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 613. Sarah Bernhardt
(1844-1923) French stage actress.
Bernhardt made her fame on the stages of
Europe in the 1870s, and was soon in
demand in Europe and the Americas. She
developed a reputation as a serious
dramatic actress, earning the nickname
"The Divine Sarah." 3 ½” x 5 ½” postcard
photograph signed on the lower margin.
$500 to $900
 614. (Edwin Booth)
(1833-1893) Actor. Booth toured
throughout America and to the major
capitals of Europe, performing
Shakespeare. Theatre historians consider
him the greatest American actor and
Hamlet of the 19th century. 7” x 18 ½”
broadside for his performance in
Richard III at the Boston Theatre on
February 22, 1864. Uniformly age toned
and framed. The frame shows considerable
damage.
$150 to $250
 615. (Edwin Forrest)
(1806-1872) Actor. Forrest is
acknowledged as the first grand
tragedian of the American stage. 7” x 18
½” broadside for his performance in
Damon and Pythias at the Boston
Theatre on February 22, 1864. The
broadside has been torn horizontally and
is crudely repaired, uniformly age toned
and framed. The frame shows considerable
damage.
$ 75 to $150
 616. Bob Fosse
(1927-1987) Musical theater
choreographer, director, film director.
Fosse won an unprecedented eight Tony
Awards for choreography, as well as one
for direction. He was nominated for an
Academy Award four times, winning for
his direction of Cabaret.6” x 9”
autograph letter signed, no place or
date, on lined paper, to “Mr. Baker.”
“…I haven’t any recent photos but here
is the autograph you
requested….”
$ 50 to $ 75
 616A. Alfred Lunt
(1892-1977) and Lynn Fontanne
(1887-1983) Actors. Lunt and Fontanne
were the pre-eminent Broadway acting
couple of American history, having the
Lunt-Fontanne Theatre on Broadway named
in their honor. Celebrated for their
sophisticated comic skills, they were
known for their ability to swiftly
overlap dialogue with such adroitness
that every word was understood. 3 ½” x 5
½” matte finish black and white
photograph signed by both.
$100 to $200
 617. Theatre – Collection of
Letters.
A huge lot of eight autograph letters
signed and four typed letters signed by
personalities from the early British and
American stage. The collection includes:
Morris Barnett (1800-1856)
English actor, dramatist, George
Bartley (1782-1858) English
comedian, actor, David Belasco
(1854-1931) American actor, dramatist,
producer, typed letter signed, Alex
Meyrick Broadley (1847-1916) English
lawyer, author, collector, Minnie
Maddern Fiske (1865-1919) American
actress, three typed letters signed,
Albert M. Palmer (1838-1905)
American theatrical manager, Edward
Hugh Sothern (1859-1933) American
actor, James H. Stoddard
(1827-1907) English comedian, actor,
Alfred Sutro (1863-1933) British
playwright, typed letter signed
 and
Francis Talfourd (1828-1862) English
dramatist. The overall condition is very
good.
$250 to $350
Circus
 618. P. T. Barnum
(1810-1891) Showman. Barnum founded the
circus that became the Ringling Bros.
and Barnum & Bailey Circus. He was a
businessman, his profession was
entertainment, and he was perhaps the
first "show business" millionaire. 7 ¼”
x 2 ¾” check written and signed,
Pequannock National Bank, Pequannock has
been crossed out and Barnum has written
“Park,” October 28, 1865.
Slightly soiled, revenue stamp in the
right corner with staining in that
margin.
$600 to $1,000
 619. Emmett Kelly
(1898-1979) Clown. Kelly created the
memorable clown figure "Weary Willie,"
based on the hobos of the Depression
era. 8” x 4” promotional flyer for his
appearance at Harrah’s, signed on the
message side in green ink, “Best
Wishes Emmett Kelly 7/31/64.”
$100 to $150
 620. Karl Wallenda
(1905-1978) Circus performer. Wallenda
was the founder of The Flying Wallendas,
an internationally known daredevil
circus act famous for performing
death-defying stunts without a safety
net. 12 ½” x 13 ½” black and white
photograph of Wallenda on the tight wire
at Philadelphia’s Veterans Stadium
signed, “To Bill Caruso, All good
wishes! Sincerely, Karl Wallenda…Dec.
25, 1973.”
$150 to $250
Silver Screen
 621. Actors – Signed Photographs.
A collection of nine photographs, 8” x
10” except noted, signed by the
following actors and actresses:
Claude Akins (1926-1994) 5” x
7”, Lauren Bacall (1924- ),
Adrienne Barbeau (1945- ) 5” x
7”, Drew Barrymore (1975- ),
Ben Gazzara (1930- ), Donald
O’Connor (1925-2003), Lynn
Redgrave (1943- ), Debbie
Reynolds (1932- ) and
Robert Stack
(1919-2003).
$100 to $200
 622. June Allyson
(1917-2006) Actress. Allyson was a very
popular motion picture star in the 1940s
and 1950s. She won a Golden Globe Award
for her performance in the comedy Too
Young To Kiss in 1951. 11” x 14”
black and white photograph signed. The
photograph has been double matted.
$100 to $150
 623. Fred Astaire
(1899-1987) dancer, actor. Astaire was
the American movie dancer of the
1930s and 1940s. Famed for his mixture
of elegance and nice-guy charm, he was a
popular romantic lead. 5” x 3” sheet
signed.
$100 to $200
 624. Lew Ayres
(1908-1996) Actor. Ayres played opposite
Greta Garbo in 1929's The Kiss,
but it was his starring role in All
Quiet on the Western Front which
made him a star. He played the title
role in Young Dr. Kildare and
became a matinee idol, starring in
several Kildare films. 8” x 10” movie
still from his 1939 film, Broadway
Serenade,
signed.
$ 50 to $ 75
 625. Brigitte Bardot
(1934- ) French actress. Bardot
started her acting career in 1952 and
after appearing in 16 films became
world-famous due to her role in the
controversial film And God Created
Woman. During her career in show
business Bardot starred in 48 films,
performed in numerous musical shows,
recorded 80 songs. 8” x 10” color
photograph signed, “Love For Pete
Brigitte Bardot.”
$ 50 to $ 75
 626. Jack Benny
(1894-1974) Comedian. Benny was one of
the top stars of radio, television, and
stage in a career which spanned over 50
years. A master of comic timing, Benny
changed the nature of the weekly comedy
show on radio and his likeable skinflint
stage persona delighted audiences. 5” x
7” black and white photograph signed,
“To Bernard Jack Benny.” There is
also a printed inscription and
signature.
$100 to $200
 627. Mel Blanc
(1908-1989) Voice actor. Blanc was the
versatile cartoon voice creator of such
unforgettable characters as Bugs Bunny,
Porky Pig, and Daffy Duck. 8” x 10”
color printed photograph signed, “Eh
– what’s up Ronnie? ‘Bugs Bunny & Gang’
Mel Blanc 6/9/80.”
$100 to $200
 628. Ben Blue
(1901-1975) Actor, comedian. Often
appearing in baggy pants, with an
eccentric straw hat and cane, Blue went
on during the sound era to work for
Paramount, where he was the long-limbed,
wistful-eyed funny man in dozens of
pictures, tending to put in cameo
appearances that stole the show from
those with top billing. 8” x 10” black
and white photograph signed, “To
Darling Cecil – Thanks for the memory –
Really! Ben
Blue.”
$ 50 to $ 75
 629. Ray Bolger
(1904-1987) Actor, dancer. Bolger won a
Tony Award for his appearance in
Where’s Charley? His most famous
role was as the Scarecrow in the 1939
film The Wizard of Oz. 3 ½” x 5”
photograph of Bolger in costume as the
Scarecrow, signed “To. E. Robert
Whittmore From The Scarecrow of Oz Ray
Bolger.” Included is a 1 ¼” piece of
straw from his Scarecrow costume with a
copy of the letter of provenance from
Bolger, “…Every shooting day we
replaced the straw to match the day
before….”
$250 to $500
 630. William Boyd
(1895-1972) Actor. Boyd’s career took
off in 1935 when he began to appear in
Hopalong Cassidy, beginning with
the film, Hop-A-Long Cassidy and
eventually amounting to sixty-six
episodes. 8” x 10” black and white
photograph signed, “To Bernard Good
luck Hoppy.”
$150 to $250
 631. Marlon Brando
(1924-2004) Actor.
Brando was a smash hit on Broadway in
A Streetcar Named Desire in 1947; in
the early 1950s he was nominated in four
consecutive years for best actor Oscars,
winning once for the 1954 film On the
Waterfront. 8 ½” x 11”, three page,
typed legal document signed, Wyman,
Bautzer, Rothman, Kuchel and Silbert,
May 3, 1984. The document is a copy of
his agreement for his performance in the
film, In the Garden of Eden. An
authenticator has found it necessary to
affix their sticker in the lower right
corner.
$450 to $800
 632. Fanny Brice
(1891-1951) Comedienne, singer. Brice is
best remembered as the creator and star
of the top-rated radio comedy series,
The Baby Snooks Show. Thirteen years
after her death, she was portrayed on
the
 Broadway stage by Barbra Streisand
in Funny Girl. 6 ½” x 2 ¾” check
endorsed, “Fanny Brice Checking
a/c,” June 12, 1936 the check
payable to Brice was written and signed
by comic actress Bea Lillie
(1894-1989).
