RR Auction: Pop Culture

Legal notes in pencil, six pages, 8.5 x 11, no date but circa 1965. All notes are in another hand with the exception of two lines on the fourth page,

Glossy 8 x 10 Halsman of New York photo of Carson in a striped jacket and polka dotted tie, signed and inscribed in black felt tip, “For Nick, Best wi

Johnny Carson’s bound final draft typescript for the 24th Annual Emmy Awards held at the Hollywood Palladium on Sunday, May 14, 1972, 9.25 x 11.5, app

DS, one onionskin page, 8.5 x 11, September 3, 1957. Document related to the agreement between National Telefilm Associates and Gary Cooper regarding

Personal check, 7 x 3, filled out in another hand and signed by Costello, payable to the Lou Costello Jr. Foundation Fight Fund for $212.50, July 19,

DS, three onionskin pages, 8.5 x 13, September 18, 1955. Assignment in which Lou and Anne Costello, in order to make provision for the payment of tax

Exceptional DS, twenty onionskin pages, 8.5 x 11, March 7, 1958. Agreement between Curtis and MCA Artists in which the former agrees “to portray the r

DS, eight pages, 8.5 x 11, March 12, 1968. Agreement between Elkins Productions International Corporation and Davis in which he agrees to furnish serv

DS, three pages, 8.5 x 11, September 4, 1969. Revised agreement between De Wilde and Dino de Laurentiis Cinematografica S. P. A., in which the former

DS, one onionskin page, 8.25 x 11, December 1946. Agreement between Field and Bing Crosby Enterprises in which he agrees to render services as “a gues

Personal check, 8.25 x 3.25, filled out in type and signed by Flynn, payable to Nora Eddington Flynn for $100, March 20, 1946. Encapsulated in a plast

Two rare DSs related to the final wishes of Ava Gardner, both 8.5 x 13, November 13, 1960. The first, five pages, a last will and testament “solely fo

ALS, one page, 8.5 x 11, personal letterhead, October 8, 1937. Letter to Rachel Page, in full: “I’ll be glad to see you Wednesday 13th—Come ahead! It’

DS, 68 pages, 8.5 x 13, November 1, 1955. Agreement between Toluca Productions and Warner Bros. Pictures for a photoplay which “shall star Mr. William

DS, thirty-four pages, 8.5 x 13, dated April 30, 1954 at the top of the first page, and February 11, 1957 on the signed final page. Agreement between

DS, four pages on two adjoining sheets, 8.5 x 11, August 19, 1953. Standard AFRA exclusive artists’ manager contract between Karloff and MCA Artists,

Fantastic collection of eight DSs signed by the stars of the 1959 film On the Beach, including: a lengthy employment agreement for Gregory Peck to act

DS, three pages in total (3–18 no longer present), 8.5 x 11, June 12, 1944. Agreement between Peck and Vanguard Films, Inc., in which the latter emplo

DS, eleven pages, 8.5 x 11, August 23, 1961. Employment agreement between Quinn and Transocean Pictures in which he agrees to “render his services in

Two items representing the famous Adventures of Sherlock Holmes duo: a DS signed “Basil Rathbone,” one page, November 25, 1953, in which he agrees to