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Celebrity Autographs

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 230		GONE WITH THE WIND - Archive of 12 Related Signatures, Including Signed Checks/Letters by Gable, Selznick, de Havilland. A dream collection of related signatures of cast and production to Gone With The Wind including a superb signed check with a strong signature by Clark Gable (Rhett Butler), an equally bold signed check by producer, David O. Selznick made payable to actor Charles Boyer dated 1937, two (2) signed letters by Olivia de Havilland (Melanie Hamilton), one actually discussing the disappointing quality of the GWTW merchandise from The Franklin Mint and their advertising brochures, but a second letter is included from Ms. de Havilland for it boasts a large and beautiful signature from the legendary actress. Also included in this collection are signatures/cuts and include Butterfly McQueen (Prissy), Mary Anderson (Maybelle Merriwether), two signatures from Fred Crane (Brent Tarleton, with Crane famously mis-credited in the film as Stuart, George Reeves played Stuart), Eric Linden (amputation scene), William Bakewell (Mounted Officer), a signed card from the great character actor and Oscar winner, Richard Farnsworth (uncredited soldier but definitely in the film.) Finally a very nice 8" x 10" still taken during the motorcade through Atlanta for the premiere of GWTW signed boldly by Ann Rutherford (Carreen O'Hara) as well as a First Day of Issue cover issued Jan. 25, 2006 celebrating Hattie McDaniel (Mammy). Estimated Value $600 - 1,000. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $240
Lot 231		[Celebrity Signatures] Collection of Signed Cards. A large group of approximately 250 cards (some possibly secretarial), 80 are signed on business/personal cards and remainder are signed on 2 x 3½" white cards. Signatures include: Fabian, José Ferrer, Jerry Lewis, Dick Gregory, Henry Winkler, Nina Foch, Orsen Bean, Norm Crosby, Lloyd Bridges, Julie Harris, Phyllis Diller, Shirley Temple Black, Chuck Mangione, Karl Malden, Beverly Sills, Maynard Ferguson, June Allyson, Don Ameche, Lillian Gish, Ella Raines, Goldie Hawn, Carl Reiner, Art Linkletter, Claire Trevor, Dick Van Dyke, Shelly Winters, Dale Evans Rogers, Ann-Margaret, Imogene Coca, Sid Caesar and Robert De Niro. Must be seen to be appreciated. Fine. Estimated Value $500 - 600. Jerry Berg Card Collection. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $576
Lot 232		[Celebrity Signatures] Collection of Signed Cards. Group of approximately 230 cards (some possibly secretarial), signed on 2 x 3½" white cards. Signatures include: Cesar Romero, Burl Ives, Alan King, Ann Blyth, Hume Cronyn, Suzanne Pleshette, Betty White, Bob Newhart, Allen Funt, Robert Young, Peter Benchley, Angie Dickinson, George Raft, Sidney Sheldon, Noah Berry, Gena Rowlands, Loretta Young, Joan Fontaine, Johnny Cash, Kitty Carlisle, Buddy Ebsen, Janet Leigh, Charles Bronson, Joan Blondell, Walter Matthau, Neil Simon, Denzel Washington, Faye Dunaway and Maureen Stapleton. Must be seen to be appreciated. Fine. Estimated Value $500 - 600. From the Celebrated Jerry Berg Card Collection. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $300
Lot 233		[Actors, Singers, Directors, Musicians & Entertainment Personalities]. Impressive collection of approximately 210 celebrity signed cards (some possibly secretarial). A few signed on business cards, but the majority of signatures on 2 x 3½" white cards. Signatures include: Fred Astaire, Richard Burton, Elizabeth Taylor, Joan Bennett, Lauren Bacall, Clayton Moore (The Lone Ranger), Helen Hayes, Ruby Dee, Ossie Davis, Dave Brubeck, Anne Bancroft, Bob Hope, Paul Newman, Eva Marie Saint, Rod Steiger, Lynn Redgrave, Anthony Quinn, Lillian Gish, Sammy Davis, Jr., Billy Wilder, Jane Russell, Ray Charles, Louis Gossett, Jr., Jean Simmons, Mary Martin, Hugh O'Brian, Farley Granger, Tennessee Ernie Ford, Woody Allen, Dave Garroway, Stanley Kramer, Buddy Hackett, Joan Rivers and Raquel Welch. Must be seen to be appreciated. Fine. Estimated Value $450 - 550. Jerry Berg Card Collection. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $360
