Historic and Military Autographs, & Militaria

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Our Fall, 2012 Auction is a two-part auction: Day One will offer important military documents and militaria; Day Two has a fine selection of historic letters, documents and manuscripts in other fields of collecting.
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HUNTZ HALL1683 - HUNTZ HALL
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(1920 - 1999) "Satch", American radio, theatrical, and motion picture performer noted primarily for his roles in the "Dead End Kids&q...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to floor for (20.00) = 20.00
 
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(ADELAIDE HALL)1684 - (ADELAIDE HALL)
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(1895-1993) Black American entertainer, singer, actress and a pioneer of her time, Hall is best remembered for her appearance in the 1928 production B
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Start Price : 150.00 | Estimate : 300.00 - 400.00
 
 
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CHARLTON HESTON1686 - CHARLTON HESTON
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(1923-2008) American film actor, a leading man who won an Academy Award for Ben Hur, and also starred in The Ten Commandments and The Greatest Show On
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Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
 
 
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GRACE KELLY1687 - GRACE KELLY
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(1929 - 1982) Beautiful American actress who gave up her film career to marry Prince Rainier of Monaco in 1956. S.P. 4" x 6" b/w, a chest ...
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Estimate : 75.00 - 100.00
Sold to floor for (40.00) = 40.00
 
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FRANKIE LAINE1688 - FRANKIE LAINE
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(1913 - 2007) American singer, songwriter, and actor whose career spanned 75 years. Vintage D.S., 2pp. 4to., Los Angeles, Dec. 22, 1962, a contract fo
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Start Price : 37.50 | Estimate : 75.00 - 100.00
 
 
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VIVIEN LEIGH1689 - VIVIEN LEIGH
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(1913 - 1967) English film actress best known for her Academy Award-winning role as Scarlett in Gone With the Wind. Vintage S.P. 4" x 6" b...
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Start Price : 75.00 | Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
 
 
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HAROLD LLOYD1690 - HAROLD LLOYD
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(1894 - 1971) American film comedian who portrayed a shy, insignificant bumbler in Hal Roach comedies. I.S.P. 3 1/2" x 5 1/2" b/w, a print...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
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ZEPPO MARX1691 - ZEPPO MARX
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(1901 - 1979) American comedian and the "straight man" in many Marx Brothers films. He was later a succesful theatric promoter. Lot of ten...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to a*******y for (120.00 + 27.00BP) = 147.00
 
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CHARLES MINGUS1692 - CHARLES MINGUS
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(1922 - 1979) American jazz bass player, the first to exploit the bass as a solo instrument. Mingus was a major influence in jazz in the Fifties and S
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Start Price : 300.00 | Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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CHARLES MINGUS1693 - CHARLES MINGUS
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(1922 - 1979) American jazz bass player, the first to exploit the bass as a solo instrument. Mingus was a major influence in jazz in the Fifties and S
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Start Price : 300.00 | Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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TOM MIX1694 - TOM MIX
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(1880 - 1940) American actor who appeared in "Wild West" shows and starred in over 100 silent films. T.L.S. 1p. 4to., Boston, June 7, 1928...
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Start Price : 100.00 | Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
 
 
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A LOCK OF MARILYN MONROE'S HAIR1695 - A LOCK OF MARILYN MONROE'S HAIR
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A fine relic from the beloved film star, three strands of Monroe's light brown hair from her early days as an actress contained within a small a...
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Start Price : 150.00 | Estimate : 300.00 - 400.00
 
 
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THELONIUS SPHERE MONK1696 - THELONIUS SPHERE MONK
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(1920 - 1982) American jazz pianist, a creator of "bop" style, played in bands with Lucky Millander, Coleman Hawkins, and Charlie Parker, ...
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Start Price : 250.00 | Estimate : 500.00 - 600.00
 
 
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JOHN RICHARD "DICKIE" MOORE1697 - JOHN RICHARD "DICKIE" MOORE
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Child star Dickie Moore, seven years old, signs onto the Our Gang comedy shorts (b. 1925) American child actor who starred in numerous films such as
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Start Price : 150.00 | Estimate : 300.00 - 400.00
 
 
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OUR GANG1698 - OUR GANG
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A collection of three 8" x 10" b/w signed photographs including two signed by EUGENE "PORKY" LEE (1933 - 2005) adding to each hi...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to floor for (60.00) = 60.00
 
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ASTA NIELSEN1700 - ASTA NIELSEN
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(118-1972) Silent film star actress, one of the most popular leading ladies of the 1910's, and one of the first international film stars. I.S.P....
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Start Price : 37.50 | Estimate : 75.00 - 100.00
 
