[LAS VEGAS.] 1.) WALTER WINCHELL. An autographed Hotel Tropicana, Las Vegas postcard, Paul Hesse portrait of Winchell; signed front and verso (4 3/4" x 8"); printed with "Broadway Ballad" by Winchell and Gordon Jenkins. Postcard addressed to Hy Gardner, Esq. at the Herald Tribune, New York, postmarked Las Vegas (date illegible). Condition: center fold crease. 2.) BERT RICHMAN. A two-paged autographed letter signed (10 1/2" x 7 1/4") from the Hollywood agent, on his Beverly Hills letterhead, dated October 28, 1968. He references Steve Arlen, the Welsh actor-singer appearing in "Vive Les Girls..." at the Dunes Hotel in Las Vegas, and that Walter should "always remember that your mention gave him his stars in this country," and that he hopes Winchell with "catch" him at the Dunes. Condition: Good; with pencil marks/notations, paperclip mark. PROVENANCE: THE HAROLD A. LAYER COLLECTION. Letter from The Walter Winchell Files, Butterfield & Butterfield, 1990/91.
Walter Winchell Autograph, with Burt Richman ALS
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