This
auction features a fine collection of stage
& screen and music-related items, including
a collection of books, photographs and ephemera,
much of which is signed by stars of the
Golden Age of cinema. Also included are
a fine selection of antique and vintage
books alongside an assortment of artwork.
The
stage and screen collection includes signed
pieces from Laurel & Hardy, Paul Newman,
Judy Garland, Katharine Hepburn, Mae West,
Dean Martin, Lauren Bacall, Charlie Chaplin
and Bob Hope, among others. Featured is
a three-panel folding screen from the famous
Mama Leone’s restaurant, bearing dozens
of autographs by the likes of Montgomery
Clift, Carol Channing, Jack Lord, Betty
Field, Imogene Coca, Diana Barrymore, and
more. Also included is the book “Pictorial
History of the American Theatre” signed
by many actors and actresses featured in
the book, including Helen Hayes, Jackie
Gleason, John Caradine, Jessica Tandy, Kim
Hunter, Lee Grant, Robert Preston, Ed Begley,
Ralph Bellamy and Barbara Bel Geddes.
The
music collection features a handsome, antique
Victrola record player, and two scarce engraved
antique music volumes, including a mid-18th
century private compilation featuring music
by Handel, as well as Bononcini, Woodcock
and others, and a 1672 printing of the “Musical
Companion” published by Playford.
Also included is a large assortment of sheet
music, with themed groups including African-American,
Jazz, Christmas, theater and others.
Collectible
books include signed pieces by Robert Frost
and Martin Tupper, a collection of Jack
London first editions, and signed first
edition pieces from “Eloise.”
Featured are two antique volumes bearing
lengthy inscriptions by the suffragette
Elizabeth Cady Stanton. Also included are
ornithological and botanical works, such
as Asa Gray’s collection of plates
that were to accompany “The Forest
Trees Of North America” and volumes
from the “Fruits of New York”
series addressing small fruits, apples,
plums, cherries and other species.
Artwork in this catalog features two large
format Native American-themed limited edition
lithographs signed by the renowned artist
R.C. Gorman, and a number of signed pieces
by artist Kathleen Atkins Wilson, best known
for her "Silhouette Expressions of
Portraits in Black" fine art collection.
The antique art in this catalog also includes
several original engravings from John Boydell’s
late 18th century series to accompany the
works of Shakespeare.
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