Lot 234		[Celebrity Autographs] Collection of 47 Autographed Cards. Each white card measures 2 x 3½". Includes: Freeman F. Gosden / "Amos", Spanky McFarland, Walter Pidgeon, Lana Turner, Hedy Lamarr, Tim McCoy, Fay Wray Riskin, George Jessel, Jay Silverheels, Iron Eyes Cody, Roy Rogers, Lee Marvin, Fred MacMurray, David Janssen, Buster Crabbe, Beatrice Lillie, Glenn Ford, Jackie Coogan, Robert Montgomery, Jerry Lewis, Wm. Demerest, Tex Beneke, Amanda Blake, Ray Bolger, Jack Webb, Raymond Massey, Victor Borge, Ruth Buzzi (with a drawing of a stinky foot, dated '98), Mickey Rooney, Red Skelton, Neil Simon, James Wong Howe, Annette Funicello, Mickey Spillane, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Sheldon Leonard, Dick Clark, and Ralph Edwards. Lot also includes a Gene Autry, 5½ x 3½", signed color picture postcard of Autry and Champion. Overall fine. Estimated Value $350-UP. Jerry Berg Card Collection. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $216
Lot 235		Collection of Signed Theatre Programs Signatures including Katherine Hepburn, Christopher Reeve, Leonard Bernstein. Collection of 9 Playbills or programs, some with numerous signatures of cast members, plus three signed cards. Names included are a Katherine Hepburn signed program from A MATTER OF GRAVITY plus a signed note of thanks inside a printed note card of her self-portrait, a 1959 Playbill for Tennessee Williams' SWEET BIRD OF YOUTH signed by Geraldine Page, "JB" by Elia Kazan, February 1959 Playbill signed by Raymond Massey, a 1958 Playbill for THE PLEASURE OF HIS COMPANY signed by most of the cast including Cyril Ritchard, George Peppard, Dolores Hart and Cornelia Otis Skinner, a scarce Melina Mercouri signed Playbill from 1968 for ILLYA DARLING, FIFTH OF JULY signed by cast including Christopher Reeve, Swoozie Kurtz, and William Hurt, "Music With Mary Martin" signed by Mary Martin, program for HOW NOW DOW JONES signed by composer Elmer Bernstein, NEW GIRL IN TOWN signed by Thelma Ritter, and three signed cards by Ira Gershwin with caricature, Leonard Bernstein and Richard and Robert Sherman signed and inscribed with Super-cali-fragilistic-expialidocious from MARY POPPINS. Estimated Value $300 - 600. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $168
Lot 236		[Celebrity Signatures] Collection of Signed Cards. Lot of approximately 75 cards (some possibly secretarial), majority signed on 3 x 5" white cards. Signatures include: Morgan Freeman, Joan Bennett, Lee Remick, Edith Head, George Hamilton, Robert Mitchum, Rod McKuen, John Cassavetes, Tony Bennett, Angela Lansbury, Noah Beery, Jeremy Irons, Betty Hutton, John Ritter, Ernest Borgnine, Pearl Bailey, Ann Sothern and Steven Spielberg. With a small collection of celebrity trading cards, color, 3½ x 2½";signed commemorative/first day covers; and a 4 x 5" printed publicity photo card of Steven Spielberg & E.T. Must be seen to be appreciated. Fine. Estimated Value $300-UP. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $216
Lot 237		Marvin Gaye (1939-1984) Gaye was the number-one purveyor of soul music until his untimely death at the age of 44. Signed and inscribed folio ("Marvin P. Gaye, Jr."), one page, 10¼ x 8¼", blue ink, n.p., 1977. Gaye has inscribed on the back of folio cover: "To Baby Sister / & Family / May God Bless & Keep You & Your / Blessed Family in Peace & Love / Sincerely / Marvin P. Gaye, Jr. / '77'." Includes an 8 x 10"photo of Gaye, black & white restrike. Overall very good. Estimated Value $250 - 400. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $160
