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International Autograph Auctions Europe S.L.
Lot 892

BALBO ITALO: (1896-1940) Italian fascist politician, the heir apparent to Italian dictator Benito Mussolini. Balbo served as Minister of the Air Force 1929-33 and did much towards popularising aviation in Italy and promoting Italian aviation to the world. A good vintage signed and inscribed sepia 3.5 x 5.5 photograph of Balbo standing in a three-quarter length pose, in uniform, and holding a lit cigarette in one hand. Signed in black fountain pen ink to a light area at the base of the image, with a five line inscription in Italian, and further dated at Florence, 16th September 1923, in his hand to a clear area at the head of the image. Neatly mounted to a stiff card, and with a minor surface crease to the upper edge, otherwise VG

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Lot 299

LANDIS CAROLE: (1919-1948) American actress. A scarce vintage signed and inscribed 8 x 10 photograph of the actress standing in a three-quarter length pose, in costume as Helene Justus, nervously holding a revolver in one hand, from the American screwball comedy and mystery film Having Wonderful Crime (1945). The original printed caption affixed to the verso states, in part, ´Murderer Beware! It seems that Carole Landis is afraid the gun will or won´t go off´. Signed by Landis in blue fountain pen ink to the head of the image. Signed photographs of Landis are scarce as a result of her tragic suicide at the young age of 29. Some light surface and corner creasing, otherwise about VG

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Lot 12

YOUNG GIG: (1913-1978) American actor, Academy Award winner. Vintage signed and inscribed 7.5 x 9 photograph of Young in a smiling half-length pose in costume as John ´Sonny´ Dayton Smith from the romantic comedy film For Love or Money (1963). Signed by the actor in blue fountain pen ink to a light area of the image. VG

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Lot 149

MACDONALD JEANETTE: (1903-1965) American singer & actress. A good vintage signed sepia 8 x 10 photograph of the young MacDonald in a luminous head and shoulders pose- Signed in blue fountain pen ink across a largely light area at the base of the image. About EX

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Lot 955

DREXLER ANTON: (1884-1942) German far-right political agitator for the Volkisch movement in the 1920s who founded and served as Chairman of the German Workers´ Party 1919-20 and also served as Chairman of the Nazi Party 1920-21, at which time he mentored his successor in the NSDAP, Adolf Hitler, during his early years in politics. Vintage signed sepia 3.5 x 4.75 photograph of Drexler in a head and shoulders pose. Signed (´Ant. Drexler´) in fountain pen ink with his name alone to the lower border. About EX

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Lot 152

LANZA MARIO: (1921-1959) American tenor and actor. A good, scarce vintage signed 8 x 10 photograph, the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios and RCA-Victor Red Seal Records publicity portrait depicting Lanza in a head and shoulders pose wearing a woollen stocking cap. Signed in fountain pen ink across a light area at the head of the image, ´Hello from Mario Lanza´. Signed photographs of Lanza are scarce as a result of his untimely death at the age of 38. VG

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Lot 89

WEST MAE: (1893-1980) American actress and sex symbol. Signed 8 x 10 photograph, the original vintage Paramount Pictures publicity portrait dating from 1934 and showing the blonde actress seated in a head and shoulders pose and with a cigarette in one hand. Signed (´Sin-cerely, Mae West´) in bold red ink to the base of the image. A couple of very small, extremely minor creases to the corners of the white borders, VG

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Lot 961

GORING HERMANN: (1893-1946) German politician and military leader, one of the most powerful figures in the Nazi Party who served as President of the Reichstag 1932-45 and as Minister President of Prussia 1933-45. A scarce, early vintage signed sepia postcard photograph of Goring standing in a half-length pose, wearing his Oberleutnant´s uniform and medals including the Pour le Mérite. Published by Willi Sanke of Berlin (number 654). Signed by Goring in bold black fountain pen ink and dated 1920 in his hand. One very light, extremely minimal surface mark runs horizontally across the centre of the card, not affecting the signature, otherwise VG

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Lot 228

CONSTANTINE EDDIE: (1913-1993) American actor, singer and entertainer who spent most of his career in France, becoming well-known for his portrayal of secret agent Lemmy Caution and other, similar pulp heroes in French B-movies of the 1950s and 1960s. Vintage signed 9.5 x 7 photograph of Constantine in a dramatic three-quarter length pose, in costume as detective Nick Carter, emerging from a police car and with an automatic rifle in his hands, from the French action film Nick Carter et le trèfle rouge (1965;´Nick Carter and Red Club´). Signed by the actor in black fountain pen ink with his name alone to a light area at the head of the image. VGProvenance: The present photograph originates from the collection of Pierre Goulliard, a French gentleman who, for over 50 years, dedicated himself to obtaining in person autographs of British, American and European movie stars, always obtaining the signatures in fountain pen ink.