$100 to $200
 633. Billie Burke
(1885-1970) Actress. Burke became a
musical comedy star in the early 1900s.
She will forever be remembered for her
lighthearted portrayal of Glinda the
Good Witch in the film classic The
Wizard of Oz. Her book, With a
Feather on My Nose,
Appleton-Century-Crofts, 1948, signed on
the first blank page “To Billie Witt.
With best wishes. Billie Burke 1949.”
The book shows wear, although the
covers are firmly attached, some age
spotting to the blank pages.
$100 to
$200
 634. Billie Burke.
3 ½” x 5” black and white photograph,
signed in green ink “This is the only
little picture I Best wishes. Billie
Burke 1957.”
$150
to $250
 635. Billie Burke.
5 ¾” x 3 ½” autograph note signed,
“Most happy to be included in your
collection. Ever Sincerely, Billie Burke
Ziegfeld. 1957.” Includes an
unsigned 7” x 9” black and white
photograph.
$100 to $200
 635A. Richard Burton
(1925-1984) Welsh actor. Burton was
known for his outstanding abilities as a
Shakespearean actor, his commanding
presence on Broadway, and his compelling
screen portrayals. He was almost as
famous for his romance with actress
Elizabeth Taylor, to whom he was twice
married. 8 ½” x 11” typed legal document
signed, in blank. The document is an
“Inducement Agreement” typed in 1979.
$200 to $400
 636. James Cagney
(1899-1986) Actor. Cagney inaugurated a
new film persona, a city boy with a
staccato rhythm who was the first great
archetype in the American talking
picture. Two typed letters signed,
“Jim,” personal stationery, August
13, 1971 and November 4, 1977, to
“Ann” and “Minnie.” Ann’s
letter is a page and a quarter, “…You
may know that Jim McWilliams, who was
barred from the Keith circuit for not
showing enough respect for Martin Beck,
hired a hansom cab…drive up to the
Palace Theatre…shouted, while hauling on
the reins, ‘Beck, you bastard, Beck.’ Of
course, he was arrested….” There are
several notes in another hand,
presumably Ann’s. The second letter is
one page, “…keep working at the book,
Frank McHugh has started his
autobiography, and he too finds it slow
going, but maybe that’s because he too
is Irish….”
$150 to $300
 637. Eddie Cantor
(1892-1964) Comedian, singer, actor.
Cantor was regarded almost as a family
member by millions because his top-rated
radio shows revealed intimate stories
and amusing anecdotes about his wife Ida
and five children. His eye-rolling
song-and-dance routines eventually led
to his nickname, “Banjo Eyes.” His
book, Take My Life, Doubleday &
Co., 1957, first edition, signed on the
first blank page “To Herschel Hart –
My Kindest regards goes with this life
of mine. Eddie Cantor.” The dust
jacket is shelf worn and torn, the spine
is tight.
$ 75 to $125
 638. George Carlin
(1937-2008) Comedian. Carlin was noted
for his political and black humor and
his observations on language,
psychology, and religion along with many
taboo subjects. He was arrested for
violating obscenity laws in 1972 after a
radio broadcast of an uncensored version
of his routine “Seven Dirty Words You
Can’t Say on Radio or Television.” 8” x
10” black and white photograph signed,
“Hi Allan! George Carlin.”
$100 to $200
 339. Comedians Books. Jerry Lewis
(1926- ) Comedian, actor, producer,
writer, director and singer. He is
best-known for his slapstick humor on
stage, screen and television. His book,
Dean & Me, Doubleday, 2005, first
edition, signed “Jerry,” on the
first blank page and Jim Belushi
(1954- ) Actor, comedian. His book,
Real Men Don’t Apologize,
Hyperion, 2006, first edition, signed on
the title page.
$ 75 to $125
 640. Comedy – Signed Photographs of
Six “Funny Men.” Milton Berle
(1908-2002), George Burns
(1896-1996), Billy Crystal
(1948- ), Jim Carey (1962-
), Buddy Hackett (1924-2003) and
Pee-Wee Herman (Paul Reubens)
(1952- ).
$100 to $200
 641. Comics.
A collection of four 5” x 3” cards with
a commemorative stamp affixed. The
collector has asked the following
personalities to cancel the stamp by
signing through it: Steve Allen
(1921-2000), George Burns
(1896-1996), Red Skelton
(1913-1997) and Whoopi Goldberg
(1955- ). Allen has added, “To the
Gerstleys – All good wishes!”
(there is no stamp on the Red Skelton
signed card and Burns has signed twice).
$100 to $200
 642. Gary Cooper
(1901-1961) Actor. Cooper received five
Academy Award nominations for Best
Actor, winning twice, for Sergeant
York and High Noon. He also
received an Honorary Award in 1961 from
the Academy. 5” x 3” bank account card,
signed, March 31, 1961, he has also
listed his address and phone number and
indicated his occupation as “Motion
Pictures.”
$200 to $350
 643. Joseph Cotten
(1905-1994) Actor. Cotten as perhaps
best known for his collaborations with
Orson Welles, which included Citizen
Kane, The Third Man and
Journey into Fear, which Cotten
wrote, and for his work with Alfred
Hitchcock in Shadow of a Doubt.
8” x 10” matte finish photograph signed,
“Best wishes, Joseph Cotton
1955.”
$100 to $150
 644. Joan Crawford
(1905-1977) Actress. Crawford was one of
the most active and glamorous stars in
Hollywood during the 1930s and 1940s.
Her entire filmography spans a 45-year
period from 1925 to 1970 and includes
over 70 films, from silent pictures to
talkies. She was best known for her
portrayals of ruthless women. Her book,
A Portrait of Joan, Doubleday &
Company, 1962, signed on the first title
page “To Joan Bless you Joan
Crawford.” The dust jacket shows
wear but is fully intact, some age
toning to the first blank page.
$100 to $200
 645. Hume Cronyn
(1911-2003) and Jessica Tandy
(1909-1994) Actors. Cronyn was married
to actress Jessica Tandy from 1942 until
her death in 1994, and appeared with her
in many of their more memorable dramatic
stage, film and TV outings, including
The Green Years, The Gin Game,
Foxfire, Cocoon and
Cocoon: The Return. 5” x 7” matte
finish black and white photograph signed
by both.
$ 50 to
$ 75
 646. Bing Crosby
(1903-1977) Singer, actor. Crosby was
one of the best-loved show business
personalities of his time. He recorded
over 1,600 songs, had his own radio show
for over 20 years, starred in over 60
films, and made many guest appearances
and specials for television. 7 ¼” x 10
½” typed letter signed, “Bing,”
three pages, personal stationery,
December 21, 1968, to Albert C.
Boatwick. “…Thank you for your
informative letter…relating to the
Helio-Courier and the Super-Courier. I
am very much interested in getting a
craft of this type…for hopping around
the different little fields for fishing
and hunting…I’d like to get the plane in
February or certainly no later than
early March, because we go there
 the
first of April for 2 months. Where would
it be picked up? In Pittsburgh, Kansas?
Or would our outfit be able to deliver
it to No. California - the San Francisco
area….”
$200 to $350
 647. Marion Davies
(1897-1961) Actress. Davies is best
remembered for her relationship with
newspaper tycoon William Randolph
Hearst. Even during her career, her
high-profile social life often obscured
her professional career. 3 ½” x 5” card
with a circular illustration of Davies,
signed “To Bernard Baker Best wishes
from Marion Davies.”
$ 50 to $ 75
 648. Bette Davis
(1908-1989) Actress. Considered by some
to be unappealing in her first screen
tests, Bette Davis went on to become one
of Hollywood’s greatest actresses. She
won two Best Actress Academy Awards and
was nominated eight other times. 5 ¾” x
7 ½” autograph note signed on her
personal “Bette” stationery,
“Hello to Bernard Baker from Bette
Davis.”
$100 to $200
 649. Olivia de Havilland
(1916- ) Actress. De
Havilland had one of her most memorable
roles, as Melanie Hamilton in 1939’s
Gone With The Wind. She won an Oscar
in 1946 for To Each His Own, and
another in 1949 for The Heiress.
11” x 14” black and white movie
still as Melanie signed, he adds:
“Melanie.” Defaced by an
authenticator’s sticker at the lower
right corner.
$100 to $200
 650. Olivia de Havilland.
8” x 10” black and white photograph in
her role as “Melanie,” signed.
$100 to $200
 651. Cecil B. DeMille
(1881-1951) Film producer, director.
DeMille was most noted for his epic
extravaganzas, like The Ten
Commandments and The Greatest
Show on Earth. He produced and
directed over seventy films over the
years, with The Greatest Show on
Earth winning the Best Picture
Oscar, in 1952. 8 ½” x 11” typed letter
signed, Paramount Pictures Corporation,
January 14, 1957, to Bernard Baker.
“…The words of Jeremiah are words of
great comfort when he says, ‘Thy work
shall be rewarded.’ Warm appreciation
such as yours is a welcome reward to the
many…who spent five years…in the making
of THE TEN
COMMANDMENTS….”
