Price: $2,750 American jazz trumpet player. Three-quarter length Photograph of Armstrong wearing a white suit, and playing his trumpet, Signed and Inscribed in green ink in the upper right portion, “To Max Turner… Louis Armstrong.” The black and white photograph measures 8 inches wide by 10 inches high. Matted in ivory and gray, and framed … [ Read More ]
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Astaire and Rogers
Price: $1,750 Legendary Hollywood dance team. Full-length Photograph of the duo, each posing with their right hand on their right knee and their left hand on their left hip, Signed by each in the light portion of their corresponding image. Astaire’s signature appears in red ink. The black and white photograph measures 8 inches wide … [ Read More ]
Astaire and Rogers
Price: $1,750 Legendary Hollywood dance team. Three-quarter-length photograph of the two, wearing formal attire and dancing in their 1939 RKO movie, The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle, inscribed by Miss Rogers “To Diane / Blessings / from” and signed by each in the light lower portion, undated. Framed in antiqued beaded gilt with a … [ Read More ]
Astaire and Rogers
Price: $1,250 Legendary Hollywood dance team. Two very fine signed studio photographs of pair, framed as an ensemble. Each measures 10 by 8 inches and is signed boldly, in the light portion. Matted in gray and deep blue. In a wide gilt frame measuring 22 inches wide by 15 1/2 inches high. This item is … [ Read More ]
Astaire, Fred
Price: $750 Legendary Hollywood dancer. Full-length Photograph of Fred Astaire and co-star Joan Leslie, wearing formal attire and dancing in their 1943 RKO film The Sky’s The Limit, Signed by Fred Astaire in the light portion to the left of his image. The black and white photograph measures 8 inches wide by 7 inches high. … [ Read More ]
Astronauts
Price: $12,500 Apollo XI. Signed Photograph of the Apollo XI lunar astronauts crew posing in their space suits against a lunar background, Inscribed by Armstrong and Signed on the mount below, “Best Wishes To James E. Rogan / Neil Armstrong “. Also Signed by M. Collins and Buzz Aldrin. The color photograph measures 14 inches … [ Read More ]
Baker, Josephine
Price: $3,750 Photograph Signed, Josephine Baker, written in dark ink in light part of her skirt and train. The black and white photograph measures 3 inches wide by 5 inches high. Born in the slums of St. Louis, Josephine Baker made her name as a dancer at the Plantation Club in Harlem. She transformed herself … [ Read More ]
Beatles
Price: $7,500 British rock ‘n roll singers. Large bold signatures of each Beatle on separate sheets of paper. George Harrison signs a sheet of paper measuring 4 inches wide by 2 3/8 inches high; John Lennon signs on a sheet of paper measuring 5 inches wide by 2 inches high; Ringo Starr signs and underlines … [ Read More ]
Beatles
Price: $14,500 British rock n’ roll singers. Signatures, on one page in an octavo notebook belonging to a girl named Nicola, [1967] . Inscribed “McCartney loves Nicola (true)”, the inscription annotated by McCartney’s sketch of three flowers. Ringo Starr signs “love Ringo Starr” and John Lennon signs it twice, with the second signature partly deleted. … [ Read More ]
Ben-Gurion, David
Price: $4,750 Israeli Prime Minister. Bust-length Photograph of the prime minister in mid-speech, pointing his finger, Signed, D. Ben-Gurion, on the mount below. The black and white photograph measures 3 ½ inches wide by 5 inches high.
Bernstein, Leonard
Price: $1,250 American composer and conductor. Fine bust-length profile Photograph of the maestro wearing formal attire, conducting. Signed and Inscribed in the light portion of his image, “For Karl Geyer, Leonard Bernstein.” The black and white photograph measures 5 inches wide by 7 inches high.
Bernstein, Leonard
Price: $975 American composer and conductor. Half-length postcard Photograph of the maestro conducting, Signed across the light portion of his image. The black and white photograph of Leonard Bernstein measures 6 inches wide by 4 inches high.