Lot 238		5 Signatures of Former Teen Idols Including Rare River Phoenix. Five cut signatures of former teen idols. First, a young actor who not only demonstrated incredible promise at a very young age, transforming into a brilliant young actor until his life was tragically cut short at age 23 by heart failure on Sunset Boulevard. River Phoenix starred in such films as Stand By Me, The Mosquito Coast, Running on Empty, My Own Private Idaho and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. Also included in this collection is Matt Dillon whose career started with the teen romance Little Darlings, Tex, and The Outsiders and then continued into adulthood with a great career with such films like Drugstore Cowboy, To Die For, Wild Hearts, actually too many great performance to list. Also included is Jason Priestly who certainly made his mark with Beverly Hills 90210 who is now a semi-professional race car driver and featured actor and director. And for those teens in the early 1950s and 1960s two of the biggest idols in those decades, Tab Hunter and George Hamilton. All on cards of various sizes with excellent bold signatures. Estimated Value $250 - 400. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $228
Lot 239		9 Distinguished Women of Stage and Screen Including Agnes de Mille, Ethel Merman, Liza Minnelli and Bernadette Peters. Great collection of 9 autographed 8" x 10" stills by women who distinguished themselves both on stage and screen. A nicely inscribed and signed still of Liza Minnelli from the late 1970s, a signed image by Ann Miller dated 1992, a glamorous portrait of Bernadette Peters boldly signed, and great signed portraits of the late Elaine Stritch, a wonderful Lillian Roth, Peggy Lee, Carol Channing from the stage production of HELLO DOLLY, a great vintage signed still by the legendary, Ethel Merman, and finally a vintage restrike of the Jack Mitchell portrait of famed choreographer Agnes De Mille signed and dated 1984. Estimated Value $250 - 350. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 240		Little Rascals, Our Gang Collection: Hal Roach, Darla Hood, Gordon Lee. Collection of 4 signed black and white stills celebrating THE LITTLE RASCALS and OUR GANG. First a vintage re-strike photo boldly signed by producer Hal Roach. A vintage original, double-weight black and white still stamped on verso MGM's latest Our Gang comedy CAPATAIN SPANKY'S SHOWBOAT dated July 7, 1939. Finally two different restrike photos from Our Gang both boldly signed by Gordon Porky Lee. All photos in excellent condition with the vintage Hood especially nice. Estimated Value $250 - 300. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 241		[Famous Couples] Fred Astaire & Ginger Rodgers, Elizabeth Taylor & Richard Burton and Lucille Ball & Desi Arnaz. Wonderful lot of seven items: Fred Astaire, signed photo, signed in red Sharpie, b & with, 6¼ x 4¾"; Ginger Rogers, signed photo, signed in brown Sharpie, inscribed "Blessings from." Astaire and Rogers made ten films together.; Elizabeth Taylor SECRETARIAL.; Richard Burton, signed 2 x 3½" card, black ink. Lucille Ball, Lucille & Desi Arnaz. Three items: 2 x 3½" white card signed "Love Lucy" with a blue felt-tip pen; a Typed letter signed "Desi Arnaz," on personal letterhead, one page, Del Mar, CA, June 19, 1980. To Harry Sparks, regretting the delay in receiving and answering his mail ("…it must have traveled by burro…") and enclosing a 7 x 5" autographed picture (which is present here) signed on the lower white border, "Gracias! Desi Arnaz." All items in fine condition. Estimated Value $250 - 300. Jerry Berg Card Collection. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $148
Lot 242		[Celebrities] Autographed Cards. Twenty-two cards, approximately 2 x 3½", six business cards and the remainder plain, signed individually by the following: Tallulah Bankhead (inscribed "Best Wishes"), Bob Crane (Inscribed "To Harry - Best Wishes From Hogan"), Joan Fontaine, Helen Hayes, Hal Roach, Jackie Coogan, Alice Faye, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. Robert Stack, Ray Bolger, Mervyn Leroy, Carroll O'Connor, Neil Simon, Marsha Hunt, Danny Kaye, Rosalind Russell, Tony Randall, Rand Brooks, Aaron Spelling, Alistair Cooke, Jack Valenti, and Bob Barker. Fine. Estimated Value $250-UP. Jerry Berg Card Collection. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $172
