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AMERICAN HISTORY (SEE also U.S. Presidents) RAILROAD STOCK CERTIFICATES Ornate, graphically-striking 100 share cancelled ERIE RAILROAD stock certificate. We have three border-design certificates from which to choose. Each professionally matted and ready for your own frame. Affordable piece of local history and a wonderful gift idea for the railroad enthusiast. $ 95 THE VILLAGE OF DEPEW, NEW YORK - The name is derived from Chauncey Mitchell Depew, President of the New York Central Railroad and former U.S. Senator from New York.
Vintage signature on a small card, accomplished in fountain pen. Sufficient room for matting with the small color print image of Depew that accompanies the signature. $ 65 EVANS, DANIEL J. (1933- ) Served three terms as governor of Washington State. Went on to serve in the US Senate from 1983-89. Typewritten Quotation Signed on official letterhead as Governor of the State of Washington. Poignant excerpt from 1968 Republican National Convention. $ 75
Autograph Letter Signed, 4"x6.5" (folded sheet). Written from Harvard while president; November 2, 1848. Inquires about an estate matter. Accompanied by a handsome steel engraving, circa 1838, which has a facsimile signature on the lower mount. Perfect gift for an academician, history buff or politician. $ 150 HUGHES, CHARLES EVANS (1862-1948) - American statesman, lawyer and Republican politician from New York. Served as the 36th Governor of New York (1907-10), Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (1910-16), U.S. Secretary of State (1921-25) and 11th Chief Justice of the United States (1930-41). He was the Republican candidate in the 1916 U.S. Presidential election, losing narrowly to Woodrow Wilson. Hughes was an important leader of the progressive movement of the 1900s, a leading diplomat and New York lawyer in the days of Warren G. Harding and Calvin Coolidge, a leader of opposition to the New Deal in the 1930s. Historical Clinton Rossiter has hailed Evans as a leading American conservative. Typewritten Letter Signed , one page, on State of New York Executive Chamber letterhead, dated August 1908. Sends cordial greetings to S.L. Munson of Albany, NY who was a respected haberdashery. Accompanied by a 5"x7" black and white photo reprint image of Hughes. $ 135 JORDAN, BARBARA (See Black Americana) MANSFIELD, MICHAEL JOSEPH "MIKE" (1903-2001) - Congressman, Senator, Majority Leader, Professor. Vintage autograph on album leaf accomplished in ballpoint pen. He has written Mike Mansfield, Majority Leader, U.S. Senate. Sufficient room for matting. Accompanied by a 5"x7" black and white glossy image of Mansfield late in life. $ 45 Served as a Navy seaman at age 14 during WWI. Went on to join the Army at 19 followed by the Marine Corps from 1920-22. Graduate of Montana State University at Missoula and obtained his masters from the same institution. Served as a professor of history and political science at Montana State from 1933-42. Elected to the 78th Congress and re-elected four times (1943-53). Elected to the United States Senate in 1952. Re-elected in 1958, '64 and '70 and served as Democratic whip from 1957-61, majority leader from 1961-77. Mansfield was Chairman of the Committee on Rules and Administration; Select Committee on Secret and Confidential Documents. Went on to become Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Japan 1977-88; East Asian Advisor, Goldman Sachs. He was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1989. Outspoken, challenging, thoroughly confident and engaging politician. (FILLMORE, MILLARD) (1800-74) - Unmounted Steel engraving in a decorative border with facsimile signature from "The History of the United States" edited by Charles Mackay Published James S. Virtue ND. 1863, London,engravings drawn by William Henry Bartlett, Bernard Bolingbroke Woodward, Charles Mackay,by Edward Henry Corbould and others. $ 45 Thirteenth President of the United States. (GARFIELD, JAMES) (1831-81) - Vintage litho print image (1902) on a sepia-tone background. Perfect for display. $ 45 Twentieth President of the United States. KISSINGER, DR. HENRY A. (1923- ) - Bold signature in black marker pen, professionally matted with a handsome 9"x12" black/white litho print formal portrait of Dr. Kissinger as originally photographed by Canadian Yousef Karsh. Measure 12"x15.5". $ 100 German-born American political scientist, diplomat and recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize. Served as National Security Advisor and later concurrently as Secretary of Stat in the administrations of Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford. (McKINLEY, WILLIAM) (1843-1901) - Handsome litho print image of the slain president on a sepia-tone backdrop. $ 45 Twenty-fifth President of the United States. The last veteran of the Civil War to be elected president. Vintage prints to pair with autographs. We have dozens of 170 year old engravings of Americans published by Hermon Bancroft, NY; Henry Perkins, Philadelphia; O. Rich, London; Scatcherd & Adams, printmakers. These are from the National Portrait Gallery of Distinguished Americans. Image size of most plates is 3.5"x4.25" with many bearing facsimile signatures on the lower mount. Some have light foxing or staining well away from the image and could be matted. Prices vary depending upon rarity and desirability but most are in the $25-50 range each. A few available images available: George Washington, Daniel Boone, Benjamin Franklin, Washington Irving, James Fenimore Cooper. There are several images of naval heroes and generals of the American Revolution. Please inquire.