Cagney, James
Price: $675 American movie star famous for his gangster roles. Photograph from the 1939 Warner Brothers film, Each Dawn I Die, Signed by Cagney in blue ink in the lower left portion. James Cagney, famous for his gangster roles, is shown with his hands on his hips, wearing prison attire and a serious expression on … [ Read More ]
Churchill, Winston
Price: $25,000 Prime Minister of England. An extraordinary Photograph of Churchill seated in the library, his favorite room in the Villa la Pausa, with several Impressionist paintings above the bookcase, Signed, “Winston S. Churchill.” Churchill, seen from the side, smoking a cigar, is reading The Herald Tribune. A magnificient and highly unusual photograph, signed by … [ Read More ]
Clemens, Samuel
Price: $8,500 WRITING IN HIS HEAVENLY BED Mark Twain. American author of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Superb oversize photograph, Signed, “Mark Twain, Jan./06,” showing the author at work on a manuscript, wearing his pajamas and propped up in bed. The black and white photograph, by Underwood & Underwood, New … [ Read More ]
Curie, Marie
Price: $25,000 Polish-born French chemist who, with her husband Pierre, discovered radium and polonium; awarded the 1911 Nobel Prize for Chemistry. Rare formal portrait photograph of Madame Curie seated in a chair, signed and dated below the image on the mount, M. Curie / November 8, 1929. Also signed in pencil by the photographer Blanche … [ Read More ]
Cushing, Harvey
Price: $7,500 American neurosurgeon and a pioneer of brain surgery. Typewritten Letter Signed, Harvey Cushing, quarto, one page, November 11, 1936, on his letterhead for The School of Medicine at Yale University. To Dr. Glanville Y. Rusk, Mount Zion Hospital, San Francisco, California. With two photographs of brain lesions, mounted on heavy card stock. “Dear … [ Read More ]
Delaunay, Sonia
Price: $5,750 French artist and illustrator. Autograph Letter Signed, Sonia, full page, post card, no date. “Best wishes for the year 1954. I also often think of you and would like to spend some time together, but life is consuming in Paris, above all if one wants to work. What are you doing? What are … [ Read More ]
Dickens, Charles
Price: $12,500 English author of A Christmas Carol and Oliver Twist. “MARCH ON AND FIGHT IT OUT.” Autograph Letter Signed, one page, octavo, Adephia Hotel, Liverpool, October 15, 1868. On imprinted stationery, Gad’s Hill Place, Higham by Rochester, Kent. To “My Dear Muspratt.” “I hope your remarkable discovery will be duly and particularly grateful, by … [ Read More ]
Dietrich, Marlene
Price: $1,750 German motion picture actress whose aura of sophistication and languid sensuality made her one of the most glamorous of all film stars. Bust-length Photograph of the actress from her 1952 film Rancho Notorious, Signed vertically in the light portion to the left of her image. Dietrich is shown wearing a western motif accented … [ Read More ]
Dillinger, John
Price: $35,000 American gangster and bank robber; known as “Public Enemy Number One,” killed by police as he was leaving Chicago’s Biograph Theater, subject of the blockbuster movie, “Public Enemies,” starring Johnny Depp. Extremely rare Autograph Letter Signed, “John Dillinger #14395,” one page, small oblong octavo, undated [circa 1929-1933]. Written while in the Indiana State … [ Read More ]
Doyle, Arthur Conan
Price: $4,750 English novelist and detective story writer; creator of Sherlock Holmes. Autograph Letter Signed, one page, octavo, August 6, 1894. “Very many thanks for the charming book which you have sent me. I shall value it very highly. I have always been intensely interested in the fighting Puritan [Oliver Cromwell] and have endeavoured to … [ Read More ]
Dreyfus, Alfred
Price: $5,500 French Army officer, convicted of treason and imprisoned; conviction later set aside largely due to the efforts of Emile Zola. Bust-length postcard portrait photograph of Alfred Dreyfus in formal military attire, Signed on the mount below, A Dreyfus, undated. The black and white image measures 3 * wide by 4 * inches high. … [ Read More ]
Eames, Charles and Ray
Price: $9,500 Inventive designers of the post World War II period; created the “Eames Chairs.” Typewritten Letter Signed by Charles, C, one page, quarto, May 14, 1952. To Alexander Girard (in Grosse Pointe, Michigan). With one word and two corrections in his hand, and one sentence, written in red crayon, in Ray’s hand: ” will … [ Read More ]
Earhart, Amelia
Price: $8,750 American aviation pioneer; first woman to pilot an airplane across the Atlantic. Superb Photograph of the first woman to pilot an airplane across the Atlantic, wearing an aviator suit and sitting on the edge of the cockpit of her plane, Signed, Amelia Earhart. Earhart signs in the light lower portion of the photograph, … [ Read More ]