$150 to $250
 652. Phyllis Diller
(1917- ) Comedienne. Diller is
considered to be one of the pioneers of
female stand-up comedy. She created a
stage character persona that was a
wild-haired, eccentrically-dressed
housewife. A collection including an 8”
x 10” black and white photograph signed,
5 ¼” x 8 ¼” autograph note signed,
“Love Phyllis” and four Christmas
cards with printed signatures.
$ 50 to $ 75
 653. Melvyn Douglas
(1901-1981) Actor. Douglas often played
the suave sophisticate in pursuit of a
beautiful woman, as in Ninotchka,
opposite Greta Garbo. Douglas began
appearing in supporting roles in the
early 1960s and turned in Oscar winning
performances in Hud and Being
There. 8” x 10” matte finish black
and white photograph signed, “Best
Wishes Melvyn
Douglas.”
$ 50 to $ 75
 654. Faye Dunaway
(1941- ) Actress. Dunaway has starred
in a variety of films, from blockbusters
such as The Towering Inferno and
the camp classic Mommie Dearest,
to the most critically acclaimed
including Bonnie and Clyde,
Chinatown, and Network.
Her book, Looking For Gatsby,
Simon & Schuster, 1995, first edition,
signed on the title
page.
$ 50 to $ 75
 655. Clint Eastwood
(1930- ) and Eli Wallach
(1915- ) Actors. Eastwood got his
start acting in spaghetti Westerns.
Later in his career he turned to
directing, and has won two Oscars for
Best Director, for Unforgiven and
Million Dollar Baby. Wallach’s
film debut was in Elia Kazan’s
controversial Baby Doll and he
went on to have a prolific career in
films, although rarely in a starring
role. 10” x 8” black and white movie
still from the 1966 film, The Good,
the Bad and the Ugly depicting
Eastwood and Wallach signed, “To
Debora – Best Wishes From Clint
Eastwood” and “For Deborah Best
Wishes from Eli Wallach Tuco.”
Matted to 14” x 11”.
$125 to $200
 656. Farrah Fawcett
(1947- ) Actress. Fawcett came to the
attention to the highly successful
producer Aaron Spelling that won her a
role in the TV series "Charlie's
Angels". She played a private
investigator who works for a wealthy and
mysterious businessman, along with two
other glamorous female detectives,
played by Kate Jackson and Jaclyn Smith.
The show immediately became the most
popular series on television, earning
record ratings and a huge audience.
Provocative 8” x 10” color
photograph, signed.
$150 to $250
 657. W.C. Fields
(1879-1946) Comedian. Fields emerged as
a top film comedian after the advent of
sound pictures, when audiences could
hear his distinctive raspy voice. His
screen personality, an unlovable but
hilarious con man, braggart,
misanthrope, and hater of children and
dogs, was largely his own. Fields wrote
and improvised the action for most of
his films. 8 ¼” x 3 ¼” check signed,
Security-First National Bank, February
15, 1936. An ink cancellation lightly
touches the signature.
$300 to $600
 658. Henry Fonda
(1905-1982) Actor. Fonda was one of
America’s most popular movie stars from
the 1940s through the 1970s. He capped
his career with his first Best Actor
Oscar for On Golden Pond in1981,
opposite screen legend Katharine
Hepburn. 8” x 10” black and white
photograph signed, “Julie – All My
Best – Henry Fonda.” Matted to 12” x
16”.
$ 75 to $125
 659. Funny Men.
A collection of three 5” x 3” cards with
a commemorative stamp affixed and a
block of four stamps. The collector has
asked the following comedians to cancel
the stamp by signing through it and two
photographs signed, the collection
includes cards signed by: Woody Allen
(1935- ), Steve Martin
(1945- ) and Dom Deluise
(1933- ) there is also a 6” x 4
¼” printed color photograph signed by
Deluise, “Michael LoveDom Deluise,”
and an 8” x 10” black and white
photograph signed by John Candy
(1950-1994). Woody Allen has signed the
reverse side of the card.
$100 to $200
 660. Ava Gardner
(1922-1990) Actress. Gardner was
best-known films include Showboat
and The Barefoot Contessa. She
received her only Oscar nomination for
Mogambo. Check signed, Security
First National Bank, June 21, 1966,
payable to her stock broker for the
purchase of 400 shares of Itek stock.
The cancellations are away from the
signature. Matted with a photograph to
16” x 20”.
$100 to $200
 661. Lillian Gish
(1893-1993) Actress. Gish was the movie
industry’s first true actress. A pioneer
of fundamental film performing
techniques, she was the first star to
recognize the many crucial differences
between acting for the stage and acting
for the screen. 7” x 9” vintage black
and white photograph, signed. The
photograph is triple
matted.
$100 to $200
 662. Good Will Hunting.
This was a film released in 1997 which
won two Academy Awards and garnered
seven additional Oscar nominations. It
starred Robin Williams, Ben Affleck
(1972- ) and Matt Damon
(1970- ). 8”
x 10” color photograph of and signed by
Affleck and Damon.
$ 50 to $ 75
 663. Margaret Hamilton
(1902-1985) Actress. Hamilton played the
nasty, cackling Wicked Witch of the West
in the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz.
8” x 10” black and white photograph
signed, “William – For you to catch
up with what I look like now! Tempus
fugit – fugit! Warmest wishes – Maggie
H.”
$200 to $400
 664. Helen Hayes
(1900-1993) Actress. Hayes’ career
spanned almost 70 years. She eventually
garnered the nickname "First Lady of the
American Theater", and was one of the
nine people who have won an Emmy, a
Grammy, an Oscar and a Tony Award.
8 ¾” x 11 ½” pastel original portrait
signed, “Blessings Helen Hayes.”
$100 to $150
 665. Katharine Hepburn
(1907–2003) Actress. Hepburn won four
Academy Awards in an acting career which
lasted more than 60 years. She is
perhaps best known for her role as a
prim missionary opposite Humphrey Bogart
in The African Queen. 8 ½” x 11”
cover from Newsweek, November 10,
1969, with Hepburn featured, signed
“To Arthur Todd Katharine Hepburn.”
$250 to $500
 666. Katharine Hepburn.
6” x 8” typed letter signed, personal
stationery, January 22, 1982, to Laurie
Schaefer. “…What a very very nice
letter…I’m sorry – no photos.” The
letter is framed, there is some surface
spotting.
$150 to $250
 667. William Holden
(1918-1981) Actor. Holden is remembered
for his role down-at-the-heels
screenwriter Joe Gillis who is taken in
by faded silent-screen star Norma
Desmond in Sunset Boulevard, for
which Holden earned his first Best Actor
Oscar nomination. Following this
breakthrough film, he played a series of
roles that combined good looks with
cynical detachment, including the
prisoner-of-war entrepreneur in
Stalag 17, for which he won the
Academy Award for Best Actor. 5”
x 3” bank document, signed. The document
is a card closing his and his wife’s
account at United California Bank,
September 3, 1971, also signed by
Ardis Holden. Matted with two
printed photographs to 16” x 20”.
$100 to $200
 668. Hedda Hopper
(1885-1966) Actress, gossip columnist.
Hopper’s long-running feud with friend
turned arch-rival Louella Parsons became
at least as notorious as many of
Hopper's columns. 8” x 10” black and
white matte finish photograph signed,
“To Bernard Baker Bless You Hedda
Hopper.”
$ 50 to $
75
 669. Hollywood Directors.
A collection of three 5” x 3” cards with
a commemorative stamp affixed. The
collector has asked the following
personalities to cancel the stamp by
signing through it: Mel Brooks
(1926- ), Ron Howard (1954-
) and Spike Lee (1957-
). Howard has signed under the
commemorative stamp.
$100 to $200
 670. Bob Hope
(1903-2003) Comedian, actor. Hope was
one of television's most renown
comedians and actors. He also worked in
vaudeville, radio, and film, and for the
last eight decades has made audiences
laugh at themselves, their contemporary
culture and its foibles, their politics
and politicians. His book, They Got
Me Covered, Bob Hope, 1941, first
edition, signed on the first blank page
“Herschell Hart Honestly! It’s
‘Nothing but the Truth’ Bob
Hope.” No dust jacket, shelf worn,
age spotting.
$ 75 to $125
 671. Bob Hope
and Jane Russell. 9” x 12” sheet
music for the song Buttons and Bows
from their film, The Paleface,
signed by both. Hope signed, “To
Peter Bob Hope.”
$ 50 to $ 75
 672. Rock Hudson
(1925-1985) Actor. Hudson completed
nearly 70 motion pictures and starred in
several television productions during a
career that spanned over four decades.
8” x 10” black and white movie still of
Hudson carrying Doris day, signed.
$ 50 to $75
 673. Innerspace.
A 1987
Academy Award-winning
Warner Brothers
science fiction comedy film produced by
Steven Spielberg. The film was based on
the classic 1966 sci-fi film
Fantastic Voyage.
10” x 8” black and white promotional
photograph signed by the principle cast
members: Martin Short, Meg Ryan
and Dennis Quaid. Matted to 14” x
11”.
$ 50 to $75
 674. Emil Jannings
(1884-1950) Swiss actor. Jannings the
first winner of the Academy Award for
best actor winning the 1928 Oscar for
two films, The Way of All Flesh
and The Last Command. 3 ½” x 5 ½”
sepia toned, printed photograph, signed.
$200 to $350
 675. George Jessel
(1898-1981) Actor, singer. Jessel was
famous in his lifetime as a
multitalented comedic entertainer,
achieving a level of recognition that
transcended his limited roles in movies.
He was widely known by his nickname, the
"Toastmaster General of the United
States" for his frequent role as the
master of ceremonies at political and
entertainment gatherings. His book,
This Way Miss, Henry Holt and
Company, 1955, first edition,
signed on the first blank page, “Love
George Jessel 68.” The condition of
the book is very good, the dust jacket
shows considerable wear.
$ 50 to $ 75
 676. Al Jolson
(1886-1950) Singer, actor. Jolson first
sang “Mammy” in black face in 1909, and
his style brought him fame and many
imitators. The first of his many
Broadway appearances was in La Belle
Paree; his film work began with
The Jazz Singer, the first major
film with sound and a landmark in the
history of motion pictures. 8” x 20”
legal document signed, New York, January
6, 1941. The document is an Actor’s
Equity Contract employing George L.
Church to appear in the musical
Hold on to Your Hats and is signed
by Church and Jolson as “Manager.” The
document has been trimmed at the right
margin affecting the printed text but
not the signatures.
$200 to $400
 677. Tommy Lee Jones
(1946- ) Actor. Jones is perhaps best
known for his appearances as Samuel
Gerard on The Fugitive and
U.S. Marshals, as Woodrow F. Call in
the Lonesome Dove series and as
Sheriff Ed Tom Bell in No Country for
Old Men. 10” x 8” color photograph
signed. The photograph has been attached
to a 15” x 12” wooden plaque. There is a
brass plaque mounted under his
photograph.
$ 50 to $ 75
 678. Grace Kelly
(1929-1982) Actress, Princess. Kelly won
a best actress Oscar in 1954 for The
Country Girl. She is still better
known for playing the gorgeous, reserved
blonde in three Alfred Hitchcock films:
Dial M for Murder, Rear Window,
and To Catch a Thief. While
attending the Cannes film festival she
met Prince Rainier III of Monaco. The
two were married in 1956 and Kelly
abandoned her acting career to become
Princess Grace. 8” x 10” black and
white photograph signed.
$700
to $1,200
 679. Eartha Kitt
(1927-2008) Singer, actress. Kitt was
perhaps best known for her 1953
Christmas song Santa Baby. She
took over the role of Catwoman for the
third season of the 1960s Batman
television series. 8” x 10” color
photograph, signed.
$ 50 to $ 75
 680. Martin Landau
(1931- ) Actror. Landau is perhaps
most well-known for his roles in the
television series Mission: Impossible
and Space: 1999. In 1994 he won
the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in
the movie Ed Wood, having already
received two previous Oscar nominations.
11” x 14” black and white photograph
signed in silver ink.
$ 50 to $ 75
 681. Leading Men.
A collection of four 5” x 3” cards with
a commemorative stamp affixed. The
collector has asked the following
personalities to cancel the stamp by
signing through it: Robert DeNiro
(1943- ), Clint Eastwood
(1930- ), Dustin Hoffman
(1937- ) and James Earl Jones
(1931- ). De Niro has signed under
the stamp and Hoffman signs the reverse
side and Eastwood adds: “Best to
Michael-.”
$100 to $200
 682. Vivien Leigh
(1913-1967) British actress. Leigh
will best be remembered as the defiant
and beautiful Scarlett O’Hara, heroine
of the 1939 movie classic Gone With
the Wind. 4 ¾” x 6 ½” matte finish
black and white photograph signed.
$300 to $500
 683. Sophia Loren
(1934- ) Italian actress. Loren was
one of Italy's great 20th-century sex
symbols. In 1961 she won an Oscar for
the Italian wartime drama Two Women
(La Ciociara). Loren has always
been a respected actress; in 1991 she
won an honorary Oscar in recognition of
her full body of work. 8” x 10” color
photograph signed.
$ 50 to $ 75
 684. Bela Lugosi
(1882-1956) Hungarian actor. Lugosi shot
to stardom in the title role of the 1931
film version of Bram Stoker’s Dracula
and set the standard for movie vampires.
7 ¼” x 9 ¼” sepia toned photograph
signed, “To Al good luck to a friend
always Bela Lugosi.” Mounted. A
back note indicates that this photograph
had been inscribed to the owner of the
Papapango Lounge in the Fairmount Hotel
in San Francisco and had been displayed
there.
$900 to $1,600
 685. Bea Lillie
(1894-1989) Comic actress. She was noted
primarily for her stage work in revues
and light comedies, frequently paired
with Gertrude Lawrence, Bert Lahr and
Jack Haley. Beatrice Lillie took
advantage of her gift for witty satire
that made her a stage success for more
than 50 years. Two checks, written and
signed, “Beatrice (Lillie) Peel,”
Corn Exchange Bank and Trust Company,
one dated September 19, 1935 and the
second November 16, 1938. There are no
cancellations on the face of either
check.
$ 50 to $100
 686. Mary Martin
(1913-1990) Actress. Martin was a
Broadway superstar in the 1950s, when
she played spunky characters like
Peter Pan and Maria von Trapp and
won four Tony Awards in 13 years.
5” x 3 ¾” autograph letter signed,
“Your loving, Mary,” Nossa Fazenda,
March 14, 1973, to actress Joan
Crawford. “Joan darling – Your warm
message wrapped me ‘round with comfort
when…I most needed it….” Includes
the original envelope addressed by
Martin. Matted with a photograph to 14”
x 18”.
$100 to $200
 687. James Mason
(1909-1984) British actor. Mason first
performed on stage and in film in
England, where in the 1940s he became
the country's most popular leading man.
He came to Hollywood in 1949 and turned
in superb performances in classics such
as A Star Is Born, North by
Northwest Lolita, Georgy
Girl, The Verdict, and The
Shooting Party . 4” x 6 ½” black and
white photograph signed, “For Samuel
Walker! James Mason.” An
authenticator has found it important to
affix their sticker to the lower right
corner.
$ 50 to $75
 688. Butterfly McQueen
(1911-1995) Actress. McQueen entered
films in 1939 with roles in The Women
and Gone with the Wind in which
she played Prissy, Scarlett O'Hara's
maid. Two signed items: 10” x 8” movie
still from Gone With the Wind and
a first day of issue postal cover with
the GWTW commemorative and cachet.
$ 50 to $ 75
 689. (Marilyn Monroe)
(1926-1962) Actress. Monroe epitomized
the Hollywood sex symbol with her
provocative clothes, champagne blond
tresses, and breathless, whisper-voiced
manner of speaking. An unsigned 6” x 8
¼” rental agreement for the rental of a
limo from Carey Cadillac Renting Co. of
California, May 14, 1962. Marilyn was
picked up at Fox Studios and taken
shopping and returned home for a total
of 40 miles at a cost of $102.43.
$ 75 to $150
 690. Roger Moore
(1927- ) British actor. Moore is best
known for portraying two British action
heroes, Simon Templar in the television
series The Saint from 1962 to
1969, and James Bond in seven films from
1973 to 1985. His book, My Word is My
Bond, Collins, 2008, first edition,
signed on the title page, the dust
jacket is pristine.
$ 50 to $ 75
 691. Paul Muni
(1895-1967) Actor. Muni is remembered
for his trio of biographies: 1936's
The Story of Louis Pasteur for which
he wan an Oscar, 1937's The Life of
Emile Zola, and 1939's Juarez.
An original 7” x 5” sepia toned snapshot
of Muni, signed on the reverse “Hello
and Goodbye best always. Paul
Muni.”
$ 75 to $150
 692. Robert Montgomery
(1904-1981) Actor. Montgomery was
nominated for the Academy Award for Best
Actor as a psychopath in the chiller
Night Must Fall in 1937, and again
in 1942 for Here Comes Mr. Jordan.
8” x 10” sepia toned photograph signed.
$ 50 to $ 75
 693. Barry Nelson
(1920-2007) Actor. Nelson was the first
actor (and, to date, the only American)
to play James Bond on screen, in a 1954
adaptation of Ian Fleming's novel
Casino Royale. Five playing cards
(9, 10, Jack, Queen and King of
diamonds) signed “Barry Nelson 007.”
$100 to $200
 694. Paul Newman
(1925-2008) Actor. Newman won numerous
awards, including an Academy Award for
his performance in the 1986 film The
Color of Money and eight other
nominations and many honorary awards. He
also won several national championships
as a driver in Sports Car Club of
America road racing, and his race teams
won several championships in open wheel
racing. 10” x 8” printed black and white
photograph from The Hustler,
signed.
$200 to $350
 695. Barbara O’Neil
(1910-1980) Actress. O’Neil debuted in
film in the movie Stella Dallas
and in 1939 she was cast in the role of
Ellen O'Hara, Scarlett O'Hara's mother,
in Gone with the Wind. 6 ½” x 8”
cover from a Playbill from the
play, Affairs of State, signed in
pencil also signed by Reginald Owen
(1887-1972).
