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Sale 86


 
Lot 844

3 Striking Oversized, Vintage Original Signed Portraits - Myrna Loy, John Boles, Gene Autry. 3 striking 11" x 14" double-weight, vintage original portraits all in warm sepia with lovely inscriptions and signatures and all three JSA graded. Myrna Loy, looking as always, impossibly beautiful (note, two scratches, one along face of sculpture and a small scratch at hairline of Loy quite easily restored), Texas born, John Boles, a fantastic portrait of the co-star of Frankenstein and many other Hollywood classics, a major Hollywood heart throb discovered by Gloria Swanson who prior to his film career proved an able spy for America during WWI in Germany and Turkey, signed and dated 1938, and finally a classic image of film, radio, television Western star and powerful media and sports magnate. Gene Autry was also the first artist to be awarded a Gold Record and composed and recorded countless monster hits including "Back In The Saddle Again," "Rudolph the Red-Nose Reindeer" and "Here Comes Santa Claus" proving an astounding entertainer and businessman spanning 3 generations.
Estimated Value $250 - 400.

 
Realized $150



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