Edison, Thomas A
Price: $9,500 American inventor of the phonograph. Mimeograph Letter Signed, Thos A Edison, one page, quarto, New York, March 23, 1881. To the Albany Steam Trap Company in Albany, New York. “Will you oblige by sending me your prices current and catalogues? ” Edison’s letter is remarkable in that the inventor used one of his … [ Read More ]
Einstein, Albert
Price: $9,500 German-born theoretical physicist; enunciated Theory of Relativity. “THE THOUGHT OPPRESSES ME; HOW SMALL MUST BE THE SELECTION, IF IN THE PURSUIT OF YOUR HUMANITARIAN WORK YOU BECOME AWARE OF [ME]….” Typewritten Letter Signed, A. Einstein, one page, quarto, Huntington, Long Island, June 21, 1937. In English, to members of the Rho Pi Phi … [ Read More ]
Farrar, Geraldine
Price: $275 American operatic soprano. Signed Geraldine Farrar, portrait Photograph, full-length, of the diva in costume, wearing a crown and a richly embroidered gown with a long train. The black and white photograph measures 5 inches wide by 7 inches high. This item is associated with these categories in our inventory: Musicians / Composers Women
Ford, Henry
Price: $12,500 American automobile manufacturer. Superb oversize Photograph, showing Ford examining an automobile engine, signed and inscribed to “Mrs. Cameron” in the light lower portion. The black & white photograph measures 11 inches wide by 14 inches high. Henry Ford’s aversion to farm work and his interest in mechanical things, caused him to leave home … [ Read More ]
Ford, Paul
Price: $275 Hollywood movie star. Very fine signed and inscribed portrait photograph of Paul Ford. 10 by 8 inches. This item is associated with the following category in our inventory: Motion Pictures
Frost, Robert
Price: $3,750 American poet. Signed Photograph. Frost is shown standing up before a podium, reading from a book. He is wearing a smile as he puts his finger up to his face, as if the hush the audience. Inscribed “To Barbara Zahner from her friend Robert Frost” on the mount below. The black and white … [ Read More ]
Gable, Clark
Price: $2,500 American movie star; played Rhett Butler in the film “Gone With the Wind.” Marvelous Signed Photograph, in the left margin in his customary green fountain pen ink, “To Tess from Clark Gable.” Gable, wearing a full length double-breasted tweendcoat, a white scarf and holding his hat, is shown with his wife, Texas socialite … [ Read More ]
Geronimo
Price: $17,500 American Apache chieftain; led sensational campaign against the whites in the southwest; captured by General Crook; later escaped. Signature, in bold pencil, on a sheet of paper measuring 3 1/2 inches wide by 2 inches high. Framed (with taupe outer and cream inner mats, in walnut and antiqued gold frame) dimensions 10 1/4 … [ Read More ]
Geronimo
Price: $37,500 American Apache chieftain; led sensational campaign against the whites in the southwest; captured by General Crook; later escaped. An extremely rare matte photograph taken by A.B. Canady of Altoona, Kansas, 1907, of the Indian and his wife, with his bold Signature across the top. Geronimo is pictured with his ninth wife, Azul, who … [ Read More ]
Gershwin, George
Price: $5,750 American composer of Rhapsody in Blue. Sepia-tone Photograph of Gershwin in profile, playing the piano, Signed, Inscribed and Dated on the lower margin, “To Hyman Sandow – All good wishes / George Gershwin / Feb. ’28”. A slight defect in the photographic surface, in the center upper portion, not affecting the image of … [ Read More ]
Gershwin, George
Price: $8,500 American composer of “Rhapsody in Blue” and “Porgy and Bess.” Autograph Musical Quotation Signed, three measures from his most famous work, Rhapsody in Blue, April 28, 1927. Signed and Inscribed “To Warner E. Colville / All Good Wishes / George Gershwin”. On a sheet of paper measuring 4 1/4 inches wide by 3 … [ Read More ]
Goddard, Robert H
Price: $12,500 American physicist; pioneer in rocket research. Photograph of Robert Goddard standing outdoors and holding his gyroscope stabilizer, Signed “R.H. Goddard”in the margin below. A second photograph to the right shows Goddard and two others “testing the gyroscope and directing vanes before a flight by inclining and rotating the rocket while it was suspended … [ Read More ]
Goodman, Benny
Price: $1,250 American bandleader. Three-quarter length profile Photograph of Benny Goodman playing his clarinet, Signed and Inscribed in the middle left portion, “Best Wishes / to Joseph Shapiro / Benny Goodman.” The black and white photograph measures 8 inches wide by 10 inches high.