Lot 243		[Song & Dance Men] Gene Kelly, Bing Crosby & James Cagney. Lot of three items: Gene Kelly. signed photo, black & white, 7 x 5", blue ballpoint, inscribed: "Good Luck / Gene Kelly"; Bing Crosby signed photo, color, 5 x 7", black ballpoint, inscribed: "To Harry Sparks / Every good wish / Bing Crosby," Crosby head shot wearing a golf hat and holding a golf club: James Cagney, signed photo, black & white, 7 x 5", black ballpoint. All items fine. Estimated Value $250-UP. Jerry Berg Card Collection. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $120
Lot 244		Crawford, Swanson, Crabbe, Brynner & Others. Nine signed items: Buster Crabbe, 10 x 8" signed photo as Flash Gordon signed as both "Flash" and "Buster Crabbe" and inscribed, "To Harry / T'was a hard trip / But we made it -- Dale sends best from 'Mongo' / Regards…"; Joan Crawford,signed card; Gloria Swanson signed card engraved "Miss Gloria Swanson," with "Miss" marked through, autograph note"Greetings" top margin; Nelson Eddy signed card inscribed "Best Wishes" on a blank card; Louis Nye, 10 x 8 " signed photo.; Claudette Colbert, Yul Brynner, Otis Skinner, and Joe E. Brown have autographed various sized pieces of paper, most likely cut from autograph books. Some age toning. Otherwise fine. Estimated Value $250-UP. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 245		[Celebrity Signatures] Collection of Signed Cards and Notes. Lot of approximately 60 cards and notes (some possibly secretarial), majority signed on 2 x 3½" white cards. Signatures include: Donald Trump, Robert Redford, Bette Davis, Paul Newman, Karl Malden, George Burns, Anthony Hopkins, Tony Curtis, Rob Reiner, Carroll O'Connor, Clint Eastwood, Jane Russell, Andy Griffith, Sally Field, Sophia Loren, Dore Schary, Nehemiah Persoff, Norman Rockwell, Julia Child, Judith Crist, John Williams, Gaylord Carter, Barbra Streisand, Dave Brubeck, Maynard Ferguson, Arthur Fiedler, José Feliciano, Al Hirt, Andre Kostelanetz, Evil Knievel, Harry Blackstone Iron Eyes Cody, Morton Downey, Joseph Wambaugh, Rudy Vallee, Angela Lansbury, Joan Leslie, Joan Sutherland, and Beverly Sills. Fine. Estimated Value $250-UP. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $144
Lot 246		Drew, John (1853-1927) Noted American stage actor. Signed Program, printed, 7 pp., 9 x 7 in., secured at the top with a silk ribbon, Wand & Noble, New York, December 28, 1892. Special decorative program commemorating Drew's 100th performance at the Standard Theatre in The Masked Ball by Alexandre Bisson and Albert Carre, starring John Drew as "Dr. Paul Blonder." Included in the program are: a signed engraving of John Drew; two additional engravings of Drew, one featuring him with a female costar and depicting a scene from the third act of The Masked Ball; a page with the date, play title, location and star of the performance; two pages of articles from the New York Times, New York Herald, and New York Tribune, all singing the praises of John Drew. Toned. Fine. Estimated Value $250-UP. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $148
Lot 247		[Celebrity Autographs]. Group of 15 signed items: Jimmy Stewart Typed letter signed, April 30, 1982 to Bearchell regretting he can't accept the "Sally Award"; Joan Crawford, Typed letter signed, May 19, 1961. to Captain Bearchell (a Salvation Army officer); Greer Garson two Typed letters signed, May & October 1988, to Robert Bearchell; Sammy Davis, Jr. Typed letter signed, October 6, 1966, to Mrs. Gunn of The Salvation Army, Davis regrets that his budget has no more room for another donation.; Bing Crosby; card signed and autographed with his favorite Christmas Carol "Silent Night."; Barbra Streisand, signed card; Yoko Ono, signed card ("Love, Yoko"); Kate Smith, signed card; Perry Como, signed card; Roy Acuff, signed personal card; Mickey Spillane, signed personal business card.; Loretta Swit signed color greeting card with her portrait on it; James Wong Howe, signed inscribed card ("Best Wishes"); and Cornelia Otis Skinner, personal card signed. Overall fine condition. Estimated Value $300-UP. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $144