Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 24

Manuscript and Collectibles Auction

Autographs-Entertainers

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 420		(Actors). Six actors: (1) Vintage actress Maude Adams, signature with date ("1899") on a 2 1/8 x 2½ in. piece of paper (2) Helen Hayes, signed 1970 cover sheet of "Distinguished New Yorker" award program, 11 x 8½ in. (3) Bob Hope, signature on 1¾ x 3 in. paper (4) Bing Crosby, signature and sentiment ("Sincerely") on back of cut postcard postmarked 1956, 3 x 4½ in. (5) Jackie Gleason, signed card, 3 x 5 in.; and (6) George C. Scott, 1964 TLS discussing the cancellation of his tv series, "East Side/West Side, 10½ x 7¼ in. Condition ranges from Very Good to Fine. (6 items). Estimated Value $225 - 275. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $230
Lot 421		(Ballet). Four ballerinas: (1) Ruth St. Denis, signature on a 4 x 5½ album page, with 1911program (2) Alicia Markova, 1952 first day cover for 25th anniversary of Mt. Rushmore memorial signed (3) Nora Kaye, 10 x 8 in. photograph signed and inscribed "Best Wishes"; and Leslie Browne, 1980 8 x 10 in. publicity photo for "Nijinsky" signed. Very Good to Very Fine. (4 items). Estimated Value $150 - 200. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 422		Bogart, Humphrey (1899-1957) Academy Award winning actor, best known for playing tough guys. Typed Letter Signed, Garden of Allah Hotel, Hollywood, California, February 10, 1936. 1 page, quarto. Addressed to Mr. Fleishman in the Gilbert Miller Office in New York. Bogart writes: "In the preparation of my 1935 income tax return, it is necessary that I know the total amount of money paid me during 1935 for my services in 'Petrified Forest'. I shall appreciate your sending me this information in care of my business managers' office, and enclose herewith for your convenience in replying an addressed envelope." Bogart signs boldly in green ink. One rust mark from a paper clip in upper left corner, and a fold runs lightly through the top of five letters in the signature, else Very Fine. When he wrote this letter, Bogart was in Hollywood to make the movie for The Petrified Forest. He had starred in the Broadway show with Leslie Howard and Bette Davis in 1935, playing a desperado. It was his first role as a tough guy, and the show ran for 181 performances. When Warner Bros. decided to make a movie of the show, they wanted Edward G. Robinson for the bad guy, but Leslie Howard threatened to drop out of the project if Bogart were not used. Howard won, and it was a break-through role for Bogart, the first of many tough guys he would play. In gratitude for Leslie Howard's thoughtfulness, Bogart named his daughter Leslie. Estimated Value $2,000 - 3,000. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $1,150
Lot 423		Caruso, Enrico (1873-1921) Italian tenor. Manuscript Note Signed on the address side of a photographic portrait postcard of Caruso, Florence, Italy, July 17, 1919. A thank-you note to Carl E. Peck in New York, thanking him "for the delecious [sic] box and good wishes, both much appreciated…" The photograph, by Varischi & Artico of Milan, is a 3/4 portrait of the singer, nattily dressed in pin-striped suit and white hat. Light toning and some silvering to photo; bent corners do not affect image. Estimated Value $300 - 500. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 424		(Howard, Leslie) (1893-1943) British actor. Contract for the Boston run of The Petrified Forest signed by Leslie Howard's agent, Gilbert Miller, November 24, 1934. 2 pages, quarto, plus a 3½ x 8½ in. addendum. The contract was for the two-week period from December 24, 1934 through January 5, 1935. As part of the agreement, Howard was to receive 65% of the first $12,000, and 70% of all weekly gross receipts over $12,000. The stern addendum sets out certain forbidden actions and dress, such as actresses showing bare legs on stage, "obscene or lascivious" dialogue, and playing a dope fiend or "a moral pervert or sex degenerate…" Howard starred with Humphrey Bogart and Bette Davis. Minor soiling, else Fine. Estimated Value $250 - 300. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 425		Kelly, Emmett Jr. First Day Cover Signed in green ink. Red, white, and blue cachet of the Statue of Liberty and 5¢ stamp with Kelly on it. Postmarked Delavan, WI, 1966. Mint. Estimated Value $100 - 125. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $58
Lot 426		Loos, Anita (1888-1981) Novelist and movie script writer; best known for writing Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. A collection of 21 items, including 13 Typed Letters Signed and one Autograph Letter Signed to English theatrical agent Gilbert Miller, and one Typed Letter Signed to Morton Gottlieb, all written between 1951-53, most from New York. The letters deal with the search for an actress to play the role of Gigi in the Broadway play (Audrey Hepburn's break-through role), and discusses the activities of numerous actors such as Bette Davis, Tallulah Bankhead, Ruth Gordon, Garson Kanin, and Katharine Hepburn, and playwright Thornton Wilder. Another letter to a Mrs. Hillings in Paris concerns photographs of Audrey Hepburn and Collette's (author of the novel Gigi ) delight at Miss Hepburn's playing the role of Gigi. There are also Two Autograph Signed by Cathleen Nesbitt, who played the role of Aunt Alicia in Gigi, approving the choice of Audrey Hepburn ("I do think your little 'Gigi' is enchanting…."), as well as a telegram, a copy of another telegram, and two copies of letters from Miller to Loos. Some notations and staple marks, else Fine. A delightful collection. (21 items). Estimated Value $600 - 800. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $460
Lot 427		Lunt, Alfred (1893-1977) American actor; with his wife Lynn Fontanne, long-time royal couple of the American stage. Autograph Letter Signed ("Alfred"), Genesee Depot, Oct. 31, 1953, 1½ pp, legal folio. To novelist Edna Ferber, with personal content: "…nothing wrong with me but fatigue….We've been sleeping 12 hours at a stretch….Lynn was as near dead as I was but she doesn't clack about it as I do--she looked nineteen yesterday….Saratoga Trunk sounds thrilling--wish we could sing….We aren't working until next fall!" In excellent condition. Estimated Value $300 - 500. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 428		Lunt, Alfred. Autograph Letter Signed ("Helfred Lont") in dialect, no place, no date, 1 pg. small quarto. Written in an unidentified comic dialect, probably East European: "Swit Hedna: De Momma an de Poppa hes ett off all de chizzle and rye bread mit great hanoyeh….I sent wouch for dees woid hanoyeh but I ken for de chizzle an de rye bread. Your cheeldren's cheeldren shall eat such chizzle. Hupping to hev de plazulure to seeing you in de nur future I remaing yur old landsman." Very Fine. Estimated Value $300 - 500. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold