Auction XXIX - Autographs & Memorabilia 2006-02-12 Auction - 746 Price Results - Signature House in CA - Page 3
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0870: GREGORY CORSO SIGNED HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT1332: JAKE BECKLEY SIGNED SIGNATURE W/PIC & HOF CARD1142: BUDDY HOLLY /JOE MAULDIN/JERRY ALLISON SIGNATURES
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UPLAND, CA, United States
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Auction XXIX - Autographs & Memorabilia

Signature House welcomes you to our 29th offering featuring over 1500 lots in a wide range of categories. In two sessions we offer vintage and contemporary historical autographs, documents, manuscripts and collectibles.

Auction highlights included a signed true first printing of Hemingway’s The Sun Also Rises plus a letter penned by the literary giant in addition to other first printings and letters of other desirable luminaries including Samuel Clemens and Margaret Mitchell with rare Hollywood content.

Other much sought after offerings include a handwritten letter by George Washington to his brother Augustine; documents signed by Jefferson and Madison, Hancock, a Lincoln free frank, plus an early Sam Houston letter, an 1863 endorsement penned by Stonewall Jackson 3 months before his death, a rare letter penned by King Charles I to the King of France; an early Winston Churchill hand written letter; a stanza of the “Battle Hymn of the Republic” penned and signed by Julia Ward Howe; letters by Tchaikovsky; Audubon, and a letter penned by Freud regarding publication of his seminal Introduction to Psychoanalysis in America. Also, a rare autograph by reggae musician Bob Marley, plus Presley, vintage Beatles, Bogart and W. C. Fields. In Sports we have a baseball signed by Babe Ruth together with two signed photos. All this and much more for your collecting pleasure.

