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Ansel Adams (1902-1984). American photographer, renowned for his landscapes. Unique Photo Post Card Signed, showing a panaoramic view of Mount Ranier and signed on the back of the post card Ansel Adams .Price: 495.00

Thomas Hart Benton (1889-1975). American artist, noted for his Western murals and paintings. An Autograph Note Signed, one page, quarto, on personal "THOMAS H. BENTON 3616 Belleview Avenue Kansas City, Missouri 64111" letterhead, dated May 16, 1972.Price: $495.00

Gutzon Borglum.( 1867-1941). American sculptor, designer of Mount Rushmore. A Scarce Photograph Signed of Mount Rushmore by the sculptor, being a 3.5 in. by 5.5 in. postcard of a work in progress.Price: $925.00

 

 

Billie Burke (1885-1970). Legendary American Actress, Glinda, the Good Witch of the North, in the classic The Wizard of Oz (1939). Very Rare Vintage Signature. Price:$225.00

Joan Crawford (1908-1977). Academy Award Winning Actress. Handsome Photograph Signed. One of Hollywood's most enduring stars, a signed and inscribed 5 in. by 7 in. portrait of MGM star Joan Crawford. The bust portrait shows a radiant and beautiful Crawford. Inscribed on the lower left of the image: "Hello to Ruben Ordoves from Joan Crawford".Price: $225.

 

Montague Dawson. The world's most reknowned marine artist. Beautiful signed, framed print depicting The Battle of Trafalgar.Signed Montague Dawson. These prints published in London in the 1970's very difficult to find.Price: $1850.00

 

Clark Gable (1900-1960).Legendary American Actor. Known as the "King of Hollywood," noted for his rugged machismo, best remembered for the role of 'Rhett Butler' in Gone With the Wind. Outstanding Vintage MGM Photograph Portrait Signed, to the famed French film magazine, Ciné Miroir. $1,750.00

 

Daniel Chester French (1850-1931). Famous American sculptor who his known mainly for having rendered The Sitting Abraham Lincoln at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C.Handwritten 1921 letter signed Daniel C. French. In overall fine condition.Price:$175.00

 

[F. Scott Fitzgerald]. Book Description: Princeton University Press, 1919. Cloth. Book Condition: Very Good. Includes poems by John Peale Bishop and Edmund Wilson (Jr.), as well as Henry Chapin and Van Dyke who wrote the Preface, but also three poems by student (Class of 1918) F. Scott Fitzgerald, his first appearance in print, though the name shown is T. Scott Fitzgerald, through a typographical error.Olive green cloth, with some slight browning ad mottling.Pages show normal aging typical of a book almost a hundred years old.Overall remarkable condition. 179 pages, top-edge gilt slightly worn, contents very fine. Unusual item for Fitzgerald lovers and scholars. A rather remarkable find because of its condition.

Price:$649.00

 

Charley Grapewine (1875-1956). American Vaudevillian and Character Actor best remembered as 'Uncle Henry' in the Wizard of Oz (1939). Very Rare Photograph Signed, circa 1940. Possibly the rarest signature of all the major actors in the Wizard of Oz, this prize SP is the only one seen in over thirty years.Price: $2,950.00

 

Hall, James and Nordhoff, Charles. Extremely rare typescript from famous movie Mutiny on the Bounty signed by both authours. Price:$1200.00

Hemingway, Ernest (1899-1961) TLS, signed in pencil "Papa", 1 full page, Nov 24, 1954, 4to, "Finca Vigia, San Francisco de Paula" letterhead, Cuba, onion skin paper, to Bob Manning of "Time" Magazine. The announcement having just been made that Hemingway had been awarded the 1954 Nobel Prize for Literature, "Time" Magazine immediately assigned its top writer, Robert Manning, to do a cover-story interview of Hemingway. Manning visited the writer in Cuba, then corresponded with him on particular points to finish the article. In this letter, Hemingway responds to questions posed by Manning, including outstanding content regarding his "The Old Man and the Sea" (1952) Price: $15,500.00

 

Katharine Hepburn (18977-2003). Iconic star of American film and stage, widely recognized for her sharp wit, New England gentility and fierce independence. A screen legend, Hepburn holds the record for the most Oscars won by any actress at four. Beautiful Vintage Photograph Signed to Baseball Hall of Famer Jimmie Foxx, being an 8 in. by 10 in. black and white head and shoulders portrait, no place or date, but circa 1940s. Price:$2,500.00

Billie Holiday (1915-1959). Legendary Jazz and Blues Singer, Member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (2000). Rare Document Signed, the Contract for Billie Holiday's Last Performance, one page, quarto, dated May 20, 1959, New York City, being an American Guild of Variety Artists (AGVA) Standard Form of Artists Engagement contract, for a one day concert at the Phoenix Theatre, for which Holiday will be paid $350. A typed notation adds that "Billie Holiday to Supply Pianist." Signed with a large ink signature :"Billie Holiday" and countersigned by the operator of the Phoenix Theatre.Price:$9,500.00