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Lot 493

COOPER GARY: (1901-1961) American Actor. Academy Award winner for Best Actor in 1941 for his role as Sergeant Alvin York in Sergeant York and again in 1952 for his role as Will Kane in High Noon. A good vintage signed 7.5 x 9.5 photograph, the image depicting Cooper in a head and shoulders smiling pose, with a telephone in hand. Signed `With my best - Gary Cooper´ in bold dark fountain pen ink to a largely light area of the image. Extremely small minor corner crease, otherwise VG

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Lot 1068

PICASSO PABLO: (1881-1973) Spanish painter, a co-founder of the Cubist movement. An unusual vintage signed and inscribed colour picture postcard by Picasso, the image, entitled Joies et plaisirs de la Cote-d´Azur, being a photomontage of a blonde pin-up girl wearing a bikini and sitting in a full-length pose with her legs outstretched on a diving board against a backdrop of the bay of Cannes featuring palm trees, golden sandy beaches and hotels etc. Signed by Picasso in bold blue fountain pen ink to a light area of the image, ´Pour Raoul Pellequer, son ami, Picasso´. The verso of the postcard features an A.L.S., Max, by Max Pellequer, n.p. (Cannes), 1st February 1959, to his brother Max, in French. Pellequer writes, in full, ´C´est Picasso qui a voulu choisir cette carte pour toi. C´est la raison pour laquelle je te l´envoie avec mes plus effectues pensees et mes regrets de ne pas vous avoir aupres de nous dans ce pays si plein de bons souvenirs qui a aussi invente la bouillabaisse, que nous avons degustee malheureusement sans vous´ (Translation: ´It was Picasso who chose this card for you. That's why I'm sending it to you with my deepest thoughts and my regrets at not having you with us in this country so full of good memories, which also invented the bouillabaisse, which unfortunately we tasted without you´). The letter is also signed (with their first names) by Francine Pellequer, Jacqueline Roque, the French model, muse and second wife of Picasso, and also by Pablo Picasso himself with a bold black ink signature (´Picasso´). An attractive example of Picasso´s autograph, enhanced by a letter with interesting association. VGMax Pellequer (1903-1973) French banker and art collector who would become Picasso´s private banker, financial adviser and close friend. Pellequer assembled an important collection of artworks in the 1920s and 1930s which included a number of significant early pieces by Picasso, as well as works by Paul Cezanne, Edgar Degas, Paul Gauguin, Henri Matisse, Joan Miro and others. Almost two hundred letters from Pellequer to Picasso are preserved in the Musee National Picasso in Paris.

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BEGLEY ED: (1901-1970) American actor, Academy Award winner for Best Supporting Actor in 1962 for his role as Tom ‘Boss’ Finley in Sweet Bird of Youth. A good vintage signed and inscribed 8 x 10 photograph of the actor in a head and shoulders pose. Signed in white fountain pen ink to the head of the image and dated May 1963 in his hand. A few very minor, light surface and corner creases, VG

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Lot 97

O'SULLIVAN MAUREEN: (1911-1998) Irish actress, remembered for her portrayal of Jane in the Tarzan series of films opposite Johnny Weissmuller. Vintage signed and inscribed sepia 8 x 10 photograph of O'Sullivan in a happy head and shoulders pose. Signed in dark fountain pen ink across a light area of the image. Some very light, minimal age wear to the corners and with slight traces of former mounting to the four corners of the verso, otherwise VG

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Lot 818

FORMULA ONE: Stirling Moss (1929-2020) British motor racing driver, widely regarded as one of the greatest drivers to never win the Formula One World Drivers´ Championship. A good vintage signed and inscribed 8 x 10 photograph of Moss in a head and shoulders pose. Photograph by Central Press Photos Ltd. of Fleet Street, London, and bearing their credit stamp to the verso. Signed by Moss in blue fountain pen ink to the image; Damon Hill (1960- ) British motor racing driver, Formula One World Chapion, 1996. Signed 8 x 10 photograph of Hill standing in a half-length pose wearing a wjhite t-shirt and racing overalls. Signed in bold blue fountain pen ink with his name alone to the lower white border. VG to EX, 2

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Lot 497

SINATRA FRANK: (1915-1998) American singer and actor, Academy Award winner. Vintage signed and inscribed 6.5 x 8.5 photograph of Sinatra standing in a half-length pose alongside two other gentlemen. Signed by Sinatra in dark fountain pen ink, with an inscription in Italian, to a largely lighter area of the image. A few very minor, light traces of former mounting to the corners of the verso, VGProvenance: The present photograph was signed for Carlo Giovetti (1916-1999) Italian journalist in the film and entertainment sector who worked for various newspapers including Il Giorno. Giovetti can be seen standing in the centre of the present image, wearing a monocle.

