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Movie/TV Memorabilia: Autographs and Signed Items
This superb lot of personal correspondence to Billy Wilder from his fellow artists includes (1) Mrs. Lee Strasberg TLS, March 12, 1959, one page, personal letterhead; (2) Dore Schary TLS, May 16, 1960, one page, personal letterhead; (3) Dino de Laurentiis four TLS, July 12, 1955, one page; July 2...
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Movie/TV Memorabilia: Autographs and Signed Items
This Gish sisters lot includes Lillian Gish inscribed and signed 8" x 10" b&w portrait, stamped on verso "Kenneth Alexander, Photographer of Women Exclusively, 542 5th Avenue, New York," near fine; Dorothy Gish inscribed and signed 6.75" x 8.5" b&w portrait, chip out bottom left corner, else near...
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Movie/TV Memorabilia: Autographs and Signed Items
This lot of three Mario Lanza fan-mail still photographs includes one signed and inscribed 8" x 10" MGM b&w portrait, near fine with minor creasing; and two signed 3.5" x 5" b&w portraits, very fine.
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Movie/TV Memorabilia: Autographs and Signed Items
This unique final draft of the screenplay for the classic 1958 Paramount courtroom drama starring Charles Laughton, Tyrone Power, Marlene Dietrich, and Elsa Lanchester was used during production by writer-director Billy Wilder. A few pages include pencil annotations. The cover is signed "Billy W...
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Movie/TV Memorabilia: Autographs and Signed Items
This original, six-page, 8.5" x 13" contract between Barrymore and the Equitable Investment Corporation was signed and notarized on August 29, 1936, giving the company permission to act as the actor's investment counselor. Signed "John Barrymore" in black ink on page six. Fine condition with orig...
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Movie/TV Memorabilia: Autographs and Signed Items
This lot includes (1) three documents signed by Billy Wilder: June 4, 1942, document for Equitable Investment Corporation; May 5, 1955 TLS to Equitable Investment Corporation; and September 8, 1966, receipt from Title Insurance and Trust Company; (2) Certificate of Membership in the Motion Pictur...
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Movie/TV Memorabilia: Autographs and Signed Items
A five-page contract dated February 28, 1956 on Warner Bros. letterhead, is signed black ink on the front page by both Billy Wilder and James Stewart. The contract gives permission for Thompson Valves to use Stewart's likeness as Lindbergh to promote its product for one year. Despite being 47 yea...
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Movie/TV Memorabilia: Autographs and Signed Items
A two-page typed letter from Charles Lindbergh to Billy Wilder, signed by the aviation pioneer on the last page in black ink. The letter is dated April 9, 1957, and expresses Lindbergh's admiration for Wilder's biopic The Spirit of St. Louis. Lindbergh writes, in part, "...let me tell...
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Movie/TV Memorabilia: Autographs and Signed Items
South Devon, December 11 (no year), two pages (front and verso of personal letterhead), 5.5" x 7". This is a rare handwritten letter with excellent content from a great mystery and crime writer to an equally brilliant film director regarding his 1958 screen adaptation of her 1948 short story "The...
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Movie/TV Memorabilia: Autographs and Signed Items
Set of 21 autographs includes Sonny Bono, Ken Kesey, Marcel Marceau, Richard M. Nixon, Colin Powell, Bob Hope, George Bush Sr., Barbara Bush, Gen. Norman Schwartzkopf, Dean Koontz, Maria von Trapp, Alex Haley, Anne Rice, Richard Matheson, Simon Wiesenthal, Norman Mailer, Frank Borman, John Cage, ...
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Movie/TV Memorabilia: Autographs and Signed Items
Set of 21 autographs includes Maria von Trapp, Dr. Benjamin Spock, Sonny Bono, Joseph Heller, Mickey Spillane, Norman Mailer, Richard Nixon, Barbara Bush, Ken Kesey, Anne Rice, Dean Koontz, and others. In Excellent condition.