BLACK AMERICANA We celebrate the depth and diversity of human achievement in our acquisition and sale of quality autographs, historical documents, rare books and ephemera.
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Our extensive inventory features signed photographs of Bayard Rustin, first edition books by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Maya Angelou, Countee Cullen and Langston Hughes. Our well-researched catalogues feature quality material of Paul Robeson, W.E.B. DuBois, Zora Neale Hurston, Booker T. Washington and many others. Following are just a few of the hundreds of items available. Please let us know your interests. We are happy to maintain want lists.
ASHE, ARTHUR ROBERT (1943-93) World-class tennis champion and humanitarian Signature on small card on which the tennis pro has penned Peace, Arthur Ashe. Professionally double-matted with a sheet of mint US commemorative stamps. Border is a rich siena-red and brown marbelized bookbinder paper. Encased in glass and a gilt, bead-relief dark wood frame. $ 400
During his career Ashe won three Grand Slam titles, putting him among the best ever from the United States. He is also remembered for his efforts to further many social causes. BUNCHE, DR. RALPH JOHNSON (1903-71) Political scientist and diplomat. Autograph display consisting of a signed postal first day cover United Nations Marc Chagall stamp (1967). Professionally double-matted along with a plate of mint US commemorative stamps honoring Bunche and a 5"x7" black and white formal portrait of the acclaimed diplomat. Encased in glass and complementary gilt wooden frame. A handsome display. $ 450
Recipient in 1950 of the Nobel Peace Prize for his late 1940s mediation in Palestine. He was the first person of color to be so honored in the history of the Prize. Bunche was involved in the formation and administration of the United States. In 1963, he was awarded the Medal of Freedom by John F. Kennedy. CALLOWAY III, "CAB" CABELL (1907-94) American jazz singer and bandleader. Signed photograph: 8"x10" black and white glossy image of the Hi Di Ho man in a velour tuxedo. Signed in ballpoint pen Best Wishes, Cab Calloway. This is a handsome James J. Kriegmann NY image. $ 195
A master of energetic scat singing and who led one of the most popular African American big bands from the 1930s through the late '40s. His band featured performers including trumpeters Dizzy Gillespie and Adolphus "Doc" Cheatham, saxophonists Ben Webster and Leon "Chu" Berry, New Orleans guitar ace Danny Barker, and bassist Milt Hinton. Calloway continued to perform until his death in 1994 at the age of 86. CROTHERS, BENJAMIN SHERMAN "SCATMAN" (1910-86) American actor, singer, dancer and musician.