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Lot 1297

EUROPEAN ROYALTY: Small selection of signed pieces, card (1), signed photographs (3) by various members of different European royal families comprising Ingrid of Sweden (1910-2000) Queen of Denmark 1947-72, wife of King Frederik IX. Vintage signed 6 x 8.5 photograph of the Queen seated in a three-quarter length pose wearing a crown and with an opened book in one hand. Signed (´Ingrid´) with her name alone in fountain pen ink to the lower photographer´s mount; Leopold III (1901-1983) King of the Belgians 1934-51. Black ink signature (´Leopold of Belgium´) on a small oblong 12mo card; Simeon II (1937- ) Bulgarian monarch who reigned as Tsar of Bulgaria 1943-46 and later as Prime Minister of Bulgaria 2001-05. Signed colour 5 x 7.5 photograph of Simeon standing in a three-quarter length pose before a painting. Signed in blue ink at the base of the image and dated 1990 in his hand; Prince Bertil (1912-1997) Duke of Halland, a member of the Swedish royal family. Signed 8.5 x 6 photograph of the Prince standing in a full-length pose surrounded by various Olympic athletes and officials etc. in 1976. Signed (´Bertil´) with his name alone to the base of the image. Together with two blue ink signatures (´Bertil´) on small oblong 12mo pieces; Axel of Denmark (1888-1964) Danish prince. A slim 8vo printed programme for the Polar-Rutens indvielse (´Inauguration of the Polar Route´) dated 15th November 1954, signed to the front and back covers by various individuals including Prince Axel, Hans Hedtoft (Prime Minister of Denmark 1953-55), Marcus Wallenberg Jr., Walter Pidgeon, Jean Hersholt, Poul Reumert, Elsy Albiin, Sven Jerring, Tage Erlander (Prime Minister of Sweden 1946-69), Oscar Torp (Prime Minister of Norway 1951-55) etc. G to generally VG, 7

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Lot 6

COBURN CHARLES: (1877-1961) American actor, Academy Award winner for Best Supporting Actor in 1943 for his role as Benjamin Dingle in The More the Merrier. Vintage signed and inscribed sepia 6.5 x 8.5 photograph of Coburn in a head and shoulders pose and wearing a monocle. Signed in bold fountain pen ink to the base of the image. VG

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Lot 131

ALDRICH ROBERT: (1918-1983) American film director. A good vintage signed and inscribed 8 x 10 photograph, the United Artists Corporation publicity portrait dating from 1955 and depicting the director in a head and shoulders pose. Signed in black fountain pen ink to a clear area of the backgound of the image, ´To Peter, Bob Aldrich´. About EXProvenance: The present photograph originates from the collection of Pierre Goulliard, a French gentleman who, for over 50 years, dedicated himself to obtaining in person autographs of British, American and European movie stars, always obtaining the signatures in fountain pen ink.

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Lot 288

DARVI BELLA: (1928-1971) Polish actress, the mistress of Darryl Zanuck. A rare vintage signed and inscribed postcard photograph of Darvi in a head and shoulders pose. Photograph by Sam Levin. Signed by the actress in blue fountain pen ink to the image, her surname running across a slightly darker area, although legible. Signed photographs of Darvi are rare as a result of her suicide at the age of 42. VG

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Lot 225

GUINNESS ALEC: (1914-2000) English actor, Academy Award winner. Signed 10 x 8 photograph, the original vintage Columbia Pictures film still showing Guinness standing in a half-length pose, in costume as the Roman Catholic priest and amateur detective Father Brown, in a pulpit from the British mystery comedy film Father Brown (1954). Signed by Guinness in dark fountain pen ink with his name alone to a lighter area of the image. One small tear to the upper white border and a few light surface and corner creases, otherwise VG

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Lot 280

VEIDT CONRAD: (1893-1943) German Actor, remembered for his role as Major Strasser in Casablanca (1942). Vintage signed 6 x 9.5 photograph of the actor in a half-length semi-profile pose, with monocle and wearing a hat. Signed in bold dark fountain pen ink to a light area of the image `With my best wishes - Conrad Veidt´, also dated 1938 in his hand. Some very light, minor creasing, with small remnants of former affixing to the verso, otherwise G

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Lot 151

HALEY JACK (1897-1979) American actor and entertainer, remembered for his role as the Tin Man in The Wizard of Oz (1939). Vintage signed and inscribed 8 x 10 photograph of Haley in a head and shoulders pose. Signed in black fountain pen ink across a clear area of the background, ´To Raye Ward - Thanks for your patience, Jack Haley´. A couple of minor, light surface creases, otherwise VG

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LANGTRY LILLIE: (1853-1929) British stage actress and socialite, mistress of the future King Edward VII, when Prince of Wales, from 1877-80. An excellent vintage signed and inscribed 7 x 9.5 photograph of the Jersey Lily in an elegant profile head and shoulders pose wearing a wide brimmed hat. Photograph by Hartsook of San Francisco and Los Angeles. Signed by the actress in bold, dark fountain pen ink to a clear area at the base of the image, ´Tappe from Lillie de Bathe´. A highly attractive signed image. Some very light, extremely minor age wear, VGLangtry became Lady de Bathe in 1907 upon her second husband, Hugo de Bathe, succeeding his father as the 5th Baronet. Langtry had married the aristocrat in 1899.