$150 to $250
 696. Our Gang. Gordon
“Porky” Lee
(1933-2005) and Tommy “Butch” Bond
(1926-2005) Child actors. Bond is
remembered for his role of 'Tommy' and
later as 'Butch' in the Our Gang
/ Little Rascals comedies of the
1930s and 40s. Lee appeared in the
Our Gang comedies as Porky from 1935
to 1939. During his tenure in Our
Gang, Porky originated the
catchphrase "O-tay!" 10” x 8” black and
white movie still signed by both. Lee
adds
“o’tay.”
$100 to
$200
 697. Bettie Page
(1923-2009) Pin-up model. Page was a
struggling actress when she began posing
for photographs in the late 1940s. Her
shapely figure, easy smile and trademark
hairstyle, long black hair with bangs,
made her a favorite. 8” x 10” Bunny
Yeager photograph signed, “Love,
Bettie
Page.”
$150 to $250
 698. Gregory Peck
(1916-2003) Actor.
Peck was best known for his
Oscar-winning role as Atticus Finch in
To Kill a Mockingbird. Lean and
handsome, Peck played stalwart and
decent heroes in dozens of dramas,
westerns and romances.
8” x 10” black
and white photograph signed, “To John
Cleary All good wishes Gregory Peck.”
Matted to 11” x 14”.
$150 to $250
 699. Anthony Perkins
(1932-1992) Actor. Perkins
was best known for his role as Norman
Bates in Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho
and its three sequels.
8” x 10” black
and white photograph signed, “For
Pete Thanks for asking! Tony Perkins.”
$ 50 to $ 75
 700. Eleanor Powell
(1912-1982) Actress, dancer. Powell
started her career on Broadway in 1929,
where her machine-gun foot work gained
her the title of world champion in tap
dancing. In 1935 she came to Hollywood
where she starred in the great MGM
musicals in the late 1930s. 8” x 10”
printed black and white photograph
signed, “To – ‘Ray’ It must have been
a good story Jeanette was telling me –
We were good friends & I loved her
dearly. Eleanor Powell.”
Mounted.
$ 75 to
$125
 701. Sally Rand
(1904-1979)
Burlesque dancer, actress. Rand’s most
noted for her ostrich feather fan dance
and balloon bubble dance. Her most
famous appearance was at the 1933
Chicago World's Fair entitled Century of
Progress. She had been arrested a few
times due to indecent exposure while
dancing, but the nudity was only an
illusion. 5” x
7” sepia printed photograph signed in
green ink.
$ 75 to
$125
 702. Bill “Bojangles” Robinson
(1878-1949) Dancer. Robinson was a
pioneer and pre-eminent African-American
tap dance performer. Bojangles starred
in vaudeville, musical stage and movies.
He invented the stair tap routine and is
remembered for his appearances as
trouper with the moppet Shirley Temple
in four of her 1930s films. 7” x 9 ½”
sepia toned photograph signed, “To –
Emile Thomson May good luck and success
follow you always – Bill Robinson 1931.”
The photograph has been mounted.
$300 to $500
 703. Edward G. Robinson
(1893-1973) Actor. Robinson has played a
wide range of characters, he is best
remembered for his roles as a gangster,
most notably in his star-making film
Little Caesar. 8” x 10” black and
white photograph signed, “To Bernard
Baker – All the best – Edward G.
Robinson.”
$100
to $200
 704. Ginger Rogers
(1911-1995) Actress. Rogers’ film career
spanning fifty years, she made a total
of seventy-three films, and is now
principally celebrated for her role as
Fred Astaire's romantic interest and
dancing partner in a series of ten
Hollywood musical films that
revolutionized the genre. 8” x 10” black
and white photograph signed. The
photograph is double matted and framed
to 14” x 16”.
$ 50 to $ 75
 705. Roy Rogers
(1911-1998) and Dale Evans
(1912-2001) Actors and singers.
Rogers was called the “King of the
Cowboys” during his long career as a
folksy singing hero of movies and TV. He
often co-starred with cowgirl Dale
Evans, whom he married in 1947. 11” x
14” sepia toned photograph signed,
“Our best wishes Roy Rogers” also
signed by Evans. Also an 8” x 10” color
photograph signed, “To Paul Happy
Trails Roy Rogers,” double matted
and framed to 13” x 16 ½”.
$100
to $200
 706. Jane Russell
(1921- ) Actress. Russell made her
motion picture debut in The Outlaw
1n 1941, a story about Billy the Kid
that went to great lengths to showcase
her voluptuous figure. The release of
the film was delayed two years due to
problems with the censorship of the
production code over the way her ample
cleavage was displayed. Two Photographs
signed a 10” x 12 ½” black and white
movie still from the film, The
Outlaw, signed. Defaced by an
authenticators sticker at the lower left
corner and an 8” x 10” black and white
photograph signed.
$ 50 to $75
 707. Signed Celebrity Photographs.
Collection of twenty-five signed
photographs of twenty-one personalities,
all but one 8” x 10”, most inscribed
with some duplication. Included are:
Marv Albert, Sarah Buxton (color),
George Carlin, Dick Clarke, Kirk
Douglas (2), Charlton Heston
(3 color), Ben Johnson (color),
James Earl Jones, Mary Tyler Moore,
Brenda Lee (8 ½” x 11” color),
Donald O’Connor, Martin Sheen, Joyce
Randolph, Mickey Rooney, Neil Sedaka,
Diane Sawyer (color), George
Takei (2, one color), Bernie
Taupin, Dick Van Dyke, Andy Williams
and Henry
Winkler.
$200 to $350
 708. Penny Singleton
(1908-2003) Actress. Singleton was best
known for her role in the series of
motion pictures based on the comic strip
Blondie, followed by the popular
Blondie radio program. She is
also well known as the voice of Jane
Jetson from the cartoon show the
Jetsons. 10” x 8” black and white
movie still (49/352) from Blondie
Hits the Jackpot, signed “For
Pete Fondly ‘Blondie’ Penny
Singleton.”
$50 to $ 75
 709. Ann Sothern
(1909-2001) Actress. Sothern, after a
career in largely “B” movies,
resurrected her career in television
playing the meddlesome Susie in the 1953
series Private Secretary. The
series was canceled in 1957 and Ann came
back in The Ann Sothern Show,
which ran from 1958 to 1961. 8” x 10”
printed black and white promotional
photograph signed, “To Ray Bravo, All
Good Wishes Ann Sothern.”
Mounted.
$ 50 to $ 75
 710. Steven Spielberg
(1946- ) Filmmaker, director.
Spielberg is a three-time Academy Award
winner and is the highest grossing
filmmaker of all time. His shark-attack
thriller Jaws became one of the
highest-grossing movies ever, and he
went on to direct huge successes such as
Close Encounters of the Third Kind,
Raiders of the Lost Ark, and
E.T. - the Extraterrestrial. 8” x
10” color photograph signed.
$100 to $200
 711. Stephen Spielberg.
9 ¼” x 12 ¼”, ninety-four page book,
A Celebration of the Human
Spirit…Tribute to Steven Spielberg,
signed on the title page.
$100 to $175
 712. James Stewart
(1908-1997) Actor. Stewart was one of
Hollywood’s most respected and admired
stars during his long movie career. He
was considered by many critics to be one
of the great leading men from
Hollywood’s studio era. 6” x 4”
autograph note signed, to Harold Nalven.
“…I send you my best wishes – Have a
wonderful life….”
$100 to $200
 713. James Stewart.
8” x 10” black and white photograph of
“Oscar,”
signed.
$ 50 to $ 75
 714. James Stewart
and Frank Capra (1897-1991) Film
director. Capra was an Academy Award
winning director and a major creative
force behind a number of highly popular
films of the 1930s and 1940s, including
It's a Wonderful Life and Mr.
Smith Goes to Washington. 10” x 8”
photograph of a lobby card from It’s
a Wonderful Life, signed by both.
$150 to $250
 715. John Travolta
(1954- ) Actor. Travolta established
his career as a leading Hollywood actor
with films such as Saturday Night
Fever and Grease, and
Lilly Tomlin (1939- ). 8”
x 10” black and white photograph from
their 1978 film, Moment By Moment,”
signed by both.
$ 50 to $ 75
 716. Claire Trevor
(1910-2000) Actress. Trevor was
nicknamed the "Queen of Film Noir"
because of her many appearances in "bad
girl” roles in film noir and other
black-and-white thrillers. She appeared
in over 60 films. 9” x 7” color printed
photograph of a lobby card for her film
Dead End, signed in red ink
“To Bobby – My best wishes, Claire
Trevor.”
$ 50 to $ 75
 717. Vivian Vance
(1909-1979) Comic actress. Vance is
remembered for playing Lucille Ball’s
landlady, ‘Ethel Mertz’ in the hit 1950s
television sitcom I Love Lucy. 7
½” x 9 ½” (margins trimmed) black and
white photograph with Lucy, signed.
