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Signed Sketches of Pearl White, Mary Astor

Currency:USD Category:Memorabilia / Autographs - Original Start Price:80.00 USD Estimated At:320.00 - 480.00 USD
Signed Sketches of Pearl White, Mary Astor
<B>Signed Sketches of Pearl White, Mary Astor, Dolores Costello, Sophie Tucker, Alma Rubens, Carmel Myers and More!</B></I> The Silent Screen offered wonderful faces,and here's a bevy of them, sketched by Robert Whittington and signed to the artist by the luminaries themselves: Pearl White (star of <I>The Perils of Pauline,</B></I> who enjoyed anonymity in public by removing her blonde wig), Mary Astor (John Barrymore's leading lady in <I>Don Juan,</B></I> long before tempting Bogart in <I>The Maltese Falcon</B></I>), Dolores Costello (whom Barrymore called "the most preposterously lovely creature in the world," and married), Sophie Tucker (the legendary inger), Alma Rubens (dead at 33, a drug addict), Carmel Myers (the voluptuous Iras of the 1925 <I>Ben-Hur</B></I>) - plus Johnny Hines, Thomas Meighan, Antonio Moreno, Pauline Starke, Alice Terry, May Allison, Gertrude Astor, and Blanche Mahaffey. Stylish drawings and clean vintage autographs! Excellent condition.<BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Flat Material, Small (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)
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