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Lot 601

HOPE BOB: (1903-2003) American comedian, actor and entertainer, the recipient of an Honorary Academy Award. Vintage signed and inscribed sepia 8 x 10 photograph of Hope in a semi-reclined half-length pose. Signed in bold, dark fountain pen ink across a largely lighter area of the image, ´To Ronald Samuels, "Thanks for the Memory", Bob Hope´. About EX

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Lot 294

DURANTE JIMMY: (1893-1980) American actor and comedian. Vintage signed and inscribed 8 x 10 photograph of Durante in a characteristic head and shoulders pose. Signed in blue fountain pen ink to a light area of the background, ´To Sam Lord - Hot cha best, Jimmy Durante´. A few light surface and corner creases, largely to the left white border, G

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Lot 495

HOLDEN WILLIAM: (1918-1981) American actor, Academy Award winner. Vintage signed 7 x 9 photograph of Holden seated in a relaxed three-quarter length pose on a sofa alongside his wife, the actress Brenda Marshall, whom Holden was married to from 1941-71. Signed (´Bill Holden´) in blue fountain pen ink with his name alone to the centre of the image. A couple of very light, extremely minor corner creases, VG

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Lot 1365

CASTRO FIDEL: (1926-2016) Cuban revolutionary and politician who served as Prime Minister of Cuba 1959-76 and President of Cuba 1976-2008. Vintage signed and inscribed sepia 4 x 6 photograph of the young Castro in a head and shoulders pose. Photograph by the St. Naranjo studios and bearing their credit stamp to the verso. Signed in black fountain pen ink to a light area of the image. Together with six vintage unsigned press photographs of various sizes (largest 9.5 x 7) of Castro, each of the different images depicting him at various official events during the 1980s, including delivering a speech from a lectern, walking alongside Jose Eduardo dos Santos on the occasion of the official visit of the President of Angola, attending a National Assembly of the Poder Popular in Chile, etc. All with captions and annotations etc. to the versos. Some creasing to the signed photograph, most evident at the head and corners of the image, and the unsigned photographs with light age wear, G to about VG, 7

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Lot 1408

LITVINOV MAXIM: (1876-1961) Russian revolutionary and Soviet statesman and diplomat who served as People´s Commissar for Foreign Affairs 1930-39 and as Soviet Ambassador to the United States 1941-43. Vintage purple fountain pen ink signature (´M. Litvinoff´) on a plain oblong 12mo card with a sepia magazine portrait of Litvinov neatly mounted above the signature. Lightly hinged at the upper edge of the verso to an oblong folio page removed from an album. About VGProvenance: From an album which was previously part of a private autograph collection formed by an Antiquarian Bookseller in Prague during the 1960s.

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Lot 282

BUCHHOLZ HORST: (1933-2003) German actor who starred in The Magnificent Seven (1960). Vintage signed 8 x 10 photograph of Buchholz, the image depicting him in a youthful head and shoulders pose. Signed by Buchholz `Horst Buchholz´ in a bold black fountain pen ink to a clear area of the image. VG

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Lot 1045

PETIT ROLAND: (1924-2011) French ballet dancer and choreographer. A good vintage signed 9 x 12.5 signed photograph of Petit in a head and shoulders pose, the original studio portrait by Germaine Kanova of Baker Street, London, and signed by her in pencil beneath the image and also with her credit stamp to the verso. Signed by Petit in blue fountain pen ink with his name alone to the lower photographer´s mount. Some light foxing to the mount, a couple of minor corner creases, and one very small tear to the left edge. About VGGermaine Kanova (1902-1975) French photographer who worked in London during the 1930s and 1940s photographing actors, politicians and writers. Kanova also worked as a war photographer and was decorated by the French government for her work with the French Resistance.