$350 to $600
 718. Vintage Hollywood.
A collection of four 5” x 3” cards with
a commemorative stamp affixed. The
collector has asked the following actors
to cancel the stamp by signing through
it: Bette Davis (1908-1989),
Kirk Douglas (1916- ), Vincent
Price (1911-1993) and Charlton
Heston (1923-2008). There is also a
3 ½” x 5” black and white photograph
signed and a 5 ¼” x 7” color photograph
of Robert Mitchum (1917-1997),
signed “Cheers! Robert Mitchum.”
Douglas and Price have signed under the
stamp, Price has added “For Michael.”
Six items.
$100 to $200
 719. Mae West
(1893-1980) Actress. West played the
sultry, provocative woman in numerous
popular films and plays. Her sexuality
and off-color comments made her films
and plays the frequent target of
censors. 8” x 10” black and white
photograph signed, “To Bernard Baker
Sincerely Mae West 1960.”
$100 to $200
 720. Joanne Woodward
(1930- ) Actress. Woodward is an Emmy
Award and Academy Award-winning American
actress. Woodward, who was married to
Paul Newman, is also a television and
theatrical producer. 8” x 10” black and
white photograph signed, “Iris Best
Wishes Joanne Woodward.”
$ 50 to $ 75
 721. Bunny Yeager
(1930- ) Model, photographer. Yeager
began her career as a fashion model.
After retiring from modeling, she began
her career behind the camera. Along with
photographer Irving Klaw, Yeager played
a role in helping to make Bettie Page
famous. 8” x 10” black and white
photograph of Yeager accepting a trophy
from Joe DiMaggio, signed.
$ 50 to $ 75
 722. Wizard of Oz Munchkins.
Munchkins are the natives of the
fictional Munchkin Country in the Oz
books by L. Frank Baum. They are
probably better known from their
depiction in the 1939 film The Wizard
of Oz, in which they are played by
adult proportional dwarfs. Fifteen cards
(fourteen 5” x 3”, one 6” x 4”) signed
by actors who portrayed Munchkins. The
collection includes: Betty Ann Cain,
Mickey Carroll (1919- ), Tommy
Cottonaro (1914-2001), Tiny Doll
(1914-2004), Ruth Robinson Duncan
(1887-1966), Fern Formica
(1925-1995), Emil Kranzler
(1910-1993), Jarry Maren
(1920- ), Harry Monty
(1904-1999), Nels Nelson
(1921-1995), Margaret Pellegrini
(1923- ), Meinhardt Raabe
(1915- ), Clarence Swensen
(1917- ) Karl Slover (1918-
) and Betty Tanner (1916-1994).
$200 to $350
 723. Faye Wray
(1907-2004) Actress. Wray is best
remembered for her role as Ann Darrow,
the blonde seductress of a gigantic,
prehistoric gorilla in the classic
horror/adventure film King Kong.
5” x 3” card signed, “…Do send photo
for autographing – Faye Wray.”
$ 75 to $150
 724. Ed Wynn
(1886-1966) Comedian, actor. Wynn is
remembered for his Perfect Fool
comedy character, his pioneering radio
show of the 1930s, and his later career
as a dramatic actor. 8” x 10” black and
white photograph signed, “Sincerely
Ed Wynn.” There is a small water
stain in the upper right corner.
$100 to
$200
 725. Loretta Young
(1913-2000) Actress. Young made as many
as seven or eight movies a year and won
an Oscar in 1947 for her performance in
The Farmer's Daughter. She hosted
and starred in the well-received half
hour television series The Loretta
Young Show from 1953–1961. 8” x 10”
black and white photograph signed,
“To Roy Bravo, with all good wishes,
Loretta Young.”
$ 75 to $125
 726. Adolph Zukor
(1873-1976) Filmmaker. Zukor founded
Paramount Pictures, of which he served
as president until 1936 when he was
elevated to chairman of the board. He
revolutionized the film industry by
organizing production, distribution, and
exhibition within a single company. 8” x
10” sepia toned photograph signed,
“Bernard Baker Kind regards Adolph
Zukor.”
$100 to $150
 727. Entertainers.
A collection of signed album pages and
photographs comprising eighteen
identified Hollywood stars. The album
pages have small printed photographs
affixed. Included are the following:
Keith Andes (1920-2005) album page,
Bob Arthur (1925-2008) 3 ½” x 5”
photograph, Jess Barker
(1912-2000) 4” x 5” photograph, Lee
Bowman (1914-1979) 4” x 5”
photograph, Tessa Brind
(1928-1999) 5” x 7” photograph,
Gower Champion (1919-1980) album
page (Helene Stanley (1932-1990)
on reverse), John Conte
(1915-2006) 5” x 7” photograph,
Marta Eggerth (1912- ) 3 ¼” x 5
¼” photograph, Sally Forrest
 (1928- ) album page (Marcia
Henderson (1929-1987) on reverse),
Ruth Hussey (1911-2005) album
page, Andrea King (1919-2003) 5”
x 7” photograph, Terry Moore
(1929- ) album page, Dorothy
McGuire (1916-2001) album page (Kathleen
Hughes (1928- ) on reverse),
Gene Nelson (1920-1996) album page (Barbara
Rush (1927- ) on reverse),
Maria Palmer (1923-1981) album page,
Dale Robertson (1923- ) 8” x
10” photograph, Joan Vohs
(1927-2001) album page and Robert
Watson (1888-1965) 3 ½” x 5”
photograph. There are three additional
unidentified autographs and a large
color map from the 1939 New York World’s
Fair.
$100 to $200
Television
 728. Frances Bavier
(1902-1989) Actress. Bavier played the
continuing role of Aunt Bee on The
Andy Griffith Show and Mayberry
R.F.D. from 1960 to 1970. 8” x 10”
black and white photograph from The
Andy Griffith Show signed, “Best
wishes from “Aunt Bee” Andy Griffith
Show Frances E. Bavier.”
$100 to $200
 729. Diff’rent Strokes.
Diff’rent Strokes
was a television sitcom that aired from
1978 until 1986. 8” x 10” color
photograph signed by the cast: Conrad
Bain (1923- ), Dana Plato
(1964-1999), Todd Bridges
(1965- ) and Gary Coleman
(1968- ).
$100 to $200
 730. Mike Douglas
(1925-2006) Entertainer. The Mike
Douglas Show started December, 1961.
The show's run spanned 21 years and more
than 6,000 episodes ending in 1982. His
book, I’ll Be Right Back, Simon &
Schuster, 2000, first edition, signed on
the title page. Also included is an 8” x
10” black and white photograph signed,
“Best regards, Mike Douglas.”
$ 50 to $ 75
 731. Dave Garroway
(1913-1982) Garroway was the founding
host of NBC's Today from 1952 to
1961. His easygoing, relaxed, and
relaxing style belied a battle with
depression that may have contributed to
the end of his days as a leading
television personality and, eventually,
his life. 8” x 10” black and white
photograph signed, in green ink,
“Peace, Dave Garroway.”
$ 50 to $ 75
 732. Jackie Gleason
(1916-1987) Comedian, actor. Gleason was
one of the most popular stars of early
television. He is best remembered for
his portrayal of Ralph Kramden on the
television comedy The Honeymooners
and Art Carney (1918-2003)
who played Ed Norton on The
Honeymooners. 8” x 10” color
photograph from their 1985 made for
television movie, Izzy & Moe,
signed by both. Also an 8” x 10” color
photograph of Carney, signed.
$150 to $250
 733. Andy Griffith
(1926- ) Actor. Griffith gained
prominence in the starring role in the
film A Face in the Crowd before
he was better known for his television
roles, playing the title characters in
the 1960s sitcom, The Andy Griffith
Show, in the 1980s and 1990s legal
drama, Matlock. Three black and
white photographs signed, two from
The Andy Griffith Show and the third
his William Morris Agency
 “head-shot,”
which is signed “To Pat Thank you
Andy
Griffith.”
$ 50 to $ 75
 734. The Golden Girls.
The
Golden Girls was a television
sitcom that aired from 1985 until 1992.
8” x 10” color photograph signed by the
cast:
Bea Arthur
(1922- ) who adds: “Fondly,”
Betty White (1922- ) adding,
“Love,”, Rue McClanahan
(1934- ) and Estelle Getty
(1923-2008).
$100 to $200
 735. Jim Henson
(1936-1990) Puppeteer. Hanson was the
creator of The Muppets,
Fraggle Rock, and the leading force
behind their long run in the television
series Sesame Street and The
Muppet Show and films such as The
Muppet Movie and The Dark Crystal
and Labyrinth. Two signed items:
7” x 7” record from Sesame Street
Fever and a 4” x 5 ½” postcard with
an image of Big Bird, both signed in
green ink.
$100 to $200
 736. Happy Days.
Happy Days
was a television sitcom that originally
aired from 1974 to 1984. Happy Days
centers on the life of a middle-class
family, the Cunninghams of Milwaukee.
The family consists of Howard, a
hardware store owner, Marion, his
homemaker wife, and the couple's teenage
son, Richie and his friend Arthur
"Fonzie" Fonzarelli. 8” x 10” color
photograph signed by co-stars Henry
Winkler (1945- ) and Ron
Howard (1954- )
Actor, director.