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RICHARD STRAUSS HANDWRITTEN SIGNED LETTER: 816. RICHARD STRAUSS (1864-1949). German composer best known for his symphonic poems such as Don Quixote (1897), and his operas, including Salome (1905) and Der Rosenkavalier. Brief postcard ALS
0816: RICHARD STRAUSS HANDWRITTEN SIGNED LETTEREst. US$350-US$550See Sold Price
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RICHARD STRAUSS SIGNED THANK-YOU CARD: 817. RICHARD STRAUSS Imprinted note card in German, 4½"x3¼", Garmisch, June [n.y.]. Untranslated. Strauss expresses thanks for congratulatory wishes on his birthday. Darkly signed. Fine example.
0817: RICHARD STRAUSS SIGNED THANK-YOU CARDEst. US$150-US$350See Sold Price
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LEONARD BERNSTEIN SIGNED PHOTO: 820. LEONARD BERNSTEIN (1918-1990). Eclectic concert musician, conductor and composer of West Side Story who retired from the New York Philharmonic in 1969. SP, b/w, overall 3¼"x5¼" quarter-length
0820: LEONARD BERNSTEIN SIGNED PHOTOEst. US$80-US$160
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HOAGY CARMICHAEL SIGNED B/W PHOTO: 822. HOAGY CARMICHAEL (1899-1981). American composer and lyricist of "Stardust" and Academy Award-winning "In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening" (1951) who sometimes ventured into light supporting
0822: HOAGY CARMICHAEL SIGNED B/W PHOTOEst. US$50-US$100See Sold Price
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GEORGE GERSHWIN SIGNED SIGNATURE /ORIGINAL SKETCH: 823. GEORGE GERSHWIN (1898-1937). Popular American composer whose musicals and songs were influenced by jazz and popular music. His political satire, Of Thee I Sing was the first musical comedy to
0823: GEORGE GERSHWIN SIGNED SIGNATURE /ORIGINAL SKETCHEst. US$1,200-US$1,350
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ALEXANDER GODUNOV SIGNED PHOTO: 824. ALEXANDER GODUNOV (1949-1995). Russian-born ballet dancer in Bolshoi and American American Ballet Theatre after defecting in 1982, which resulted in an international incident. He first appeared
0824: ALEXANDER GODUNOV SIGNED PHOTOEst. US$60-US$120Lot Passed
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CHARLES GOUNOD HANDWRITTEN SIGNED NOTE: 825. CHARLES-FRANÇOIS GOUNOD (1818-1893). French composer of the celebrated operas Faust (1859) and Romeo & Juliet (1867). ANS "Ch. Gounod" in French, 1p, Mar 12, 1883. On embossed card in part, "My
0825: CHARLES GOUNOD HANDWRITTEN SIGNED NOTEEst. US$200-US$400See Sold Price
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JAY LIVINGSTON SIGNED MUSIC W/LYRICS & RECORD: 829. JAY LIVINGSTON (b. 1915). American composer who with partner Ray Evans wrote a succession of popular songs, including Academy Award winners "Buttons and Bows"; "Mona Lisa" and "Que Sera, Sera"
0829: JAY LIVINGSTON SIGNED MUSIC W/LYRICS & RECORDEst. US$50-US$100See Sold Price
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DAME ALICIA MARKOVA SIGNED BALLET PORTRAIT: 830. DAME ALICIA MARKOVA (1910-2004). British ballerina known especially for her performance in Léonide Massine's Giselle; directed Metropolitan Ballet in NY (1963-69). Vintage SP, 8"x10"
0830: DAME ALICIA MARKOVA SIGNED BALLET PORTRAITEst. US$100-US$200See Sold Price
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BEVERLY SILLS & JOAN SUTHERLAND SIGNED PHOTOS: 831. [OPERA DIVAS] Two coloratura sopranos. BEVERLY SILLS (b. 1929) also served as general director of New York City Opera (1980-89). Signed Time magazine cover portrait in costume as Queen Elizabeth
0831: BEVERLY SILLS & JOAN SUTHERLAND SIGNED PHOTOSEst. US$100-US$250See Sold Price
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5 VINTAGE OPERA SIGNED PHOTOS & SIGNATURE: 832. [OPERA STARS] Vintage collection of six major operatic performers. SPs, 8"x10" portraits, 1946-47. Signed by tenors NINO MARTINI, inscribed; and JOHN BROOKS MCCORMACK in costume, inscribed; plus
0832: 5 VINTAGE OPERA SIGNED PHOTOS & SIGNATUREEst. US$200-US$500See Sold Price
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IGNACE JAN PADEREWSKI VINTAGE CABINET PHOTO: 833. [IGNACE JAN PADEREWSKI] (1860-1941). Polish pianist, composer and statesman; prime minister and foreign minister of the Polish republic (1919). Very nice vintage sepia cabinet photograph of the
0833: IGNACE JAN PADEREWSKI VINTAGE CABINET PHOTOEst. US$60-US$120See Sold Price
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ANNA PAVLOVA SIGNED SIGNATURE: 834. ANNA PAVLOVA (1882-1931). Russian ballerina famous for her roles in Swan Lake and Les Sylphides, founding her own company in 1911 and touring extensively until her retirement in 1925. Dark
0834: ANNA PAVLOVA SIGNED SIGNATUREEst. US$100-US$200
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COMPOSER RICHARD RODGERS SIGNED CARD: 836. RICHARD RODGERS (1902-1979). Composer best known for his collaborations with lyricists Lorenz Hart and Oscar Hammerstein II. His works with Hammerstein, Oklahoma! and South Pacific each won a
0836: COMPOSER RICHARD RODGERS SIGNED CARDEst. US$50-US$100See Sold Price
SIGMUND ROMBERG SIGNED SIGNATURE: 837. SIGMUND ROMBERG (1887-1951). Hungarian-American composer of musical comedies and operettas blending Viennese and American styles of popular music. His works include The Student Prince and The
0837: SIGMUND ROMBERG SIGNED SIGNATUREEst. US$60-US$150Lot Passed
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MARGOT FONTEYN & MICHAEL SOMES SIGNED PHOTO: 838. [ROYAL BALLET] Principal dance partners MARGOT FONTEYN (1919-1991) and MICHAEL SOMES (1917-1994). British postcard SP, b/w, 3½"x5½" still of the two performing in Cinderella. Each has signed
0838: MARGOT FONTEYN & MICHAEL SOMES SIGNED PHOTOEst. US$100-US$200See Sold Price
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ANDRES SEGOVIA SIGNED CARD: 839. ANDRÉS SEGOVIA (1893-1987). Spanish classical guitarist known for his arrangements of the works of Bach, Handel, and modern composers. He reestablished interest in the guitar as a serious
0839: ANDRES SEGOVIA SIGNED CARDEst. US$50-US$100
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