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Lot 451

POPULAR MUSIC: Selection of signed 8 x 10 photographs and slightly smaller (1) by various female vocalists and musicians comprising Sandie Shaw, Cilla Black (vintage photograph by Dezo Hoffmann), Nana Mouskouri, Helen Shapiro, Cleo Laine, Helen Reddy, Petula Clark, Alma Cogan, Ruby Murray, and Adelaide Hall. The majority are boldly signed, six in fountain pen inks, to clear areas of the images and none are inscribed. Generally VG, 10

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Lot 277

SIGNORET SIMONE: (1921-1985) French Actress. Academy Award winner. Vintage signed postcard photograph, the attractive image depicting a young Signoret in a head and shoulders pose. Signed in blue ink (´Amicalement S. Signoret´) to a largely clear area of the image. Very small minor age wear, otherwise VG

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Lot 592

GABIN JEAN: (1904-1976) French actor. Vintage signed and inscribed 6.5 x 8.5 photograph of Gabin seated in a full-length pose on a wooden seat and with his feet resting on a rock. Signed and dated in fountain pen ink to the base of the image, across a darker area. Some slight surface creasing and a few minor traces of former mounting to the verso, GProvenance: The present photograph was signed for Carlo Giovetti (1916-1999) Italian journalist in the film and entertainment sector who worked for various newspapers including Il Giorno.

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Lot 116

FLYNN ERROL: (1909-1959) Australian actor. A good vintage signed and inscribed sepia 8 x 10 photograph of the young, dashing actor in a smiling half-length pose. Signed in dark fountain pen ink to a light area at the head of the image, ´To Jacqueline Fulcher, all the best, Errol Flynn´. VG

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Lot 75

HERSHOLT JEAN: (1886-1956) Danish-born American actor who served as President of the Academy of Motion Pictures, Arts and Sciences 1945-49 and was the recipient of three Honorary Academy Awards. The Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award, itself an Honorary Academy Award (or Oscar) was set up in his honour. A good vintage signed and inscribed sepia 8 x 10 photograph of the dapper actor standing in a three-quarter length pose and holding a cigar in one hand. Signed in dark fountain pen ink to a light area at the base of the image and dated 1933 in his hand. A couple of very light, extremely minor surface and corner creases, VG

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Lot 88

MURRAY MAE: (1885-1965) American actress of the silent film era. Vintage signed and inscribed 11 x 14 photograph of Murray in a head and shoulders pose wearing an elaborate headdress. Signed in dark fountain pen ink to a light area at the base of the image and dated February 1951 in her hand. A couple of very light, minor surface and corner creases, VG

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Lot 386

ACTRESSES: An excellent selection of signed 8 x 10 photographs and a few very slightly smaller by various film, television and stage actresses, comprising Maria Elena ´Lina´ Romay, Joyce Howard, Freda Jackson, Yolande Donlan, Moira Shearer, Mona Washbourne, Googie Withers (original vintage publicity portrait from the time of her appearance in Miranda), Jane Baxter, Carol Bruce, Barbara Leigh-Hunt (original vintage publicity portrait issued at the time of her performance in Alfred Hitchcock´s Frenzy), Diana Churchill, and Maxine Audley. All are boldly signed in fountain pen inks, the majority to light areas of the images, and none are inscribed. Generally VG to EX, 12

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Lot 483

MANCINI HENRY: (1924-1994) American film composer, Academy Award winner. Vintage signed and inscribed 10 x 8 photograph of Mancini in a head and shoulders pose playing a flute before a microphone in a recording studio. Signed by the composer in black ink to the image. VG

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Lot 297

BENNY JACK: (1894-1974) American entertainer. A good vintage signed and inscribed 8 x 10 photograph of the comedic entertainer in a head and shoulders pose in costume as Bill Fuller from the American comedy film George Washington Slept Here (1942). Signed by Benny in blue fountain pen ink across a lighter area of the image. A few slight surface and corner creases, about VG

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Lot 967

SPEER ALBERT: (1905-1981) German architect, a close ally of Adolf Hitler who served as Reich Minister of Armaments and War Production 1942-45. Vintage signed 4.5 x 6.5 photograph, a close-up head and shoulders study of Speer. Signed in blue fountain pen ink to the base of the image and dated 19th November 1969 in his hand. VG

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Lot 939

NIMITZ CHESTER W.: (1885-1966) American Fleet Admiral in the United States Navy who served as Commander-in-Chief, US Pacific Fleet and Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Ocean Areas, during World War II. A good blue fountain pen ink signature (´C. W. Nimitz´) on a small oblong 12mo card, accompanied by an unsigned vintage 8 x 10 photograph of Nimitz in a head and shoulders pose wearing his uniform, the official United States Navy photograph with a printed caption to the verso and dating from November 1945. Some traces of former mounting to the verso of the card, otherwise VG, 2

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TRACY SPENCER: (1900-1967) American actor, Academy Award winner. Vintage signed and inscribed sepia 8 x 10 photograph of the actor in a close-up head and shoulders study. Signed in blue fountain pen ink to a clear area at the base of the image and dated March 1939 in his hand. Some very light, minor mottling to the image and a couple of small tears to the left edge, both neatly repaired with tape to the verso, G

