as Universal Studios—was founded by Laemmle on April 30, 1912. The other signer of this document, Cochrane, was his longtime assistant who eventually became a Universal vice president. The company grew rapidly, acquiring competitors and making film after film. By 1915, Laemmle had opened the massive studio-cum-town Universal City, and Universal had acquired the Detroit Universal Film Company as part of its distribution arm. Laemmle autographic material is uncommon, and most letters and documents that enter the market date to the 1930s; this decidedly the earliest Laemmle document we have ever encountered, dating just one year after the founding of Universal.
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