 
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LAURENCE OLIVIER1701 - LAURENCE OLIVIER
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(1907 - 1989) English actor, producer, and director, acclaimed as one of the most accomplished of 20th-century actors, particularly in Shakespearean r
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Estimate : 75.00 - 100.00
Sold to k********e for (90.00 + 20.25BP) = 110.25
 
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BETTIE PAGE1702 - BETTIE PAGE
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(1923 - 2008) American model who gained notoriety for her fetish and pin-up photos. Sultry S.P. 8" x 10" b/w, shows Page in her trademark ...
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Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
Sold to floor for (80.00) = 80.00
 
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CHRISTOPHER REEVE1703 - CHRISTOPHER REEVE
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(1952-2004) American actor best known for his role as Superman, later a noted activist for people with spinal cord injuries. Superb semi-vintage signe
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to floor for (160.00) = 160.00
 
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LENI RIEFENSTAHL1704 - LENI RIEFENSTAHL
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(1902 - 2003) German film director, an intimate friend of Hitler who filmed the propaganda classic, Triumph of the Will. S.P. 8" x 10" b/w...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to floor for (140.00) = 140.00
 
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JEROME ROBBINS1705 - JEROME ROBBINS
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(1918-1998) Prolific Broadway producer whose hits include The King and I and Fiddler on the Roof. An LP of music from the motion picture version of Fi
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Estimate : 60.00 - 80.00
Sold to floor for (40.00) = 40.00
 
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GINGER ROGERS1706 - GINGER ROGERS
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(1911 - 1995) American dancer and film star remembered for her roles with dancing partner Fred Astaire. A.L.S. "Ginger" on her personal le...
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Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
Sold to floor for (120.00) = 120.00
 
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ROY ROGERS AND DALE EVANS1707 - ROY ROGERS AND DALE EVANS
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I.S.P. 8" x 10" color, a reproduction of a great show showing the duo posed on a mountain. Boldly inscribed by Rogers: To Scott Happy Trai...
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Estimate : 75.00 - 100.00
Sold to floor for (50.00) = 50.00
 
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LILLIAN RUSSELL1708 - LILLIAN RUSSELL
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(1861 - 1921) American stage actress and singer. A.Q.S. on a 12mo. sheet, Brooklyn, Jan. 12, 1909: "If you can't have what you like, you mu...
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Estimate : 75.00 - 100.00
Sold to a*******y for (50.00 + 11.25BP) = 61.25
 
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GEORGE C. SCOTT1709 - GEORGE C. SCOTT
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(1927 - 1999) American film and stage actor, director. S.P. 9" x 7" b/w, a chest, up pose in character in his most famous role as George S...
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Estimate : 75.00 - 100.00
Sold to floor for (70.00) = 70.00
 
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ROD SERLING1710 - ROD SERLING
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American author of science fiction novels and stories, writer and director of the television series "The Twilight Zone". Partly-printed D....
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Estimate : 75.00 - 100.00
Sold to floor for (140.00) = 140.00
 
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MORGAN SMITH1711 - MORGAN SMITH
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(d. 1882) Philadelphia-born African-American actor. Emigrated to Great Britain in 1866 where he became a sensation on the London stage and was touted
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Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
 
 
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TEMPEST STORM1712 - TEMPEST STORM
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(b. 1928) American stripper and burlesque star, a contemporary of other noted performers such as Blaze Starr. Sultry oversize S.P. 16" x 19&quo...
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Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
 
 
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BARBRA STREISAND1713 - BARBRA STREISAND
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(b. 1942) American actress and singer renowned for the range and strength of her voice, Academy Award winner (1968). Spectacular I.S.P., 8" x 1...
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Start Price : 150.00 | Estimate : 300.00 - 400.00
 
 
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GLORIA SWANSON1714 - GLORIA SWANSON
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"Mr. Fischer will be very silly if he...replaces us with another 'low comedian' juggler or seals...". (1897 - 1983) American sile...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to floor for (100.00) = 100.00
 
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NORMA TALMADGE1715 - NORMA TALMADGE
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(1893 - 1957) American film actress, a star of the silent screen who founded her own production company. S.P. 8" x 10" sepia photograph of...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
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ELIZABETH TAYLOR...AND FRIENDS1716 - ELIZABETH TAYLOR...AND FRIENDS
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(1932 - 2011) American actress, a glamorous leading lady and winner of two Academy Awards for Best Actress. Playbill from the J.F.K. Center, Washingto
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Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
Sold to floor for (140.00) = 140.00
 
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SHIRLEY TEMPLE1717 - SHIRLEY TEMPLE
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(b. 1928) Child film star of the Thirties who sang and danced with Bill "Bojangles" Robinson in many films and became a national sensation...
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Start Price : 150.00 | Estimate : 300.00 - 400.00
 