Winslow Homer (1836-1910). Foremost American Landscape and Marine Genre Painter. Was one of the great illustrators during the Civil War, sending battlefield sketches and producing lithographs for Harpoer's Weekly. One of the foremost painters of the nineteenth century. Good Art-Related Autograph Letter Signed, one page, Scarboro, Maine, October 3, 1901, on watercolors at the Pan-American Exhibition. Price:$3,750.00

 

Bob Kane (1917-1999). American Artist and Cartoonist who created "Batman" in May 1939. A Set of Original Sketches of Batman and Robin on separate sheets, being bust portraits of the 'Cape Crusaders,' on quarto-sized sheets.Price:$1,450.00

 

Ernesto Leucona (1896-1963). Famed Cuban Composer. Uncommon, Rare Vintage Photograph Signed, being a postcard sized image, close-up head and shoulders portrait staring intensely into the camera. Inscribed on the lower margin in green, in Spanish.Price: $1,450.00

 

Harper Lee.(b.1926-2007) American writer. To Kill a Mockingbird, One Page Typescript Signed. Price:$325.00.

 

Jack London (1876-1916). American author and short story writer, noted for his adventure tales of the Alaskan wilderness and high seas, including Call of the Wild and White Fang. A Handsome Rare Photograph Signed, in sepia tone. Extremely scarce. Price:$2,950.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (07-1882). Nineteenth Century American Poet. A Rare Autograph Verse Signed, being a stanza from one of his noted works, Excelsior. Holograph verses by Longfellow are very uncommon.Price: $1800.00

 

Henry Moore (1898-1986). Premier British Sculptor. Good Art Related Content Typed Letter Signed, "Henry Moore", one page octavo, on personal letterhead, November 27, 1957. "…I have sent to the shippers, the 'Mother and Child with Apple' and the 'Draped Reclining Figure' (the small 'Reclining Figure' Egyptian has not yet been returned from an exhibition…) I will get the remainder of the works promise to you ready…". Letter shows normal aging, folds, with additional holograph address postscript by Moore on verso.Price: $795.00

 

Rembrandt Peale (1778-1860). American Neoclassical painter, studied under Benjamin West, most noted for his distinguished portraits of Washington, Jefferson, Napoleon, and Dolley Madison. Art Related Autograph Letter Signed. Very nice reference to a work in progress. Very Rare in this form. Price:$1,950.00

Charles Monroe "Sparky" Schulz (November 26, 1922 – February 12, 2000)[1] was an American cartoonist, whose comic strip Peanuts proved one of the most popular and influential in the history of the medium, and is still widely reprinted on a daily basis. Schulz was on of America's favorite cartoonists of all time. This offering is a Disney cachet FDC in good condition and the signature and remarque were done by a sharpie marker. Price: $3500

Dorothy Stratten (1960-1980). Model, Actress, and Playboy Playmate of the Year, (1980), tragically murdered by her estranged husband on August 14, 1980. She has grown to legendary status in the genre.Exceptionally Scare Photograph Signed, being an 8 in. by 10 in. black and white publicity portrait by Crown International Pictures for her debut film, Galaxina. Stratten's signed items are exceptionally rare and considered one of the scarcest celebrity signatures of the 20th Century.Price: $2,500.00

 

Claire Trevor (1910 – 2000) was an American actress. She was nicknamed the "Queen of Film Noir" because of her many appearances in "bad girl” roles in film noir and other black-and-white thrillers. She appeared in over 60 films. She appeared in over 60 films and won an Academy Award forBest Supporting Actress in the classic film Key Largo nd she has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.This offering is a pristine 8 in x 10 in portrait of Claire Trevor done by the famous Beverly Hills photographer David D'Caggeri. It is signed Sincerely Claire Trevor.This photograph will come with a letter of provenance as to their origin, history and authenticity.

Price: $375.00

Ellery Queen, a.k.a. Fredric Dannay (1905-1982). Co-creator with his cousin Manfred B. Lee of the Ellery Queen mystery novels 1929, and publishers of the acclaimed Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, Autograph Letter Signed, "Frederic Dannay 'Ellery Queen'", one page, quarto, August 30, 1979, on Official "ELLERY QUEEN Mystery Magazine" letterhead.Price: $295.00

Rodolph Valentino. (1895-1926). Legendary Screen Idol. His death at age 31 caused a national panic which resulted in several suicides. Very Rare Document Signed, associated with the bigamy scandal that rocked his career, being a promissory note to his first wife for $5,000, dated May 1, 1922, payable on May 15, 1922, drawn on the Commercial Bank of Los Angeles, measuring approximately 8 in. by 3.5 in. Boldly signed with his full rare Italian signature: "Rodolfoh Valentino". Price:$3,950.00

Robert Penn Warren (1905-1989). American writer of novels and poetry. Two-time Pulitzer Prize winner, noted for All the Kings Men. Autograph Note Signed. Very fine.Price: $150.00

Thomas Wolfe (1900-1938). Legendary American Author. Extraordinarily Rare Typed Letter Signed, July 13th, 1935, New York City. Returning from Europe, Wolfe takes time to respond to a letter of praise concerning his second work, Of Time and the River. Price:$3,500.00