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Wizard of Oz: Billie Burke

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Autographs Start Price:NA Estimated At:14,000.00 - 16,000.00 USD
Wizard of Oz: Billie Burke

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Auction Date:2012 Jun 20 @ 18:00 (UTC-5 : 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
Fantastic and practically nonexistent vintage matte-finish 7.25 x 9 photo of Burke as Glinda the Good Witch of the North, signed and inscribed in fountain pen to the wife of character actor I. Stanford Jolley “To Emily Jolly, May your dearest wish come true, Billie Burke, 1940.” Lightly trimmed edges, some scattered light bends and creases to edges and background, and some light surface marks, otherwise fine condition.

Burke was 54 years old when she was chosen in 1938 to play the role that would immortalize her: Glinda. “It’s a divine part,” Burke wrote. “There’s child enough in all of us to be thrilled with the settings and feeling of this picture." She appeared in more than sixty movies before she retired in 1960, but Oz remained her favorite film. One of only of a handful of such photos we have seen, this splendid signed photo of the Good Witch would be a jewel in the crown of any Oz collection.