 
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RUDOLPH VALENTINO1718 - RUDOLPH VALENTINO
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(1895 - 1926) American silent film star of legendary status, a romantic leading man and star of The Sheik. Fine vintage I.S.P. 7 1/2" x 9 1/2&q...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 400.00
 
 
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ETHEL WATERS1719 - ETHEL WATERS
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(1897-1977) African-American singer and actress who brought black urban blues into the mainstream. She began her career after moving to New York City
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Estimate : 30.00 - 50.00
Sold to floor for (30.00) = 30.00
 
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MAE WEST1720 - MAE WEST
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(1892 - 1988) American film actress, a sultry, flirtatious, and controversial star of her time. S.P. 8" x 10" b/w, a reprint of a vintage ...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to floor for (70.00) = 70.00
 
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MAE WEST1721 - MAE WEST
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(1892 - 1988) American film actress, a sultry, flirtatious, and controversial star of her time. I.S.P. 8" x 10" b/w, a full-length pose la...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to floor for (60.00) = 60.00
 
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SHINICHI YUIZE1722 - SHINICHI YUIZE
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(b. 1923) Koto player and composer, considered one of the greatest Japanese musicians, awarded the Purple Ribbon Medal, one of Japan's highest b...
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Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
 
 
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ACTORS1723 - ACTORS
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A nice group of five items by acclaimed actors from the estate of conductor Pierre Monteux, includes: BRIAN AHERNE (A.L.S. to the Monteuxs mentioning
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Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
 
 
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CELEBRITIES SIGNED MENU1724 - CELEBRITIES SIGNED MENU
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A vintage menu from the "Cafe Rouge" at the Hotel Statler in New York, 12" x 10" when folded (1956), inscribed to "Odessa&q...
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Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
 
 
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ENTERTAINERS1725 - ENTERTAINERS
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A nice group of 13 pieces by prominent European, British and American stage actors, actresses and operatic stars, in various formats (noted): HENRY E.
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Start Price : 75.00 | Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
 
 
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FILM AND ENTERTAINMENT1726 - FILM AND ENTERTAINMENT
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Nice collection of fifteen items signed by vintage Hollywood entertainers, including: GINGER ROGERS I.S.P., ELEANOR POWELL signed postcard, ROY ROGERS
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to floor for (180.00) = 180.00
 
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FILM FEMMES FATALES1727 - FILM FEMMES FATALES
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Lot of six signed photos of film goddesses, includes SOPHIA LOREN 8" x 12" color, ANGIE DICKINSON 8" x 10" color, JANE FONDA 8&q...
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Start Price : 150.00 | Estimate : 300.00 - 400.00
 
 
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HOLLYWOOD1728 - HOLLYWOOD
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A large lot of past and present Hollywood stars, various formats but mostly signed photos 8" x 10" format, includes: JANE RUSSELL (2), PAU...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to floor for (280.00) = 280.00
 
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VINTAGE ENTERTAINERS1729 - VINTAGE ENTERTAINERS
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A group of 17 S.P.s of acclaimed vintage entertainers in various formats, includes: BOB HOPE, JIMMY DURANTE, RALPH BELLAMY, ROSA PONSELLE, EDWARD G. R
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Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to floor for (140.00) = 140.00
 
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HOLLYWOOD1730 - HOLLYWOOD
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Small group of signed photos, most 4" x 5", all b/w, includes FREDERICO FELLINI (light), ALAN LADD, TIPPI HENDREN and TONY CURTIS, (8"...
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Estimate : 75.00 - 100.00
Sold to floor for (30.00) = 30.00
 
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EARLY HOLLYWOOD1731 - EARLY HOLLYWOOD
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Lot of three documents signed by early Hollywood stars, includes: AL JOLSON, a 1937 one-page letter of agreement between the William Morris Agency and
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Start Price : 150.00 | Estimate : 300.00 - 400.00
 
 
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1862 EDWIN FORREST THEATER BROADSIDE1732 - 1862 EDWIN FORREST THEATER BROADSIDE
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Printed Civil War-date theatre broadside, 10 3/4" x 5 1/2", issued by the Brooklyn Academy of Music for a Nov. 15, 1862 performance, annou...
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Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
 
 
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NINETEENTH CENTURY ENTERTAINERS AND PERSONALITIES1733 - NINETEENTH CENTURY ENTERTAINERS AND PERSONALITIES
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A group of signatures of prominent nineteenth century entertainers, mostly penned on small cards mounted to vintage album pages, includes: ADELINA PAT
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Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
Sold to floor for (90.00) = 90.00
 
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NINETEENTH CENTURY STAGE BROADSIDES1734 - NINETEENTH CENTURY STAGE BROADSIDES
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A great pair of printed 19th century theatre broadsides, one measuring 24"x 9", issued by the Academy of Music, which comically announces ...
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Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
 
 
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