Grieg, Edvard
Price: $7,500 Norwegian composer; wrote the “Peer Gynt Suite.” Bust-length portrait photograph of the composer in formal dress, looking to the right, signed in the light lower portion. The photograph measures 5 1/2 by 3 1/2 inches and is in fine condition. Framed in beige, garnet and antique beaded gilt. Framed dimensions: 9 1/4 inches … [ Read More ]
Guthrie, Woody
Price: $17,500 American singer-songwriter and folk musician; the “Dust Bowl Balladeer.” Typewritten Letter Signed, one page, Signed vertically, Woody Guthrie, on lightly-lined beige paper measuring 7 1/2 inches wide by 9 3/4 inches high, March 19, 1946. To the legendary record producer Moe Asch who a year later founded Folkways Records. In the upper left … [ Read More ]
Holiday, Billie
Price: $3,750 American jazz singer. Autograph Sentiment Signed, “For Kayo / Sincerely / Billie Holiday,” in black pen on a card measuring 4 1/4 inches wide by 3 inches high. “Lady Day” (a nickname given to her by her friend and musical partner Lester Young) had a seminal influence on jazz and pop singing. Her … [ Read More ]
King Jr, Martin Luther
Price: $6,500 American Civil Rights activist. Autograph Sentiment Signed, “to Brother Hal / Best Wishes / Martin Luther King, Jr.,” in ballpoint pen on a yellow lined legal sheet of paper folded in half. Matted in blue with a black and white photo of Martin Luther King Jr seated head resting in right hand, left … [ Read More ]
Lee, Robert E
Price: $12,500 Confederate general. Carte-de-visite photograph of the General, facing right, wearing a suit, vest and tie, Signed, “R E Lee.” The sepia tone photograph measures 2 3/8 inches wide by 4 inches high. Stamped below the signature, “Entered according to act of Congress, in the year 1866, by A. Gardner, in the Clerk’s Office … [ Read More ]
Lee, Robert E
Price: $15,000 Confederate general in the Civil War. Impressive standing carte-de-visite Photograph of Lee, in full uniform with his sword by his side, Signed in the lower left, “R E Lee,” just beneath his sword. The full-length photograph is by Vannerson & Jones (No. 77 & 188 Main Street, Richmond, Va.). Julian Vannerson of Richmond … [ Read More ]
Leger, Ferdnand
Price: $8,750 French painter; identified with the Ultra-Modern School, especially with the Cubists. Signed Photograph of one of his paintings, inscribed on the lower margin Proof that man descends from the ape. To Louis Mangel, his friend F. Leger, dated April 23, 1916. 11 1/2 by 8 inches, a fine example. Framed in gray, plum … [ Read More ]
Leigh, Vivien
Price: $5,250 British actress. Half-length photograph of the lovely actress in profile, standing next to Olivier, who is seated, both gazing at each other, signed in the lower mount. The photograph measures 3 1/4 inches wide by 5 inches high. Framed with an easel back in antiqued gilt. Matted in ivory and gold leaf. Framed … [ Read More ]
Lennon, John
Price: $12,500 Member of the Beatles. Full-length octavo-size printed photograph of Lennon with Paul, George and Ringo, boldly signed by John Lennon above his image. Framed in sand, charcoal and gilt measuring 10 ½ inches wide by 13 inches high.
Lindbergh, Charles A
Price: $27,500 American aviation pioneer. Manuscript Signed, one page, quarto, May 27, 1927. Six days after his historic non-stop flight across the Atlantic, Lucky Lindy signs a poem written in his honor, in French, by poet Anna de Noailles. This morning, seeing a bird flying in the sky,/ I said to myself, ‘how clumsy he … [ Read More ]
Millikan, Robert
Price: $3,750 American physicist; credited with being the first to isolate the electron and measure its charge. Bust-length portrait photograph of Robert Millikan, smiling, signed in the light portion in the lower right. The photograph measures 3 1/4 by 4 inches, image size 1 1/2 by 2 inches. This item is associated with the following … [ Read More ]
Monroe, Marilyn
Price: $15,000 Hollywood movie legend. “…LOVE AND KISSES….” Full-length photograph of the alluring Marilyn Monroe wearing a swimsuit and espadrilles, Signed and Inscribed in the light portion “To Mike Love and Kisses Marilyn Monroe.” The black and white photograph measures 8 inches wide by 10 inches high. Before she was an actress, before she was … [ Read More ]
Nureyev, Rudolf
Price: $975 Legendary Russian dancer. Full length photograph of the legendary dancer, on stage, at the conclusion of a performance, the curtain lowered behind him, holding a few flowers, with an expression of gratitude on his face for the accolades of the audience. Signed vertically in gold ink on the right side. The black and … [ Read More ]