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Movie/TV Memorabilia: Autographs and Signed Items
Set of 11 autographs includes Clive Barker (2), Dr. Benjamin Spock, President George W. Bush, Mickey Spillane, Norman Mailer, Maya Angelou, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Anne Rice, and Bob Hope (2). In Excellent condition.
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Movie/TV Memorabilia: Autographs and Signed Items
October 1, 1932, one page, 8.5" x 11". This contract signed by Gregg Toland and Samuel Goldwyn, Inc., Vice President Abraham Lehr extended the ace cinematographer's contract for an additional year at a salary of $200 per week. While working for Goldwyn during this period, Toland shot The Kid f...
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Movie/TV Memorabilia: Autographs and Signed Items
An accomplished and prolific American playwright and screenwriter, Sidney Howard became the first person to win both a Pulitzer Prize (for Drama, They Knew What They Wanted , 1924) and an Academy Award (for Best Adapted Screenplay, Gone With the Wind, 1939). This two-page co...
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Movie/TV Memorabilia: Autographs and Signed Items
This rare 8" x 11.75" sepia portrait of Dwight Frye, best known for his unforgettable, creepy performances in a handful of Universal Horror classics-Dracula (1931), The Invisible Man (1933) and five of the Frankenstein films-plus the original The Maltese Falcon...
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Movie/TV Memorabilia: Autographs and Signed Items
David Peel Signed Photo. A b&w 4" x 6" photo of the British actor during his period in service to the Royal Navy, inscribed and signed by him in black ink. Peel created one of the most memorable movie vampires with his performance as "Baron Meinster" in Brides of Dracula (19...
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Movie/TV Memorabilia: Autographs and Signed Items
Willy Pogany Signed Letter. A typed, single-page letter to Samuel Goldwyn Studios from the art director and illustrator of children's' books, dated December 9, 1931 and signed by Pogany in black ink. In Very Fine to Excellent condition with mild toning, staple holes to the upper left c...
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Movie/TV Memorabilia: Autographs and Signed Items
This rare lot of 13 original b&w still photographs from actress Mae Clarke's own collection includes her signature and inscriptions on some of the images, and her handwritten annotations on the verso of each. Many of the photos also include the photographer's stamp on verso. Included are two 1922...
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Movie/TV Memorabilia: Autographs and Signed Items
This fantastic lot from the 1954 exploitation "classic" Girl Gang (here titled "Girl Gangs") includes 13 original action-packed and steamy stills; Timothy Ferrell's own complete script (no page numbers), including his annotations written in blue ballpoint; and a group of documents incl...
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Music Memorabilia: Autographs and Signed Items
A single-page typed letter on Glenn Miller Orchestra letterhead, dated August 4, 1941, with a large bold signature by Miller in black ink. The letter rejects seven songs submitted to the orchestra by an aspiring songwriter. In Very Fine condition, matted and framed along with a b&w 11" x 14" phot...
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Movie/TV Memorabilia: Autographs and Signed Items
A 6" x 4.5" autograph album page signed by pioneer aviator Wiley post in blue ink. In Very Fine to Excellent condition with mild tanning along the edges.
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Movie/TV Memorabilia: Autographs and Signed Items
A set of more than 100 personal checks dating from 1932-37, each signed by Marian Marsh. Condition ranges from Very Good to Very Fine, with the usual bank cancellation marks.
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Movie/TV Memorabilia: Autographs and Signed Items
A small archive of correspondence between Marian Marsh and David R. Hochreich (original owner of Vocafilm and "talkies" pioneer). Includes an unsigned contract between Marsh and Hochreich, allowing him to represent the young actress, as well as handwritten letters to Hochreich from Marsh, and mul...
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Movie/TV Memorabilia: Autographs and Signed Items
Included in Marian Marsh's saved correspondence from well-known friends are letters from writer Val Guest, Marx Brothers director Eddie Buzzell, Lord William Waleran, Geraldine Fitzgerald's husband Sir Edward Lindsay-Hogg, and others. Also included is a cool little piece of history: an invitation...