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Lot 87

GISH LILLIAN: (1893-1993) American actress, the recipient of an Honorary Academy Award. Vintage signed and inscribed 8 x 10 photograph of the actress seated in an elegant, smiling head and shoulders pose. Signed in blue ink to the image, across a largely lighter area, ´To Ens. James M.Wiggins, with every good wish, Lillian Gish´. EX

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DARWELL JANE: (1879-1967) American actress, Academy Award winner for Best Supporting Actress in 1940 for her role as Ma Joad in The Grapes of Wrath. A good, rare vintage signed and inscribed sepia 8 x 10 photograph of the actress in a smiling head and shoulders pose. Signed in dark fountain pen ink across a light area at the base of the image, ´For Minnie, Good Luck, Jane Darwell´. VG

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Lot 1000

PUCCINI GIACOMO: (1858-1924) Italian composer. Vintage black fountain pen ink signature (´Giacomo Puccini´) on a small oblong 12mo piece. VG

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Lot 494

GRANT CARY: (1904-1986) British-American actor, Academy Award winner. Signed 8 x 10 photograph, the original vintage publicity portrait, dating from 1950, depicting Grant in a head and shoulders pose in costume as Matt Howard from the American drama film The Howards of Virginia (1940) set during the American Revolutionary War. Signed by Grant in black ink with his name alone to a light area of the background. Some light staining to the lower left area of the image and with some light overall surface creasing, about G

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Lot 271

CHEVALIER MAURICE: (1888-1972) French actor, singer and entertainer, the recipeint of an Honorary Academy Award. Vintage signed sepia 7.5 x 9.5 photograph of Chevalier standing at the foot of a staircase on the outer deck of a cruise ship. Signed (´Bonne chance, Maurice Chevalier´) in blue fountain pen ink to a lighter area at the base of the image. VG

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Lot 656

SCHNEIDER ROMY: (1938-1982) Austrian-German Actress. A fine vintage signed postcard photograph of Schneider, the image depicting a young actress in a head and shoulders pose, with a dog in her hands. Signed `Romy Schneider´ in green ink to the lower border of the image. VG

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Lot 1319

ELIZABETH II: (1926-2022) Queen of the United Kingdom 1952-2022 & PRINCE PHILIP (1921-2021) Duke of Edinburgh, Consort of Queen Elizabeth II 1952-2021. A good vintage signed Christmas greetings card by both Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip individually, the small 4to stiff cream folding card featuring an image to the inside depicting the Queen and Prince Philip seated in full-length poses on picnic rugs on the south lawn of Balmoral Castle, accompanied by their young children Prince Charles and Princess Anne, as well as the infant Prince Andrew and a corgi. Signed ('Elizabeth R') by the Queen and signed ('Philip') by the Prince, both in fountain pen inks to the lower border beneath the image, and dated 1960 in the Queen's hand. With a printed greeting opposite and two gold embossed royal ciphers to the front cover. Some light overall foxing, otherwise VG

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Lot 284

DE SICA VITTORIO: (1901-1974) Italian film director and actor, Academy Award winner. A good vintage signed 7 x 9.5 photograph of De Sica standing in a half-length pose in uniform, in costume as Marshal Antonio Carotenuto from the Italian romantic comedy film Pane, amore e gelosia (1954; Bread, Love and Jealousy, also known as Frisky). Signed in blue fountain pen ink across a light area of the image. A couple of very slight, minor corner creases, otherwise VG

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Lot 401

CALLOWAY CAB: (1907-1994) American jazz singer and bandleader, associated with the Cotton Club in Harlem. Vintage signed 8 x 10 photograph, the Mills Artists Inc. publicity portrait issued to promote Calloway and his Cotton Club Orchestra and depicting the musician standing in a three-quarter length pose and holding a baton in one hand. Signed in bold fountain pen ink with his name alone to a light area of the image. A couple of very light, extremely minor surface creases, VG

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Lot 417

REEVES JIM: (1923-1964) American country music singer. A scarce vintage signed and inscribed 8 x 10 photograph, the Abbott Record Co. promotional portrait depicting the singer in a half-length pose wearing a Stetson hat. Signed in blue ink to the image, his forename running across a slightly darker area. Autographs of Reeves are scarce following his tragic death in an aeroplane crash at the age of 40. Some light overall surface and corner creasing, G