Nureyev, Rudolf
Price: $1,250 Legendary Russian dancer. A dramatic photograph of the legendary Russian dancer, on stage, en pointe, his arms extended and fingers pointed upward. Rudolf Nureyev is simply dressed in a leotard with a satin sash at the waist, his chest bare. Signed, vertically, in gold on the right side of the photograph. The black … [ Read More ]
Olivier, Sir Lawrence
Price: $5,250 British actor. Half-length photograph of the lovely actress Vivien Leigh in profile, standing next to Sir Lawrence Olivier, who is seated, both gazing at each other, signed in the lower mount. The photograph measures 3 1/4 inches wide by 5 inches high. Framed with an easel back in antiqued gilt. Matted in ivory … [ Read More ]
Pasteur, Louis
Price: $10,000 French chemist; developed Pasteurization and inoculation for rabies. Extraordinarily well-executed engraved portrait of Pasteur, head and shoulders, inscribed by him and signed, “L. Pasteur, 26 Septembre [18]89” in the lower right corner. The engraved portrait, overall 5 7/8 inches wide by 8 inches high, is by Eugène-André Champollion [1848-1901], described in Benezit as … [ Read More ]
Pasteur, Louis
Price: $4,750 French chemist; developed Pasteurization and an inoculation for rabies. Autograph Letter Signed, ‘L. Pasteur,” March 9 [no year]. One page, octavo. In French. “I want to thank you right away for your information on the subject of Mr. Eastlake’s work. I had already seen an interesting summary of it in your fine book … [ Read More ]
Piaf, Edith
Price: $4,750 French singer and actress whose interpretation of the Chanson, or French ballad, made her internationally famous. A vintage “real photo” portrait postcard of the legendary chanteuse in a wistful gaze, inscribed in the dark lower portion, Pour Mademoiselle Yvette Pichou en toute sympathie, Edith Piaf, undated [1944]. The postcard measures 3 1/2 inches … [ Read More ]
Piaf, Edith
Price: $3,750 French singer and actress whose interpretation of the Chanson, or French ballad, made her internationally famous. A close-up, head-shot Photograph of the legendary chanteuse in a wistful gaze, her hand on her cheek, Signed Edith Piaf and Inscribed in the dark upper portion, “Pour Monsieur Maurice Croifer / Sympathique… / Edith Piaf”. The black … [ Read More ]
Porter, Cole
Price: $4,750 American composer. Formal bust-length portrait photograph of the composer, sporting a polka dot tie and a carnation in his lapel, Signed in the light right portion above his shoulder. The sepia-toned photograph measures 4 1/2 inches wide by 6 3/4 inches high. Matted in cream and yellow, and framed in antiqued gilt. Framed … [ Read More ]
Rachmaninoff, Sergei
Price: $9,500 Russian composer, pianist and conductor. Signed Photograph, “To Mrs. Hanley / S. Rachmaninoff / 1918.” An appealing head and shoulders portrait showing the composer looking over his left shoulder and resting his head on his left hand. The black and white photograph measures 7 1/4 inches wide by 8 inches high. Rachmaninoff signed … [ Read More ]
Rachmaninoff, Sergei
Price: $15,000 Russian composer, pianist, conductor. Autograph Musical Quotation Signed, “S. Rachmaninoff / 1936.” The opening theme of his Piano Concerto No. 1. On a card measuring 4 1/2 inches wide by 3 1/2 inches high. Piano Concerto No. 1 is one of Rachmaninoff’s first serious pieces for the piano. He composed it when he … [ Read More ]
Ravel, Maurice
Price: $15,000 French composer. Autograph Letter Signed, two full pages, octavo, June 7, 1916. Written during his World War I service to his Marraine [de guerre], Mme Fernand Dreyfus, mother of the composer Roland-Manuel. Fine condition. Your label didn’t surprise me; since arriving here I have been having a misperception that packages and perhaps letters … [ Read More ]
Reagan, Ronald
Price: $15,000 President of the United States. Autograph Letter Signed, “Love / Dutch,” as President, December 7, 1981, one page, quarto, on White House stationery. To “Hup” (the widow of the Iowa radio station program director who gave Ronald Reagan his first job 49 years earlier). With the original White House envelope [postmarked December 7, … [ Read More ]
Reagan, Ronald
Price: $6,750 President of the United States. Autograph Letter Signed, “Ron,” one page octavo, no date. To Chuck [Luckman]. “Thanks for sending me your speech. I know your audience so know how well it must have been red’d and deservedly so. I might as well be completely honest and warn you that you may find … [ Read More ]