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Movie/TV Memorabilia: Autographs and Signed Items
In 1960, actress Marian Marsh married Clifford Henderson, an aviation pioneer who was the founder of Palm Desert, California. This lot features three original 8" x 10" photos of Marian attending the National Air Races in Cleveland, Ohio in 1938, as well as the original signed letter from Cliffo...
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Movie/TV Memorabilia: Autographs and Signed Items
This lot includes Christmas and New Years greetings in the form of a telegram from famed Universal Studios "Crown Price" Carl Laemmle, Jr., a pre-printed Christmas card from Mrs. Flo Ziegfeld (aka Billie Burke, "Glinda" of The Wizard of Oz, and a card from actor/playwright Edgar Selwyn. Also note...
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Movie/TV Memorabilia: Autographs and Signed Items
Although film star Marian Marsh and aviation pioneer and Palm Desert founder Clifford Henderson married in 1960, their friendship went back decades . This lot contains a letter dated June 26, 1936 on 1936 National Air Races stationery, reading, "Dear Marian Just a note to tell you that a certain ...
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Movie/TV Memorabilia: Autographs and Signed Items
Bela Lugosi Signed Photograph Striking, gloss finish photograph of an etching by N. Goode of the legendary Bela Lugosi, boldly inscribed in black ink "To Ruth with sincere regards Bela Lugosi." The signature, which the actor has sharply underlined, features the characteristic accent ma...
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Music Memorabilia: Autographs and Signed Items
Leopold Stokowski Signed Letters and Other Correspondence. Includes two letters from famed conductor Leopold Stokowski to bassoonist Paul Tucci, signed by Stokowski in black ink, both referencing the 1959 season of the Houston Symphony Orchestra. Also included is a letter from Sir John...
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Music Memorabilia: Autographs and Signed Items
Leopold Stokowski Signed Letters. A set of three letters, signed by Leopold Stokowski and Paul Tucci, regarding Tucci's first season as the principal bassoonist of the Houston Symphony in 1958. Stokowski, best known for his collaboration with Walt Disney to create Fantasia (...
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Music Memorabilia: Autographs and Signed Items
It was Monday night, February 2, 1959: the line-up at the Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake, Iowa, included Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, the Big Bopper (J.P. Richardson), Dion and the Belmonts, and Frankie Sardo. As the young musicians were leaving the Surf Ballroom, a teenager from Clear L...
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Music Memorabilia: Autographs and Signed Items
A two-page letter on 8.25" x 11.25" stationery, undated, handwritten by McCartney in blue ink to pop megastar Prince. The letter references the Liverpool Institute for the Performing Arts that McCartney helped found in 1996. It reads in part: "Dear Princely person, Hi there! I know how hard it is...
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Music Memorabilia: Autographs and Signed Items
A one-page typed letter on Paisley Park stationery, dated December 5, 1990, from Prince to his employees, signed by musician in purple ink. The letter announces the of a president and vice-president for the company. In Very Fine condition with two fold creases and some tanning to the left edge.
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Music Memorabilia: Autographs and Signed Items
A personal check for $1,000 written to "Prince R. Nelson", dated December 3, 1992, and endorsed on the back by Prince in purple ink. In Excellent condition with the usual bank cancellation marks.
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Music Memorabilia: Autographs and Signed Items
A ticket for the Beatles' May 17, 1963 performance at the Grosvenor in Norwich, signed on the reverse John Lennon, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr in blue ink. A great set of signatures from the end of their pre-celebrity period. Items autographed by the band after 1963 are difficult to find, an...
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Music Memorabilia: Autographs and Signed Items
A vintage 6.25" x 4.5" Parlophone promotional photocard featuring the Beatles circa 1963, signed on the reverse by George Harrison in blue ballpoint and Paul McCartney in black. Both signatures and large and bold, and the card is in Fine to Very fine condition with some wear and a crease near the...
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Music Memorabilia: Autographs and Signed Items
A vintage 7.5" x 5" Parlophone promotional photocard featuring the Beatles circa 1963, signed on the front by John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr in blue ballpoint. Someone added "June 1963. At Southern Sporting Club. Manchester." in purple ink in the lower right corner....