$
50 to $ 75
 737. Michael Landon
(1936-1991) Actor. Landon is widely
known for his roles as Little Joe
Cartwright in Bonanza, Charles
Ingalls in Little House on the
Prairie, and Jonathan Smith in
Highway to Heaven. 5” x 3” card
signed, his name and the date “9/9/64”
are typed above his signature. Matted
with two printed color photographs to
20” x 16”.
$100 to $200
 738. Laverne & Shirley.
Laverne & Shirley
was a popular situation comedy which ran
on ABC from 1976 to 1983. It starred
Penny Marshall as Laverne De Fazio
and Cindy Williams as Shirley
Feeney, roommates who, as the series
began, worked in a Milwaukee brewery. 8”
x 10” color photograph signed by both.
Williams signature is in gold ink.
$
50 to $75
 739. Leave It To Beaver.
Leave It To Beaver
was a 1950s and 1960s family-oriented
situation comedy about an inquisitive
but often naive boy named Theodore
"Beaver" Cleaver and his adventures at
home, in school, and around his suburban
neighborhood. 8” x 10” cast photograph
signed by Barbara Billingsly
(1915- ) “To Peter,”
Jerry Mather (1948- ) “To
Peter Your friend…Beaver” and
Tony Dow (1945- ) “Peter –
Best of Luck….”
$ 50 to $ 75
 740. Mad About You.
Mad About You
was a sitcom that aired from
September, 1992, to May , 1999. The show
starred Paul Reiser (1957- )
and Helen Hunt (1963- ) as a
newly married couple in New York City.
8” x 10” color photograph signed by Hunt
and Reiser.
$ 75 to $125
 741. The Odd Couple
was a television situation comedy
broadcast from 1970 until 1975 on ABC.
It starred Tony Randall
(1920-2004) as Felix Unger and Jack
Klugman (1922- ) as Oscar
Madison. It was based upon the play of
the same name, which was written by Neil
Simon. Felix and Oscar are two divorced
men. Felix is a neat freak while Oscar
is sloppy and casual. They share the
same apartment, and their different
lifestyles inevitably lead to some
conflicts and laughs. 8” x 10” color
photograph, signed by both Randall has
inscribed the photograph “To
Bert.”
$ 50 to $ 75
 742. Star Trek.
The Star Trek fictional universe
created by Gene Roddenberry is the
setting of six television series
including the original 1966 Star Trek,
in addition to ten feature films.
Star Trek stories usually depict the
adventures of humans and aliens who
serve in the Federation's Starfleet. The
protagonists are essentially altruists
whose ideals are sometimes only
imperfectly applied to the dilemmas
presented in the series. 14” x 11” color
cast photograph signed by: William
Shatner (1931- ), Leonard
Nimoy (1931- ), DeForest
Kelley (1920-1999), Nichelle
Nichols (1932- ), George Takei
(1937- ), James Doohan
(1920-2005) and Walter Koenig
(1936- ).
$500 to $900
 743. The Sopranos.
The Sopranos was originally broadcast in
the United States on the premium cable
network HBO from spanning six seasons
and 86 episodes. The series revolved
around mobster Tony Soprano and the
difficulties he faces as he tries to
balance the often conflicting
requirements of his home life and the
criminal organization he heads. 20” x
16” color photograph signed by James
Gandolfini (1961- ) (Tony
Soprano), Steve Van Zandt
(1950- ) (Silvio Dante) and Tony
Sirico (1942- ) (Paulie
Gualtieri).
$200 to $350
 744.
Ed Sullivan
(1901-1974) Journalist, television host.
Sullivan was best known as the presenter
of a popular television variety show
called The Ed Sullivan Show that
was at its height of popularity in the
1950s and 1960s. 7” x 9” black and white
photograph signed, “Hi Bernard –
Sincerely, Ed
Sullivan.”
$ 50 to $100
 745. Burr Tillstrom
(1917-1985) Puppeteer. Tillstrom was the
creator of "Kukla, Fran and Ollie."
Other famous puppets from the group
included Oliver J. Dragon, Beulah Witch,
and Fletcher Rabbit. 8” x 10” black and
white photograph signed, “To Bernard
Baker – Sincerely KUKLA – Burr
Tillstrom.”
$ 50 to $100
Newscasters
 746. Edward R. Murrow
(1908-1965) Journalist, newscaster.
Murrow considered the father of
broadcast journalism. Having made his
mark with his radio broadcasts from
London during World War II, Murrow moved
his radio format to television with his
See it Now series. 7” x 9” black
and white photograph signed, “E.R.
Murrow.”
$150 to $250
 747. David Brinkley
(1920-2003) Newscaster. Brinkley
co-anchored NBC's top rated nightly news
program, The Huntley–Brinkley Report
with Chet Huntley from 1956 through
1970. In the 1980s and 1990s, Brinkley
was host of the popular Sunday This
Week with David Brinkley program.8”
x 10” black and white photograph signed,
“Best wishes,- David Brinkley.”
$ 50 to $100
 748. Chet Huntley
(1911-1974) Newscaster. Huntley and
David Brinkley developed documentary
techniques for televised analyses of
public affairs. Their
Huntley-Brinkley Report series
(1956–70) won several awards, including
the Academy of Television Arts and
Sciences Award for news program
achievement. 8” x 10” black and white
photograph signed, Regards, Chet
Huntley.”
$ 75 to $125
Music
 749. The BeeGees.
British singing brothers Barry
(1946- ), Robin (1949- )
and Maurice Gibb (1949-2003). The
multiple award-winning group was
successful for most of its forty years
of recording music, but it had two
distinct periods of exceptional success:
as a harmonic "soft rock" act in the
late 1960s and early 1970s. 12 ¼” x 12
¼” record album, Main Course, RSO
Records, 1975, signed on the cover
“Barry,” “Robin” and “love
Maurice.” The record is included,
the cover shows minor scuffing.
$200 to $400
 750. Pete Best
(1941- ) Musician. Best original
drummer for The Beatles. He was replaced
by Ringo Starr, just weeks before the
group would record their first single.
10” x 7” black and white photograph of
Best with the other three Beatles
signed, “Best Wishes Pete
Best.”
$100 to $200
 751. (The Beatles) 1964 United
States Tour.
12” x 12”, twenty-four page program from
their initial United States Tour which
began in February with their appearance
on The Ed Sullivan Show.
$100 to $200
 752. “Big Band” Leaders.
A collection of four 5” x 3” cards with
a commemorative stamp affixed and a
block of four stamps. The collector has
asked the following band leaders to
cancel the stamp by signing through it:
Tex Beneke (1914-2000), Les
Brown (1912-2001), Cab Calloway
(1907-1994) he signs a block of
one-cent stamps, Woody Herman
(1913-1987) and Artie Shaw
(1910-2004). Herman has added “My
Best” and signed above the stamp.
$100 to $200
 753. Sonny Bono
(1935-1998) Singer, politician. Bono
first gained fame in the 1960s as part
of the singing duo Sonny and Cher. Bono
was elected to the U.S. House of
Representatives in 1994. 8” x 10” color
photograph signed, “Hi! Sonny Bono.”
$ 75 to $125
 754. Dave Brubeck
(1920- ) Jazz pianist. Brubeck's
style ranges from refined to bombastic,
reflecting his classical training and
his improvisational skills. His music is
known for employing unusual time
signatures, and superimposing
contrasting rhythms, meters, and
tonalities. 11” x 14” reprint of the
TIME cover, November 8, 1954, on
which he is featured, signed.
$ 50 to $100
 755. The Carpenters. Karen
(1950-1983) and Richard
Carpenter (1946- ) Singers. The
Carpenters were a vocal and instrumental
duo, consisting of siblings Karen and
Richard Carpenter. During a period in
the 1970s when louder and wilder rock
was in great demand, Richard and Karen
produced a distinctively soft musical
style that made them one of the
best-selling music artists of all time.
9” x 12” sheet music from their hit,
Merry Christmas, Darling signed by
both. Karen suffered from anorexia
nervosa, a little known disease at the
time, and died at the age of 32 from
heart failure later attributed to
complications related to her illness.
$250 to $450
 756. Cher
(1946- ) Singer, actress. Cher came
to prominence in 1965 as one half of the
pop/rock duo Sonny & Cher. She
subsequently established herself as a
solo recording artist, a television star
in the 1970s, and a film actress in the
1980s. 8” x 10” color photograph in
Native American garb, signed “Love
Cher.”
$ 50 to $ 75
 757. Country-Western, Folk
Vocalists.
A collection of four 5” x 3” cards with
a commemorative stamp affixed and a
block of four stamps. The collector has
asked the following singers to cancel
the stamp by signing through it: Roy
Acuff (1903-1992), Arlo Gutherie
(1947- ), Buck Owens
(1929-2006) and Charlie Pride
(1938- ). Acuff has signed
“Sincerely Roy Acuff
10-16-90.”
$100
to $200
 758. Country Music.
A collection of six baseballs (one
official American League) signed by
nineteen Country Music stars. Identified
artists are: Crystal Bernard,
John Berry, Kenny Chesney, Billy Ray
Cyrus, Charlie Kelly, Wally Kurth,
Louise Mandrell, Joe Dee Messina, David
Lee Murphy, Wade Richardson, Marty
Stuart, Doug Supernaw, Tanya Tucker,
Cheryl K. Warner, Steve Warnier, Brian
White and Dwight Whitley.