Renoir, Pierre Auguste
Price: $7,500 French Impressionist painter. Photograph of one of his paintings of a female nude, standing backward, signed above a stamp, which reads “Seen in order to authenticate the signature of Pierre Auguste Renoir, painter, witnessed January 10, 1911.” The photograph was originally part of the archive of Renoir’s art dealer, the great Ambrose Vollard. … [ Read More ]
Robinson, Jackie
Price: $1,750 American baseball player. Check filled out and signed by the slugger, November 22, 1966, drawn on his account at the Royal National Bank of New York and made payable to the Cinderella Ball Committee in the amount of $6.50. The check in imprinted with his name, his wife’s name (Rachel A. Robinson) and … [ Read More ]
Rontgen, Wilhelm
Price: $22,500 German physicist; awarded first Nobel prize for physics n 1901 for his discovery of X-rays. Autograph Letter Signed, W.C. Röntgen, two pages, small octavo, Hotel Miramare, St. Margherita Ligure, March 19, 1903. On his personal correspondence card, to a colleague. “Although you have learned through the State Institute why I could not come … [ Read More ]
Roosevelt, Franklin D
Price: $4,750 President. Autograph Letter Signed, two pages, quarto, Hyde Park, New York, September 14, no year. On his name-imprinted stationery, to Dear Mr. Roberts. “I’m sorry, but still I don’t understand about the certificates. These are for 6,000 shares, the full amount to go to the organizers-and I understand that while they were to … [ Read More ]
Roosevelt, Theodore
Price: $15,000 President. Typewritten Letter Signed, two pages, quarto, on White House stationery, dated from Oyster Bay, New York, July 2, 1908. With original envelope to the Rev. William Potts George, in Ocean Grove, New Jersey. The President sends an expression of his very deep appreciation of the action of the New York Preachers Meeting … [ Read More ]
Roosevelt, Theodore
Price: $10,000 President of the United States. Attractive sepia tone photograph of the twenty-sixth president of the United States, Signed on the mount (which is an integral part of the photograph) below, “Theodore Roosevelt / Sagamore Hill / 1918.” The photograph measures 4 inches wide by 6 inches high; overall measurements are 7 inches wide … [ Read More ]
Roualt, Georges
Price: $8,750 French Fauvist and Expressionist painter. Autograph Letter Signed, one full page, quarto, August 15, 1938. I am in receipt of your telegram – here is the address of my daughter, Isabelle Rouault, who is my secretary, but is not with me at this time: Chalet Pax, Route de Pau, les Hautes Pyrenées, where … [ Read More ]
Ruth, George “Babe”
Price: $12,500 THE “SULTAN OF SWAT” GETS READY TO DO IT AGAIN. American baseball hero. Signed Photograph, “To My Pals / Dr. & Mrs. Mac Donald / Sincerely / Babe Ruth / 1938.” The black and white photograph (gelatin silver print) measures 7 inches wide by 10 inches high. The photograph, taken by renowned sports … [ Read More ]
Sackville-West, Vita
Price: $4,750 English poet and novelist. Autograph Letter Signed, “V. Sackville-West,” one page, quarto, December 12, no year, on her engraved Sevenoaks stationery. “Dear Sir / I must thank you for your letter about Passenger to Teheran. I expect I was wrong to say cowardly. I had in mind a life of scholarly retreat, rather … [ Read More ]
Salinger, J D
Price: $15,000 Typewritten Letter Signed, initials, one page, large quarto, [Windsor, Vermont], September 29, 1978. With original envelope. To Amy Kassak in Japan. With the original envelope. “Please excuse this late reply. (The truth be told, I’m usually later still. I’m the world’s worst correspondent, and I usually can manage about one letter to a … [ Read More ]
Salinger, J D
Price: $2,500 Photograph of a group of diners at New York’s Copacabana Club, signed J D Salinger, and inscribed on the inside left cover of the photo’s presentation folder to Bob Wright: Old “Grand Dad” to you Bob. I’m full of it. J.D. Also signed by Salinger’s wife Claire Douglas, Claire’s half brother William Sholto Douglas … [ Read More ]
Scott, Robert Falcon
Price: $22,500 English Antarctic explorer. Autograph Letter Signed, Robt. Scott, two pages, small octavo, Chelsea, February 9, 1905. To Jean McDonal Gallup in Hampstead. With the original envelope. “My cousin tells me that you would like me to write a letter for your book-I havent much to say because I find England is so dull … [ Read More ]