Inscribed signed photograph: 8"x10" black and white glossy Universal Pictures publicity photo promoting the film Walking My Baby Back Home (co-starring Donald O'Connor and Janet Leigh). The Scat man is seated at a piano smiling into the camera. In red ballpoint pen he has written To Jack, nice meeting you. Sincerely, Scat Man Crothers. $ 125
Crothers is, perhaps, best known for his work as Louie the Garbage Man on the TV show Chico and the Man, and as Dick Hallorann in The Shining in 1980. Sadly, he is less known for his muscianship and talent as a prolific voiceover artist. He provided the voices of Meadowlark Lemon in the animated TV version of The Harlem Globetrotters, Jazz the Autobot in The Transformers, the title character in Hong Kong Phooey and Scat Cat in the 1970 film The Aristocats. DUNCAN, TODD (1903-98) Talented vocalist-actor. Joined the 1936 touring cast in Washington, DC. Duncan's protest of segregation resulted in management giving in to his demands, and the first integrated audience for a performance of any show at the National Theatre. $ 150 (SEE ALSO OPERA) Vintage signature on an album leaf. He has added With gratitude. Accompanied by a 8"x10" black and white glossy publicity photo mentioning Duncan's recent performance in Lost in the Stars. Todd Duncan was the first black member of the New York City Opera where he first appeared as Tonio in 1935. Also active in musical theater, his performance in Lost in the Stars won him the Donalson and New York Drama Critics Award in 1950. Matriarch and Queen Mother of Black Dance Hailed as the Spiritual Mother of Haiti DUNHAM, KATHERINE MARY (1909-2006) American dancer, choreographer, songwriter, author, educator and activist; trained as an anthropologist.
Signed photograph: vintage image measure 5"x3.5" black and white glossy character still, boldly signed in fountain pen ink. Uncommon and highly desirable. $ 150 Mme. Dunham had one of the most successful dance careers in the American and European theatre of the 20th century. During her hayday in the 1940s-60s, she was renowned throughout Europe and Latin American as La Grande Katherine. The Washington Post called her "Dance's 'Katherine the Great.'" ECKSTEIN, BILLY (1914-93) Signed photograph: measure 3.5"x5.5" black/white, matte-finish image of Eckstein in song. Signed in ballpoint pen. Some slight nib scratch where inkflow stalled initially. Slight bend of corners as photo was under photo mounts. Overall fine. $ 75 Gifted singer of ballads and a swing-era band leader. His smooth bass and distinctive vibrato broke down racial barriers throughout the 1940s, first as leader of the original big-bop band, then as the first romantic black male in popular music. First African American Mayor since Reconstruction Brother of Medgar Evers - Civil Rights Activist EVERS, CHARLES (1922- ) Signed 3"x5" card in ballpoint pen Mayor Charles Evers, Fayette. Accompanied by a 4"x6" color glossy closeup image. $ 45 Prominent American civil rights advocate. The older brother of Civil Rights martyr Medgar Evers. Charles was a leading civil rights spokesman within the Republican Party in his native Mississippi. In 1969 he became the first African American since the Reconstruction era to be elected mayor in a Mississippi city, Fayette. Ran for governor in 1971 and the United States Senate in 1978, both times as an independent. With the tragic death of his brother, Medgar, Charles assumed the post as head of the NAACP in Mississippi over the objections of Roy Wilkins. He was an informal advisor to politicians as diverse as Lyndon B. Johnson, George Wallace, Ronald Reagan and Robert Kennedy. On the other hand, Evers has severely criticized black leaders who, he believes, are charlatans or have not "paid the price." First Lady of Swing/Song FITZGERALD, ELLA (1917-96) SEE Music/Theatre/Dance Performance below GOLDBERG, WHOOPI (1955- ) - Comedian, actress, singer-songwriter, political activist and talkshow host.