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Music Memorabilia: Autographs and Signed Items
A b&w 8" x 10" photo of the late Beatle guitarist circa the 1970s, inscribed "To Gary/best wishes" and signed by him in blue ink. In Very Fine condition with some staining to the upper left corner.
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Music Memorabilia: Autographs and Signed Items
A sheet of 8.5" x 11" notebook paper with the lyrics for the song "Kathy" handwritten by Ron McKernan in blue ballpoint. A founding member of the Dead, McKernan died in 1973 at the age of 27, making his autograph and handwritten items such as this very rare. the page is Very Fine condition with f...
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Music Memorabilia: Autographs and Signed Items
Two copies of the March 1966 edition of Beatles Monthly, one of which has been signed on page one by John Lennon in blue ballpoint. The page features a nice full-page image of Lennon taken during the recording sessions for Rubber Soul, and the autograph was obtained by a fem...
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Music Memorabilia: Autographs and Signed Items
Lyrics to an unpublished, unrecorded song handwritten on a sheet of composition notebook paper in blue ballpoint by Springsteen. The lyrics are loose and note-like in structure, suggesting a very early draft for a song that was never completed. The page is in Very Fine condition with some wear an...
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Music Memorabilia: Autographs and Signed Items
Lyrics to an unpublished, unrecorded song handwritten on a sheet of composition notebook paper in black ballpoint by Springsteen. The page is in Very Fine to Excellent condition with some wear and toning along the edges.
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Music Memorabilia: Autographs and Signed Items
Lyrics to an unpublished, unrecorded song handwritten on a sheet of composition notebook paper in blue ballpoint by Springsteen. The lyrics are loose and note-like in structure, suggesting a very early draft for a song that was never completed. The page is in Very Fine condition with some wear al...
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Music Memorabilia: Autographs and Signed Items
Lyrics to an unpublished, unrecorded song titled "We've Got to Do It Now", handwritten on a sheet of composition notebook paper in blue ballpoint by Springsteen. The page is in Very Fine to Excellent condition with mild wear and toning.
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Music Memorabilia: Autographs and Signed Items
Lyrics to an unpublished, unrecorded song handwritten on a sheet of composition notebook paper in black ink by Springsteen. The lyrics are loose and note-like in structure, suggesting a very early draft for a song that was never completed. The page is in Very Fine condition with very mild wear an...
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Music Memorabilia: Autographs and Signed Items
The autographs of two of the 20th century's most iconic figures on the same item! This is a 6"x 9" program for the Annual Columbus Celebration of the Pittsburgh Chapter of the Knights of Columbus, October 14, 1956. Delivering the address was the Honorable John F. Kennedy, United States Senator fr...
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Music Memorabilia: Autographs and Signed Items
A two-page letter letter handwritten by German photographer and artist Astrid Kirchherr to the Millie Sutcliffe, mother of late founding Beatle, Stuart Sutcliffe. Kirchherr had been Sutcliffe's girlfriend during the last two years of his life, and wrote this letter circa April-May 1962, shortly a...
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Music Memorabilia: Autographs and Signed Items
Regularly referred to as "The Fifth Beatle" and often credited with naming the band, Stuart Sutcliffe was a gifted painter and more interested in art than music. He left the band in late 1961 to study art at the Hamburg State Art College; sadly, he died a few months later of a cerebral hemorrhage...
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Music Memorabilia: Autographs and Signed Items
A vintage album cover for the British Parlophone Records edition of the Beatles' first LP, signed on the reverse by the band members. John Lennon, Paul McCartney, and George Harrison each provided bold, clear signatures: John and George in blue ballpoint, with George adding "love from" and both a...
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Music Memorabilia: Autographs and Signed Items
The legendary Bluesman has signed in ink at the top of the back cover of this British release on the Realm label. Although the name of the album, Lightnin' Hopkins Sings the Blues, is the same as that of the Crown label release in the US in 1961, the contents are different. The main thing here is...
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