Shackleton, Ernest H
Price: $6,750 English Antarctic explorer. Autograph Letter Signed, E.H. Shackleton, two pages, small octavo, on an imprinted correspondence card, Royal Societies Club, St. James Street, September 29, 1903. To “Dear Sir.” “I am afraid that until I have seen the President I cannot settle anything about a lecture. I will let you know when he … [ Read More ]
Shaw, George Bernard
Price: $6,750 British playwright, author and critic. Very fine signed photograph of Shaw in his study, speaking with a gentleman. On the lower mount he writes: “This is my celebrated performance as a genial and charming old man./ ‘Blessings on his kindly voice and on his silver hair.’/ And Hoppe pretending to be taken in.” … [ Read More ]
Sibelius, Jean
Price: $2,750 Finnish composer of “Finlandia.” Typewritten Letter Signed, two pages, octavo, Järvenpää, August 13, 1954. To Cyril Clemens, with original envelope. “…The Olaf’s Castle is one of the finest tourist attractions of Finland. Though I have seen all places in my country that are worth seeing, curiously enough I have never been to Savonlinna. … [ Read More ]
Sibelius, Jean
Price: $4,750 Finnish composer. Bust-length portrait photograph of the brooding composer, wearing a dark suit and resting his chin on his hand, signed in the dark portion with good contrast. The photograph of Jean Sibelius measures 6 by 4 inches. With original envelope, postmarked 1938. Fine condition. This item is associated with the following category … [ Read More ]
Sinatra, Frank
Price: $4,750 American singer and actor. Early Signed Photograph, “For Prince Francis Hohenlohe / With All Good Wishes / Frank Sinatra,” of the “idol of the bobby-soxers” (as teenage girls were called then), leaning to his left, a charming smile on his face, his hands crossed in front of him, and wearing a pin striped … [ Read More ]
Strauss, Johann
Price: $8,750 Viennese composer of waltzes. Autograph Letter Signed, one page, octavo, undated, [Saturday]. To a colleague. As no concert is taking place today Herr Geber is asking for a new program for Sunday, as the one which would have been given tomorrow has already been publicized twice. I have therefore taken the liberty … [ Read More ]
Strauss, Johann
Price: $17,500 Viennese composer of waltzes. Very fine contemporary carte-de-visite size photograph of the Waltz King, wearing formal attire and medals, inscribed to Monsieur Tudshoorn in bold blue pencil, and signed beneath the image of Johann Strauss. A fine example. Matted in tan and claret, in an antique gilt frame measuring 9 inches wide by … [ Read More ]
Strauss, Richard
Price: $15,000 German composer. Autograph Musical Manuscript Signed, Richard Str, two pages, folio, undated. Together with a typewritten letter of the composers son, Dr. Franz Strauss, dated July 24, 1978, stating that manuscript sketches of his father are very rare. This manuscript is [leaf] 31 of a sketch from Richard Strauss’s opera Capriccio, comprising thirty … [ Read More ]
Stravinsky, Igor
Price: $6,500 Russian composer of Firebird. Typewritten Document Signed, a carbon typescript signed in ink, one page, quarto, April 27, 1964. A legal agreement with Paul Kohner, Inc., in which Stravinsky states “that you acted as my exclusive agent in procuring employment…with Dino De Laurentiis Cinematografica…covering my services as composer and conductor of music in … [ Read More ]
Stuart, J E B
Price: $35,000 Autograph Letter Signed, two and one-quarter pages, octavo, H[ea]d Q[uarte]rs Cavalry Division A[rmy] of N[orth] V[irginia], Orange C[ourt] H[ouse], May 11, 1863. As Major General, to My Dear Cousin.” “Let me share with you the deep grief for the fate of your dear boy, whose loss to me is scarcely less than to … [ Read More ]
Supreme Court
Price: $8,750 Fred M. Vinson Court. Signed Photograph of the Fred M. Vinson Court, circa 1949/1953, including Chief Justice Fred M. Vinson, Felix Frankfurter, Hugo L. Black, Stanley Reed, William O. Douglass, Tom C. Clark, Robert H. Jackson, Harold Burton, and Sherman Minton. The black and white photograph measures 13 1/8 inches wide by 10 … [ Read More ]
Tolstoy, Leo
Price: $17,500 Russian author of War and Peace and Anna Karenina. A pensive Cabinet Card Photograph Signed, “Leo Tolstoy / 29 March 1901,” in Russian on the mount. The sepia tone photograph measures 4 inches wide by 5 * inches high; overall 4 1/16 inches wide by 6 5/16 inches high. Leo Tolstoy joined the … [ Read More ]
