10th Sep, 2021 16:00

Music, Film & Sport Memorabilia

 
Lot 696
 

Sold for £1,000


Lot details

A red autograph album containing over 50 autographs of world entertainment stars on photographs, letters, cheques and USA film studio restaurant bills, many with accompanying photographs, to include James Cagney blue ink signature on 7.5 x 9.5cm album page with photograph of Cagney with Humphrey Bogart in The Roaring Twenties, Johnny Weissmuller a DS one page on onionskin letter dated August 29, 1952, relating to the contract of Johnny Weissmuller, signed by Weissmuller, with certificate of authenticity from RR Auction USA, 28 x 20cm, Maureen O'Sullivan a signed letter dated 19th March 1974 replying to a photgraph request with signed photograph, Johnny Sheffield photograph as Tarzan signed in blue ink, Ted Turner a black and white photograph signed in black marker lower right, Robin Williams 1962 First Day Cover postmarked Pittsburgh Nov 1 1962 signed in black marker, with photograph, Irving Thalberg a Louis B. Mayer Studios Inc. cheque dated May 23, 1923, signed by Thalberg with MGM photograph, Charlton Heston 1977 First Day Cover postmarked Hollywood CA Oct 6 1977, signed in black in, with photograph of Heston as Moses, Lauren Bacall South Florida magazine cover with Lauren Bacall and Humphrey Bogart from Key Largo, signed Lauren Bacall in black ink lower left, Tony Curtis an oversized $100 bill signed in black ink with photograph, Sean Connery a Bel-Air Country Club check dated 11/24/84, signed by member Sean Connery with phtograph of Connery as James Bond, Richard Burton album page signed "Best Wishes Richard Burton" with colour photograph, Kirk Douglas a Paramount Continental Cafe check, dated 2/24/51 signed by Douglas (who has salad and steak) together with a photograph of Douglas as Spartacus, Barry Fitzgerald a signed Guest Check meal receipt dated 4/21/48, with "Going My Way" print, MIckey Rooney a signed Guest Check dated 1/24/52 with photograph, Jack Lemmon a signed album page with photograph, Robert Michum a signed album page with photograph, Jack Palance a signed album page with photograph, Burt Lancaster a signed album page with affixed photograph, Deborah Kerr a signed publicity photograph with "From Here To Eternity" print, James Stewart and June Allyson a black and white photograph signed Jimmy Stewart and an album page signed June Allyson, with The Glenn Miller Story print, Sophia Loren a signed album page with colour photograph, Richard Dreyfuss a colour photograph of Dreyfuss in Mr Holland's Opus, signed in silver ink, Zeppo Marx a Zeppo Marx Business Account cheque for $1763.09, signed by Marx and dated 11/20/72, Jack Nicholson album page signed "Regards Jack Nicholson" with full page magazine advert for The Postman Always Rings Twice, Raquel Welch a signed album page with full figure photograph from One Million Years BC and EMI advert, Burt Reynolds a signed album page with photograph, Olivia De Havilland a black and white portrait photograph signed "Very best wishes Olivia De Havilland, together with a signed Christmas card, Gene Wilder a signed album page with colour photograph as Willy Wonka, George Segal a colour photograph signed in blue ink middle left, Liza Minelli a signed album page with Cabaret print, Jack Haley a signed Lake Pillsbury Properties Beverly Hills cheque dated 11/16/70, together with a black and white photograph of Haley as The Tin Man in The Wizard of Oz, Walter Lantz a signed Walter Lantz Productions Inc. payroll cheque dated 4//2/77, together with a black and white print of Lantz with animated characters, Bob Hope black and white photograph signed in black ink, Mel Blanc an American Federation of Television and Radio Artists Membership card for the period ending 11/1/83, signed in blue ink verso, with RR Auction certificate of authenticity and a Bugs Bunny print, Adrianna Caselotti a Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs publicity photograph signed "Whistle while you work I do at 79!" with Snow White 50th Anniversary letter, Rudy Vallee a signed Califonia Bank payroll cheque dated November 12 1945, together with a black and white photograph of the singer, Lindsay Wagner a colour photograph signed in blue marker, Caroline Munro a signed colour publiciry photograph for James Bond The Spy Who Loved Me, Janet Leigh a signed album page with newspaper cutting review for Psycho, Ingrid Pitt a novelty Christmas card with Ingrid Pitt to the cover and Countess Dracula to the inside, signed in black ink, with French Dracula postcard, Hammer Horror an 80th Anniversary print signed by various actors to include Martine Beswick, Madeleine Collinson and Caroline Munro etc., Spike Milligan a signed Autograped Editions Silly Verse For Kids First Day Cover, Sir Norman Wisdom a signed Official Fan Club letter, Bob Monkhouse a signed onionskin letter dated June 18th, 1956, Dame Sybil Thorndyke a signed album page with Saint Joan print, Victoria Wood a signed black and white publicity photograph and Eddie Izzard a black and white publicity photograph signed upper left in black marker.

Condition Report

Entered by Paul Trevillion the globally acclaimed sports artist, author, inventor and motivator whose career spans over 60 years.

Condition reports must be considered as a matter of opinion and not fact.

 

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