Signed photograph: 8"x10" black and white glossy. Very boldly signed in black marker pen. $ 95 HALEY, ALEX (1921-92) American novelist and journalist perhaps best known for Roots: the Saga of an American Family. Signed photograph: measure 5"X7" black and white glossy. Signed in black marker pen. Non dedicated. $ 100 HALL, ADELAIDE (1901-93) American-born, British-based jazz singer and nightclub entertainer. Signed photograph: Vintage 4.25"x6.5" matte-finish glamour shot. Signed in green fountain pen ink: For Leonard - Continued success. Adelaide Hall, 1941. There are some surface impressions from an earlier mounting and a barely discernible stain to the left hand edge. Overall very good. $ 100 Hall began her stage career on Broadway in 1921 in Shuffle Along. She went on to appear in a number of similar black musical shows, including Running Wild, Chocolate Kiddies, My Magnolia and Desires of 1927, an American tour. That same year she recorded Creole Love Call and The Blues I Love to Sing (with Duke Ellington and his orchestra). The latter song was a huge hit, catapulting both Hall and Ellington to national prominence.
The following year, Hall appeared with Bill "Bojangles" Robinson in Blackbirds of 1928. The show became the most successful all-black revue ever staged on Broadway at that time and made Hall and Robinson household names. It was this revue that made her name both in the US and in Europe when the show trveled to Paris to star at the Moulin Rouge in 1929. Her performance in it included the songs I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby; Diga Diga Doo, and I Must Have That Man, which continued to be audience favorites throughout her long career. Hall married British sailor Bert Hicks who started a nightclub in Paris (La Grosse Pomme) for her. After many years performing in the US and Europe, Hall went ot the UK in 1938 in order to assume a starring role in the musical version of Edgar Wallace's The Sun Never Sets at the Theatre Royal, Drury lane. She was so successful and became so popular with British audiences that she stayed, becoming one of the most popular singers and entertainers of the time. She resided in London from 1938 until her death. Hall's career was an almost uninterrupted success. She recorded over 70 records for Decca, had her own radio series (the first black artist to have a long-term contract with the BBC), and appeared on stage, in films, and in nightclubs (of which she owned her own in New York, London and Paris). In the 1940s, and especially during WWII, she was hugely popular with both civilian and ENSA audiences, and became one of the highest paid entertainers in the country (despite the destruction of a London nightclub owned by her and her husband - the Florida Club). Around this time, Hall enjoyed a cameo appearance as a singer in the 1940 Oscar-winning film The Thief of Bagdad (co-starring Conrad Veidt and Sabu). During her extremely durable career (since 1991 she had the world record as the most enduring recording artist), she performed with major artists such as Ethel Waters, Josephine Baker, Louis Armstrong, Lena Horne, Cab Calloway and Hools Holland. Mme. Hall appeared in the London run of Kiss Me, Kate, starred with Lena Horne in Jamaica on Broadway in 1957, and made two jazz recordings with Humphrey Lyttelton in 1969-70. This was followed by theatre tours and concert appearances. She sang at Duke Ellington's memorial service at St. Martin in the Fields in 1974, and presented a one-woman show at Carnegie Hall in 1988. her final US concert apperances took place in 1992 at Carnegie Hall, (Cabaret Comes to Carnegie series). Mme. Hall died at the age of ninety-two, a true icon of American musical theatre. HINES, EARL "FATHA" (1905-83) SEE MUSIC PERFORMANCE HORNE, LENA (1917-2010) Glamorous singer-actress ad Civil Rights activist. Woman of intense strength and conviction. Vintage signature signed and dated 1966. Professionally matted with a stunning 11"x14" black and white, matte-finish, glamour photograph (early shot circa 1970s). $ 165
Star of stage and screen; recording artist and cabaret singer.
YOUR PURCHASE WILL AID MURDER VICTIM FAMILIES HUDSON, JENNIFER (1981- ) Recording artist, actress and spokesperson. Signed photograph: 10"x8" color glossy character still from Dreamgirls. Very boldly signed in silver marker pen (circa 2006). Very desirable image of her film debut for which she won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. $ 125** **We will donate a portion of the proceeds from this sale to Jennifer Hudson's Chicago-based Foundation for Murder Victim Families.
