Lot 257
Collection of Ten Autographed Photos by Legendary Beauties of Hollywood including Gardner, Dietrich & Tierney. A fantastic collection of 10 autographed black and white stills from some of the most talented and beautiful women from Hollywood's Golden Age. The collection includes a luminous vintage original re-strike of Ava Gardner from an MGM photo shoot, Marlene Dietrich (7½" x 8½ trimmed) looking stunning in the infamous dress during her concert tour that she had to be sewn into each performance, boasting an excellent example of her unique signature (JSA graded), Mae West, in a very well known portrait from the 1970's here her signature bold, steady and dated 1974, a beautiful photo and lovely signature of Jane Russell, a vintage original 20th Century Fox publicity still of a stunning Alice Faye stamped on verso "Photo Credit Gene Kornman" with white borders trimmed and 5 light emulsion scratches when tipped flat to light, a Maureen O'Hara boldly signed in blue marker, and finally Maureen O' Sullivan signed, a vintage original Nina Foch photo signed, a vintage Dorothy Lamour signed and finally a very lovely Gene Teirney to finish this wonderful collection. All signatures bold and sharp, photos overall fine with some displaying evidence of handling and where noted above. Unusual opportunity to acquire so many great signatures and beautiful photos of actresses in one collection.
Estimated Value $500 - 700.
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| Realized $394 |