There is also an
 Official Softball with
eleven signatures, only Tammy Graham
is identified. Unique!
$150 to $300
 759. John Denver
(1943-1997) Singer, songwriter. Denver
earned international acclaim as a
songwriter, performer, actor,
environmentalist and humanitarian.
John’s music has spanned three decades,
outlasted countless musical trends, and
garnered numerous music awards and
honors. 10” x 8” black and white
photograph signed, “Peace! John
Denver.”
$100 to
$200
 759A. Bo Diddley
(1928-2008) Singer. Diddley's
flamboyance, square guitars and
distinctive backbeat earned him a
record contract with Chess Records. He
had several hits in the late 1950s and
early 1960s, and appeared on TV with
Dick Clark and Ed Sullivan, Diddley's
aggressive beat, suggestive lyrics and
raw performances ended up making him
more influential than rich and famous.
8” x 10” black and white photograph
signed.
$ 75 to $125
 760. Fats Domino
(1928- ) Singer. Domino came out of
New Orleans to become one of
rock-and-roll's earliest and best stars.
With sixty-five million record sales to
his credit, Fats out sold every Fifties
rock and roll pioneer except Elvis
Presley. Three signed items: 8” x 10”
black and white promotional photograph
signed, “To Raymond Best of Luck
Always from Fats Domino,” 8 ½” x 11”
sheet upon which he has drawn a piano
and written “Blueberry Hill” on
the side and signed “Best Always Fats
Domino” and an 8” x 10” color
promotional photograph signed, “Best
of Luck Fats Domino.”
$ 50 to $ 75
 761. Ella Fitzgerald
(1917-1996) Singer. Fitzgerald was known
as "Lady Ella" and the "First Lady of
Song", she is considered one of the most
influential jazz vocalists of the 20th
century. With a vocal range spanning
three octaves, she was noted for her
purity of tone, phrasing and intonation,
and a "horn-like" improvisational
ability, particularly in her scat
singing. Over a recording career that
lasted 57 years, she was the winner of
13 Grammy Awards, and was awarded the
National Medal of Art by Ronald Reagan
and the Presidential Medal of Freedom by
George H. W. Bush. 5 ½” x 4 ¼” Thank You
card signed, “Thank you ‘Bill’ fondly
Ella Fitzgerald.”
$ 75 to $150
 762. Huddie “Lead Belly” Ledbetter
(1888-1949) Folk, blues musician. Lead
Belly styled himself "King of the
12-string guitar," and despite his use
of other instruments like the
concertina, the most enduring image of
Lead Belly as a performer is wielding
his unusually large Stella
twelve-string. The topics of Lead
Belly's music covered a wide range of
subjects, including gospel songs; blues
songs about women, liquor and racism;
and folk songs about cowboys, prison,
work, sailors, cattle herding and
dancing. 8 ½” x 10” autograph letter
unsigned, “Sweet Singer of the
Swamplands,” with two pictures of him
performing, November 6, 1941, to Edmon
Ledbetter. “…How are them two
boys?Tell them I say hello…I have been
sick in the hospital but I am up and
doing fine…Here is some pictures from a
party the peoples gave for me las’
Sunday….” The letter is matted
and framed to 13” x 16 ½”, there are
some apparent condition problems:
margins are clipped, there is a tear at
the lower right, overall toning and
several stains. Extremely rare.
$2,000 to $3,500
 763. Frank Sinatra
(1915-1998) Singer, actor. Sinatra was
arguably the most important popular
music figure of the 20th
century. Sinatra's voice, whether
manifested in song or spoken word,
caressed the ears of many a listener for
more than five decades. 78 rpm record of
his song, Love Me as I Am, with
the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra, signed in
white ink “Sincerely Frank Sinatra.”
The record is matted with a 10” x 8”
sepia photograph of “Tommy Dorsey and
his Orchestra Featuring ‘Frank Sinatra’”
and framed to 16” x 27”.
$750 to $1,200
 764. Ringo Starr
(1940- ) Starr is best known as the
drummer for The Beatles. Starr
was the last to join The Beatles line
up, replacing Pete Best. 8” x 10” color
photograph signed,
“Ringo.”
$150 to $250
 765. John Lee Hooker
(1917-2001) Blues guitarist, singer.
Hooker developed a half-spoken style
that was his trademark. Though similar
to the early Delta blues, his music was
rhythmically free. John Lee Hooker could
be said to embody his own unique genre
of the blues, often incorporating the
boogie-woogie piano style and a driving
rhythm into his masterful and
idiosyncratic blues guitar and singing.
5” x 3” card with an “American Music”
commemorative stamp affixed, signed.
$100 to $200
 766. Michael Jackson
(1958- ) Singer.
Jackson became a dominant figure in
popular music in the early 1980’s and
the first African-American entertainer
to amass a strong crossover following on
MTV. The popularity of his music videos
airing on MTV, such as Beat It,
Billie Jean and Thriller
are credited with transforming the music
video into an art form and a promotional
tool.
8” x 10” color photograph signed,
“Love Michael Jackson.” Double
matted and famed to 15” x 17”.
$100 to $200
 767. Jazz Musicians.
A collection of four 5” x 3” cards with
a commemorative stamp affixed and a
block of four stamps. The collector has
asked the following musicians to cancel
the stamp by signing through it:
Ramsey Lewis (1935- ), Herbie
Mann (1930-2003), Oscar Peterson
(1925-2007) and Sonny Rollins
(1930- ). Lewis has signed twice,
once through the stamp, the others have
signed, but not through the stamp,
Herbie Mann adds “To Michael Best….”
$100 to $200
 768. Jazz Innovators.
A collection of four 5” x 3” cards with
a commemorative stamp affixed and a
block of four stamps. The collector has
asked the following musicians to cancel
the stamp by signing through it:
Illinois Jacquet (1922-2004),
Dave Brubeck (1920- ), Maynard
Ferguson (1928-2006) and Lionel
Hampton (1908-2002).
$100 to $200
 769. “And All That Jazz.”
A collection of five 5” x 3” cards with
a commemorative stamp affixed and a
block of four stamps. The collector has
asked the following musicians to cancel
the stamp by signing through it:
Chick Corea (1941- ), Ahmad
Jamal (1930- ), Wynton
Marsalis (1961- ), Ellis
Marsalis, Jr. (1934- ) and
McCoy Tyner (1938-
).
$100 to $200
 770. Jazz Vocalists.
A collection of four 5” x 3” cards with
a commemorative stamp affixed. The
collector has asked the following
personalities to cancel the stamp by
signing through it: Pearl Bailey
(1918-1990) there is also a 3 ½” x 5 ½”
black and white photograph, both are
signed, “Love Pearl Bailey,”
Blossom Dearie (1924-2009),
Marion McPartland (1918- ) two
items, she has also added an autograph
note signed to the collectors letter,
“…I’m glad you choose Duke Ellington. He
was a great friend & mentor….” The
stamp to be signed was the Duke
Ellington commemorative and Joe
Williams (1918-1999).
$100 to $200
 771. The Monkeys.
The Monkeys were a pop-rock
quartet created in Los Angeles in 1965
for the television series The Monkees,
which aired from 1965 to 1968. The
primary members were Mickey Dolenz,
Davy Jones, Michael Nesmith,
and Peter Tork. 14” x 11” color
photograph signed by all four.
$200 to $400
 772. Singers – Signed Photographs.
A collection of five 8” x 10”
photographs each signed by: Vikki
Carr (1941- ) signed “To Mark,
Love Vikki Carr,” Don Ho
(1930-2007) signed “Aloa Don Ho ’95,”
Lainie Kazan (1940- )
signed in gold ink, Brian McKnight
(1969- ) signed, “To Mark May
God Bless & keep You Brian McKnight”
and Neil Sedaka (1939-
).
$ 50
to $ 75
 773. State Fair.
State Fair
was a musical with lyrics by Oscar
Hammerstein II, and music by Richard
Rodgers. 10” x 8” black and white
photograph of the leads from the 1996
re-make, John Davidson (1941-
), Kathryn Crosby (1933- )
and Andrea McCardle (1963-
), signed by all three.
$ 50 to $ 75
 774. Vocalists.
A collection of four 5” x 3” cards with
a commemorative stamp affixed and a
block of four stamps. The collector has
asked the following singers to cancel
the stamp by signing through it: Al
Green (1946- ), who signed
“Al” above the stamp, Billy Joel
(1949- ), he signs under the
stamp in silver ink, Carol Bayer
Sager (1947- ) and James
Taylor (1948- ). There is
also an 8” x 10” black and white
photograph signed in gold ink by Paul
Anka (1941- ).
$100 to $200
 775. Tammy Wynette
(1942-1998) Country singer. Wynette
was known as the "First
Lady of Country Music" and one of her
best-known songs, Stand by Your Man,
was one of the biggest selling hit
singles by a woman in the history of the
country music genre. 8” x 10” printed
color promotional photograph signed,
“Jack – Thanks for taking care of us – I
Love ya! Tammy Wynette.”
$ 50 to $ 75
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