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[ALBUM AMICORUM] - [GALLAND JEAN-PAUL]: (1913-1991) Swiss politician who served as State Chancellor of the Canton of Geneva 1961-78, and later as Honorary Chancellor 1978-91. The dark green leather bound 4to Guest Book of Galland containing an exceptional and diverse selection of over 150 signatures, letters and signed photographs etc., including (in order of appearance within the volume) Bernard Law Montgomery (1887-1976) British Field Marshal of World War II- A.L.S., Montgomery of Alamein, one page, small 4to, Palace Hotel, Murren, 7th January 1953, to Galland, on the printed stationery of the Deputy Supreme Commander, Allied Powers Europe. Montgomery returns a photograph which he has signed, and thanks Galland for having met him in Geneva, adding that he will return to the city on 15th February ´on which day I will leave your airport in my aeroplane at 1200 hrs for Paris´, together with a vintage signed 5 x 7 photograph of Montgomery standing in a full-length pose close to some aircraft steps and alongside several other individuals. Signed (´Montgomery of Alamein, Field Marshal´) in bold turquoise fountain pen ink to a light area at the head of the image and dated 22nd January 1953 in his hand; Felix Bloch (1905-1983) Swiss-American physicist, Nobel Prize winner for Physics, 1952 & Pierre Micheli (1905-1989) Swiss diplomat who served as Ambassador to France 1956-61 (with a third signature on a page featuring a photograph of the signing of the agreements of the European Organisation for Nuclear Research [CERN] on 11th June 1955), Anthony Eden (1897-1977) British Prime Minister 1955-57, Harold Macmillan (1894-1986) British Prime Minister 1957-63. A loosely inserted T.L.S., Harold Macmillan, with holograph salutation and subscription, one page, 4to, London, 29th July 1955, to Galland, on the printed stationery of the Foreign Office, thanking him for the assistance he provided during ´the stay of the United Kingdom Delegation in Geneva for the Four Power Conference´, accompanied by the original envelope (laid down); Edgar Faure (1908-1988) French Prime Minister 1952, 1955-56. Vintage signed 5 x 7 photograph of Faure seated in a half-length pose at his desk. Signed in blue ink with his name alone to a lighter area at the base of the image; Konrad Adenauer (1876-1967) German statesman who served as the first Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany) from 1949-63, blue fountain pen ink signature (´Adenauer´) and date, 1955, in his hand, with a 4 x 6 photograph neatly affixed to the page above the signature; Niels Bohr (1885-1962) Danish physicist, Nobel Prize winner for Physics, 1922, John Cockcroft (1897-1967) British physicist, Nobel Prize winner for Physics 1951 in recognition of splitting the atomic nucleus, Isidor Isaac Rabi (1898-1988) American physicist, Nobel Prize winner for Physics, 1944, Ralph Bunche (1904-1971) American political scientist & diplomat, Nobel Peace Prize winner, 1950, Lewis Strauss (1896-1974) American government official, one of the original members of the United States Atomic Energy Commission, and the signatures of five other individuals together on one page, all being delegates at the Conference Internationale sur l´Utilisation de l´Energie Atomique a des fins Pacifiques in Geneva, August 1955; Ilya Ehrenburg (1891-1967) Soviet writer, revolutionary and historian, Maxime Leroy (1873-1957) French jurist and social historian, and the signatures of a number of individuals present at an international meeting in Geneva, September 1955; Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962) American diplomat, First Lady of the United States 1933-45 as wife of Franklin D. Roosevelt (signed to a page alongside various other individuals on the occasion of Roosevelt being awarded the inaugural Nansen Refugee Medal in Geneva, September 1955; also featuring several unsigned photographs of Roosevelt at the time, being greeted by different men); John Foster Dulles (1888-1959) American politician who served as Secretary of State 1953-59; Antoine Pinay (1891-1994) French Prime Minister 1952-53; Joseph Paul-Boncour (1873-1972) French Prime Minister 1932-33; Lai-iad Phibunsongkhram (1903-1964) Wife of Thai Field Marshal and Prime Minister Plaek Phibunsongkhram; Dag Hammarskjold (1905-1961) Swedish economist and diplomat who served as Secretary-General of the United Nations 1953-61, posthumously awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1961; Norodom Sihanouk (1922-2012) King of Cambodia 1941-55, 1993-2004 & Chen Yi (1901-1972) Chinese communist military commander and politician who served as Foreign Minister of China 1958-72 and is one of ten Marshals of the People´s Republic of China (the two signatures together on one page); Mohammad Reza Pahlavi (1919-1980) Shah of the Imperial State of Iran 1941-79 & Farah Pahlavi (1938- ) Queen and Empress of Iran 1959-79 (the two signatures together on one page above and opposite photographs recording their visit to Geneva on 10th October 1961); Baudouin of Belgium (1930-1993) King of the Belgians 1951-93 (signed on the occasion of his visit to Geneva on 24th May 1962 and accompanied by a photograph of him being greeted at the airport); U Thant (1909-1974) Burmese diplomat who served as Secretary-General of the United Nations 1961-71, Maurice Pate (1894-1965) American humanitarian who served as the first executive director of the United Nations Children´s Fund (UNICEF) 1947-65; Cardinal Augustin Bea (1881-1968) German Jesuit priest who served as the first President of the Secretariat for Promoting Christian Unity 1960-68; Cardinal Charles Journet (1891-1975) Swiss Roman Catholic theologian, the first Swiss to be named a cardinal; Haile Selassie I (1892-1975) Ethiopian Regent Plenipotentiary 1916-30 and Emperor 1930-74 (a fine, bold fountain pen ink example, dated 1965 in his hand, on the occasion of his visit to Geneva on the 35th anniversary of his reign, November 1965, above a formal 4 x 5.5 photograph); Prince Philip (1921-2021) Duke of Edinburgh, Consort of Queen Elizabeth II 1952-2021, dated 17th November 1965 in his hand; Athenagoras I of Constantinople (1886-1972) Greek Orthodox Archbishop of North and South America 1930-48 and Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople 1948-72; Habib Bourguiba (1903-2000) Tunisian statesman who served as Prime Minister of Tunisia 1956-57 and as President of Tunisia 1957-87; Olav V (1903-1991) King of Norway 1957-91 (signed on the occasion of his visit to Geneva on 4th April 1968 and accompanied by several photographs of the event); Hussein bin Talal (1935-1999) King of Jordan 1952-99 (a fine example of his signature above a photograph depicting the King being greeted upon his arrival at Geneva airport on 22nd May 1968); Willy Brandt (1913-1992) German politician and statesman who served as Chancellor of West Germany 1969-74, Nobel Peace Prize winner 1971; OWING TO LIMITATIONS IMPOSED BY THE SALEROOM THE COMPLETE DESCRIPTION FOR THIS LOT CAN NOT BE DISPLAYED - PLEASE CONTACT IAA EUROPE DIRECTLY FOR FURTHER INFORMATION. 