One of the finalists on the third season of American Idol coming in seventh place. Recipient of a Golden Globe, BAFTA, NAACP Image Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award. Winner of a Grammy for her eponymous debut album which was released in 2008 on Arista and certified gold selling over 800,000 copies. Total sales exceeded 1 million copies. In 2008, after Hudson's mother, brother and nephew were killed in a shooting, Hudson stepped out of the limelight for three months. She resumed her public appearances in 2009 and has since performed at the Super Bowl, the Grammy Awards, American Idol and The Oprah Winfrey Show. Her vocal range is mezzo-soprano. JORDAN, BARBARA CHARLENE (1936-1997) US Congresswoman and Texas state senator. Signed postal first day cover, 1990, honoring Ida B. Wells, Black journalist and social reformer. Professionally matted with a 8"x10" black and white litho print, book-weight photograph of Ms. Jordan in a wheelchair, late in life. Further protected by shrink-wrap. Overall measure 11.5"x16.25". $ 100 Played a leading role in the impeachment investigation of Richard Nixon. Graduate magna cum laude from Texas Southern University and earned her J.D. from Boston University. Was a longtime professor at the Lyndon Baines Johnson School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas, Austin. KITT, EARTHA (1927-2008) SEE ENTERTAINMENT LEE, CANADA (1907-52) One of the leading Black actors of the 1940s and 50's. Vintage autograph album leaf (pale green) signed in blue fountain pen ink. Accompanied by a vintage 8"x10" sepia-tone silver gelatin silverprint formal image of the accomplished actor. $ 125
Lee's film credits include Hitchcock's Lifeboat and Robert Rosen's Body and Soul. He was known for his dignified presence, a rare image for Black screen actors of the day. Born Lionel Cornelius Canegata in Harlem, he was the boyhood friend of Congressman Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. He ran away from home at the age of 14 and, some four years later, took up the profession of prize fighting. He had a record 200 wins and 25 loses in the welterweight division. In his early 30s, Lee appeared in Mamba's Daughters, co-starring Ethel Waters. He met with difficult times when the Hollywood blacklist began keeping so-called radicals out of work. It is believed that Lee was barred from 40 productions by 1952. The conservative movie industry would not consider him as "safe." Said Lee, in a letter to Walter White of the NAACP (1952): I can't take it anymore. I am going to get a shoeshine box and sit outside the Astor Theatre. My picture, Cry the Beloved Country, is playing to capacity audiences and, my God, I can't get one days work... Lee died shortly before he was summoned to appear before the House Committee on Un-American Activities.
Lawzy, we got to have a doctor. I don't know nothin' 'bout birthin' babies. McQUEEN, THELMA (BUTTERFLY) (1911-95) Iconic film and television actress. Vintage signature display; professionally matted in a pale blue suede board along with a vintage, original, 8"x10" black and white glossy publicity character still for MGM's release of Gone With the Wind. McQueen (Prissy) is pictured standing on the stairwell of Tara with Vivien Leigh (Scarlett O'Hara). $ 175
Although she began her showbiz career as a dancer, McQueen got her big break at age 28 in the role of Prissy, Scarlett O'Hara's maid in the 1939 film Gone With the Wind. She continued as an actress in film in the 1940s, then moved to television in the 1950s. In her mid 60s she returned to school and received her undergraduate degree from Hunter College. Tragically, Miss McQueen died at age 84 as a result of a kerosene fire in her Atlanta home. 2. We also have a nice 8"x10" black and white glossy character still of McQueen in the role of Prissy, boldly signed in blue marker pen at the top of the image. $ 125 MURPHY, EDDIE (1961 - ) SEE ENTERTAINMENT THE VOICE OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT ODETTA (HOLMES) (1930-2008) Singer, actor, guitarist, songwriter and human rights activist. Signed photograph: 8"x10" black and white silver gelatin print character still from Darryl F. Zanuck's 1961 film Sanctuary, based upon a production by William Faulkner. She is pictured with Lee Remick. Odetta has signed in blue fountain pen ink her typical greeting: Go well, stay well. Odetta. (Dedicated to Peter). Odetta is somewhat uncommon in signed photographic material. $ 75