Tolstoy, Leo
Price: $25,000 Russian author of War and Peace and Anna Karenina. Bust-length postcard Photograph of Leo Tolstoy, Signed and Dated, “Leo Tolstoy / 24 Febr. 1910” in the lower portion. The photograph by C. Kraft is captioned “Tolstoi.” The black and white photograph measures 3 ½ inches wide by 5 ½ inches high. Matted in … [ Read More ]
Toulouse-Lautrec, Henry de
Price: $15,000 Autograph Letter Signed, HT Lautrec, one and a half pages, small quarto, [1894]. In French, to the publisher and lithographer André Marty. Requesting a meeting at 6:30 at the Napolitain, Henry de Toulouse-Lautrec writes: “I gave you my last instructions. I am going with Geffroy tomorrow (Friday) to see Yvette in Vaux.” In … [ Read More ]
Toynbee, Arnold
Price: $750 English historian. Signature and date, December 4, 1960, on a quarto sheet, written on the mount below a half-tone print of his photograph which measures 3 1/2 by 2 1/4 inches. Fine condition. This item is associated with the following category in our inventory: Literature – English/Irish
Trollope, Anthony
Price: $4,750 English novelist. Check Signed, July 1, 1868, drawn on his account at the Union Bank of London, payable to Edward Dicey in the amount of £25. Customary ink cancellation through signature. One of the most successful, prolific and respected English novelists of the Victorian era, Anthony Trollope was greatly influenced by the genteel … [ Read More ]
Verdi, Giuseppe
Price: $22,500 Italian operatic composer. Autograph Musical Quotation Signed, “G. Verdi,” 1889, one page, from “Otello.” On an album page, Giuseppe Verdi has penned five notes from the arresting theme of the “Ave Maria” (“Prega per chi ado[rando]” or “Pray for all sho adore…”) from the fourth act of his tragic opera “Otello.” Interestingly, Verdi … [ Read More ]
Wagner, Richard
Price: $35,000 German operatic composer. Autograph Musical Manuscript, Richard Wagner, one page, small oblong octavo, [Paris], undated but circa March 1861. A manuscript comprising Tannhäuser’s final words in the second Act “Vers Rome,” in score, for voices and strings. Four measures, notated in pencil on six staves. This is probably an alteration attached to the … [ Read More ]
Washington, Booker T
Price: $10,000 Black American educator; founded the Tuskegee Institute for practical training of blacks in trades and professions in 1881. Autograph Letter Signed Booker T Washington, one page, large quarto, Tuskegee, Alabama, March 13, 1897. On imprinted stationery of the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute, to a supporter, Ella Kent in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Booker T … [ Read More ]
Wayne, John
Price: $2,500 American movie star. Excellent photograph Signed, “Buzzy / Be happy / John Wayne,” of the star in a three-quarters pose, leaning on a fence post, wearing a light colored western hat, shirt, belt and holster, with a skeptical look on his face as if about to spring into action. John Wayne was laconic … [ Read More ]
Weizmann, Chaim
Price: $12,500 Polish-born Israeli chemist and politician who was the first President of Israel. Autograph Letter Signed, Chaim Weizmann, one page, octavo, August 4, 1940. On imprinted stationery of the Dorchester Hotel in London, to Dr. Josef Cohn at the Zionist Organization of American in New York City. “I would like to thank you for … [ Read More ]
Whistler, James McNeill
Price: $7,500 American artist. Superb sepia tone albumen photograph of James Whistler’s work in White III, Signed Whistler and with his butterfly signature, in pencil on the lower mount. From the private collection of the American painter Chauncey Ryder. A fine example measuring 15 ½ inches wide by 21 inches high.
Whitman, Walt
Price: $9,500 American poet. Printed Poem Signed Walt Whitman, one page, small oblong octavo, undated [ca. 1884-1885]. Entitled Of that Blithe Throat of Thine. Of that blithe throat of thine from arctic bleak and blank/ I’ll mind the lesson, solitary bird – let me too welcome chilling drifts,/ E’en the profoundest chill, as now – … [ Read More ]
Wilde, Oscar
Price: $9,500 Irish poet, dramatist and wit. Autograph Letter Signed Oscar Wilde, three pages, octavo, no date [ca. 1878], on his imprinted stationery from Magdalen College, Oxford, to “My dear Sir” [Rev. Matthew Russell]. Referring to “my recent success.” “I am sure you will excuse my not thanking you before for verses which in their … [ Read More ]