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STERN ISAAC: (1920-2001) American violinist. Vintage signed and inscribed 10 x 8 photograph of Stern standing in a half-length pose playing his violin. Signed in bold black ink to a lighter area of the background and dated 1962 in his hand. Some light surface and corner creasing, G

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GAYNOR JANET: (1906-1984) American actress, the first Academy Award winner for Best Actress in 1927/28 for her roles as Diana in Seventh Heaven, Angela in Street Angel and Indre in Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans. Vintage signed sepia 8 x 10 photograph of Gaynor in a happy half-length pose. Signed in blue ink to a lighter area of the background. About EX

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BERLIOZ HECTOR: (1803-1869) French composer and conductor of the Romantic era. A good, large vintage signed and inscribed sepia 10.5 x 13 photograph, the image depicting Berlioz standing in a three-quarter length pose. Signed by the composer (with a particularly large and fine example of his signature) to the lower photographer´s mount, with an inscription in French, ´A mon ami Theodore Ritter, Hector Berlioz´, and dated 18th January 1866 in his hand. Framed and glazed in the original decorative antique frame to an overall size of 15.5 x 18. Signed photographs of Berlioz are extremely rare, and the present handsome example has an interesting association. A few minor, light stains to the image and mount, one only very minimally affecting the conclusion of Berlioz´s signature. About VGTheodore Ritter (1840-1886) French composer and pianist, a student of Berlioz and later Franz Liszt. Ritter composed piano versions of Berlioz´s works L´enfance du Christ and Romeo et Juliette.

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RATHBONE BASIL: (1892-1967) British actor, famous for his portrayal of Sherlock Holmes in a number of films. Vintage signed sepia 8 x 10 photograph of the actor in a head and shoulders pose and holding a lit cigarette in one raised hand. Signed by Rathbone in black fountain pen ink with his name alone to the centre of the image. Some very light, extremely minor silvering to a few edges of the image, VG

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VELEZ LUPE: (1908-1944) Mexican actress. Vintage signed and inscribed sepia 8 x 10 photograph of The Mexican Spitfire in a head and shoulders pose wearing an elaborate headdress. Signed in dark fountain pen ink to the base of the image, her signature running across a lighter area. With an A.N.S. with her initials L.V. to the verso, in full, ´Sorry I do not have larger photo. I am not collecting dolls now´. About EX

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RALSTON VERA: (1923-2003) Czech-born American actress and figure skater. A good signed 8 x 10 photograph, the original vintage Republic Pictures publicity portrait depicting the actress in a head and shoulders pose in costume as Joan Milna from the American drama film Spoilers of the Forest (1957). Signed by Ralston in bold black fountain pen ink to a clear area of the background and dated 30th March 1999 in her hand. EX

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FINCH PETER: (1912-1977) English-born Australian actor, posthumous Academy Award winner for Best Actor in 1976 for his role as Howard Beale in Network. Vintage signed 7.5 x 9 photograph of Finch standing in a a half-length pose wearing a dark suit and tie. Signed in blue ink with his name alone to a lighter area of the image. A pencil annotation in the hand of a collector to the verso indicates that the signature was obtained in person on 16th July 1967. VG

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