Winter Auction 2013

(1909-2003) American actress and Academy Award winner who was perfect playing opposite co-star Spencer Tracy. Scarce early A.L.S. on her personal &...

A neat relic from one of the great turn-of-the century circus aerial acts, The Flying Jordans, an autograph page bearing some silly poetry, and origin

(1887 - 1969) American actor who gained worldwide fame for his portrayal of the monsters in such films as Frankenstein, Bride of Frankenstein, and The

(1929-1951) American singer and Hollywood star. I.S.P. 8" x 10" b/w, a promotional image showing Lanza in head and shoulders, boldly signe...

(1923-1984) English actor and member of The Rat Pack, also brother-in-law to John F. Kennedy. Typed D.S. 2pp. legal folio, California, Jan. 29, 1964,

(b. 1956) Legendary American boxer. A red and white Frankling boxing glove inscribed with his name, boldly signed in black marker adding a smiley face

(1890 - 1977) American comedian and film star with his brothers, famous for his ad-lib insults on and off screen. Bold signature "Groucho"...

(1920 - 1997) Japanese actor who appeared in almost 170 feature films. He is best known for his 16-film collaboration with filmmaker Akira Kurosawa,

Original candid photograph of Marilyn Monroe from the set of "The Seven Year Itch" depicting Monroe smiling as she leans out of a second f...

(1895-1967) American wrestler and film actor, most notably starring in The Marx Brothers' "Horse Feathers" and "The Great Ziegfel...

(1879 - 1939) American humorist and author who delivered his homespun humor in a hilarious, offhand manner. Fine ink signature "Sincerely You...

(1915-1998) American singer and actor and a widely-popular sensation during his entire fifty year career. Signed album "Sinatra and Swingin...

A great Sinatra relic, a 9 1/2" x 7" white pillow with red trim, bearing red hand-printed lettering: "Noel 1984 Barbara & Franci...

A great 1960s relic, an original ticket to the famed Woodstock Festival held Aug. 15-17, 1969, in Bethel, New York. The ticket was intended for sale a

(1863 - 1938) Russian actor, director and producer, best known for his innovative "method" system of acting. Rare T.L.S. with English cha...

(1889 - 1975) Baseball Hall of Famer who built his reputation as the manager who took the Yankees to ten World Series. T.L.S. "Casey Stengel N...

1960 yearbook from the (dismal) Detroit Tigers 50pp. 4to., bearing within player and manager photos, stats and profiles, etc., signed by a few of the

(1938-1995) Robert Weston Smith, legendary American DJ. His volume Have Mercy! Confessions of the Original Rock n' Roll Animal (New York: Time W...

(1915-1989) American film actor, director and producer most remembered for his monumental "Citizen Kane" and his War of the Worlds radio ...

A lot of 18 S.P.s of Country and Western musical stars, all in 8" x 10" format, some printed, includes: LORETTA LYNN (damaged); MOE BANDY,...

(1895-1967) Distinguished American stage and film actor. A program from "A Flag is Born" by Ben Hecht, created and presented by the Americ...

A lot of eight signatures of male film stars in signed check format, includes: CLAYTON MOORE (huge signature across front of a check issued to him); D

A lot of nine signatures of famed actors, most in signed check format (some endorsed on verso) with exception noted. Includes: ED ASNER, RORY CALHOUN,

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

A group of nine signatures of leading ladies from the 1950s-1970s, some with endorsing signature on verso, includes: DEBORAH KERR, ELLEN BURSTYN, EVA

A group of nine signatures of leading ladies in signed check format with some endorsing signatures on verso, includes: BUTTERFLY MCQUEEN, ROSALIND RUS

Good lot of two items includes: DIZZY GILLESPIE inscribed color photo on the cover of The Ottawa Sun, Nov. 24, 1989, and BILLY ECKSTINE, 4pp. program

A 12pp. 8vo. "Official 5¢ Score Card" for the Boston Red Sox's 1932 season signed on the inside cover by Hall of Famers, BILL DIC...

A fine collection of nine signatures of feted comedians and comediennes, most in signed check format (exceptions noted), includes: BOB HOPE(very fine

A nice lot of 9 signed checks of famed vintage and contemporary directors ca. 1952-1979, includes: CECILLE B. DEMILLE, SYDNEY POLLACK, CORNEL WILDE, C

A group of 15 signatures of celebrities, in various formats (noted), includes: CLINT EASTWOOD (two S.P.s: a 5" x 7" b/w side profile shot,...

A fine lot of nine vintage checks signed by musical stars from the 1940s-1908s, includes: RUDY VALLEE, BOBBY VINTON (2), PAUL SHAFFER, WEBB PIERCE, PA

A rare pair of ca. 1870 baseball glaze cardboard admittance tickets, one reading: "Granville, BASEBALL. ADMIT ONE. Admission, 25 Cents." O...

(1820 - 1906) American reformer active in suffrage, temperance and abolitionist movements instrumental in obtaining women the right to vote. Excellen

(1902 - 1983) Mafia "founding father" and accounting genius, close friend and associate of "Lucky" Luciano, Joe Adonis, "B...

(1902 - 1983) Mafia "founding father" and accounting genius, close friend and associate of "Lucky" Luciano, Joe Adonis, "B...

(1902 - 1983) Mafia "founding father" and accounting genius, close friend and associate of "Lucky" Luciano, Joe Adonis, "B...

(1902 - 1983) Mafia "founding father" and accounting genius, close friend and associate of "Lucky" Luciano, Joe Adonis, "B...

Wife of American mobster Meyer Lansky. Vintage check drawn on The National Shawmut Bank in Boston, engrossed and signed, Apr. 9, 1938. Lansky makes a

MICKEY COHEN (1913 - 1976) American gangster who started his career as Bugsy Siegel's bodyguard, but said to have been absent at Siegel's de...

MICKEY COHEN (1913 - 1976) American gangster who started his career as Bugsy Siegel's bodyguard, but said to have been absent at Siegel's de...

MICKEY COHEN (1913 - 1976) American gangster who started his career as Bugsy Siegel's bodyguard, but said to have been absent at Siegel's de...

MICKEY COHEN (1913 - 1976) American gangster who started his career as Bugsy Siegel's bodyguard, but said to have been absent at Siegel's de...

On November 21, 1933, Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow met family members just outside the tiny community of Sowers, Texas where Barrow had arranged a c

Bonnie Parker & Clyde Barrow "wanted" poster, May 21, 1934, 8" x 7 3/4", issued by the FBI and signed in type by J. Edgar Ho...

Scarce handbill, 12" x 5", [n.p.], ca 1935, promoting an unnamed "all talking western" featuring "Actual Authentic Pictures...

(1923-2013) Headmistress of a girls' school best known for the March 1980 murder of her husband, noted cardiologist and author of "The Comp...

(1904 - 1971) American criminal who, with Richard Loeb, was convicted in the thrill-killing of a 14 year old. Saved from the chair by Clarence Darro...

(1904 - 1971) American criminal who, with Richard Loeb, was convicted in the thrill-killing of a 14 year old. Saved from the chair by Clarence Darro...

(1904 - 1971) American criminal who, with Richard Loeb, was convicted in the thrill-killing of a 14 year old. Saved from the chair by Clarence Darro...