Odetta's musical repertoire consisted largely of American folk music, blues, jazz and spirituals. She was an important figure in the American folk music revival of the 1950s and 60s, and was influential to many of the key figures of the revival of that time: Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Mavis Staples and Janis Joplin. ROBINSON, BILL "BOJANGLES" (1878-1949) Tap dancer and star of stage and screen. Vintage signature on a small card. Accompanied by an original 8"x10" sepia-tone silver gelatin publicity photo (James J. Kriegsmann, NY). Ready for your own mat and frame. $ 175
Audiences enjoyed his understated style, which eschewed the frenetic manner of the jitterbug in favor of cool and reserve; rarely did he use his upper body, relying instead on busy, inventive feet and an expressive face. A leading showbiz figure in both the black and white entertainment worlds of his era. He is best known today for his dancing with Shirley Temple in a series of films during the 1930s. At one time Robinson was the highest paid black performer in the United States. Due to a series of ill-advised investments and lifestyle, the great vaudevillian died broke and penniless. He was portrayed on screen by Gregory Hines in the film Bojangles. TURNER, TINA (1939 - ) Recording artist and actor. Enjoyed a long albeit tempestuous collaboration with Ike Turner.
Signed photograph: 8"x10" black and white glossy Capitol Records publicity shot, signed and dated 1985. In excellent condition. $ 125 WATERS, ETHEL (1896-1977) Blues, jazz and gospel vocalist and actress. Vintage signature display: fountain pen signature on a pale yellow album leaf, professionally matted in a burgundy-gold board along with a 4"x6" color photo postcard image of Waters in Mambo's Daughters. Overall display measure is 8"x13.75". $ 150
Frequently performing jazz, big band and pop music, Waters also appeared on the Broadway stage and in concerts, although she began her career in the 1920s singing blues. Her best-known recordings include: Dinah, Birmingham Bertha, Stormy Weather, Hottentot Potentate, Am I Blue and Cabin in the Sky as well as her version of the spiritual His Eye Is on the Sparrow (which also was the title of her well-written autobiography). Waters was the second African American to be nominated for an Academy Award.
2. We also have a vintage signature on an album leaf, (late in life) accompanied by a 5"x7" black and white character still print (possibly from Mamba's Daughters (libretto by DuBose Heyward). Nice ensemble ready for your own frame. $ 50 WATTS, ANDRE (1946- ) SEE MUSIC/THEATRE/DANCE WELCH, ELISABETH (1904-2003) Singer, actress and cabaret star whose career spanned seven decades, many of which were in Great Britain. Signed photograph: 3.5"x5.25" black and white glossy closeup image (circa 1940s). Image is dedicated, signed and dated 1948 To alice with best wishes. Some smudging to writing (Welch may have been left-handed). Overall fine. $ 65
Welch intended to pursue a career in social work following high school. Fortunately for the world, she entered showbiz instead. Her first stage appearance was in Liza (1922). The following year she was the lead singer of the Charleston in Runnin' Wild. Throughout the 1920s, she appeared in several black Broadway productions. During this time she also made a few recordings before relocating to England: Doin' the New York Lowdown and Digga Digga Do as vocalist for the Irving Mills Hotsy Totsy Gang. While in Paris she appeared in a number of cabaret shows at the Moulin Rouge. She was then asked to return to New York where she replaced a singer in The New Yorkers where she sang Love for Sale. Cole Porter, its composer, met her after Paris and later asked that she perform his song Solomon in Nymph Errant in London. She maintained a lifelong connection with Porter. Awhile later, Ivor Novello offered her a part in Glamorous Nights, in which she sang Far Away in Shanty Town. Her last Broadway performances were Pippin (1973, London) and Black Broadway (1980). She also appeared in several films, usually as a singer and performed on TV and radio. Mme. Welch also had a series of one-woman shows that lasted until 1990. Her last performance was in 1996 for a TV documentary where she sang Stormy Weather at the age of 93!
U.S. PRESIDENTS (JEFFERSON, THOMAS) (1743-1826) Third U.S. president; principal author of The Declaration of Independence. Vintage steel engraving. Jefferson writing and seated at a table. Facsimile signature on lower mount. Published by Johnson, Fry & Co., New York, 1862. No foxing or toning. $ 30 (FILLMORE, MILLARD) (1800-84) Thirteenth president of the United States; the last member of the Whig Party to hold office as president. Co-founder of the University at Buffalo and helped found The Buffalo Historical Society. Vintage steel engraving. Ornate portrait from Mackay's History - circa 1863. Handsome oval portrait with ornate border. Facsimile signature on lower mount. Striking example. $ 30 (REAGAN, RONALD WILSON) (1911-2004) Two-term 40th President of the United States and 33rd Governor of California. Handsome display piece consisting of an official White House portrait (unsigned) of President Reagan as well as an original engraved invitation to the Inauguration of Ronald Wilson Reagan and George Herbert Walker Bush (bearing a gilt seal). Invitation was issued by the Presidential Inaugural Committee. Professionally matted in Continental Blue suede board, plexiglas and a complementary black lacquer wood frame. Affordable alternative to a Reagan autograph. Would make a wonderful gift. $ 325
Former film and television star. Second marriage to Nancy (Davis) Reagan. CARTER, JAMES (Jimmy) (1924- ) 39th president of the United States; Nobel Peace Prize recipient 2002; author and humanitarian. Signed book: Our Endangered Values: America's Moral Crisis. Simon & Schuster, 2005; third issue. Very good boards. Very good dust jacket. Signed on the first free endpaper. Nota bene: nearly all books signed by Carter are penned J. Carter. In this copy Mr. Carter has penned My Best, Jimmy Carter. $ 100 CLINTON, WILLIAM JEFFERSON (1946- ) 42nd president of the United States and former governor of Arkansas; humanitarian and author. Signed title page from his book Giving. Professionally double-matted in blue, red and white boards along with a 5"x7" color glossy image of the 42nd president. $ 450
9-11 COMMEMORATIVE DISPLAY
(BUSH, GEORGE W.) (1946 - ) 43rd president of the United States from 2001-2009. Former Governor of Texas. Non-autographic display from the administration of the 43rd President of the United States. Consists of a White House gilt-crested card bearing a typeset statement days after 9-11 and signed-in-print by Bush. Accompanying the message is an interesting 5"x7" color print which is a reproduction of a collage painting illustrating Bush, the World Trade Center and Pentagon under attack. With the preponderance of non-authentic Bush autograph material on the market, and its relative cost, this is an affordable yet unique alternative from one of the most tragic episodes in American history. $ 395
OBAMA II, BARACK HUSSEIN (1961- ) 44th President of the United States and first African-American to hold that office. Handsome display piece consisting of an in-person signed title page from Dreams From My Father, (signed in Madison, Wisconsin, February 11, 2008) an official White House portrait (unsigned) of President Obama as well as an original engraved invitation to the Inauguration of Barack H. Obama and Joseph R. Biden, Jr. (bearing a gilt seal). Invitation was issued by the Presidential Inaugural Committee. Professionally matted in Continental Blue suede board, plexiglas and a complementary black lacquer wood frame. $ 895
Former United States Senator from Illinois and three-term Illinois senator. PRESIDENTIAL PRINTS - We have numerous engravings and prints of US presidents and elder statesmen of which are two excellent 1903 photogravure prints of James Garfield and William McKinley. Please inquire.
WOMEN OF DISTINCTION
Dear Ann Landers... LEDERER, EPPIE (pseudonyn Ann Landers) (1918-2002) American advice columnist and, eventually, nationwide media celebrity who began her writing career column in 1955. Typewritten Letter Signed, one page, 1993 on her Chicago Tribune letterhead. Charming letter to a University of Notre Dame nun thanking her for the gift of an owl painting. In part reads: Your painting of 'Hoot' is a stellar addition to my own collection...please greet Father Ted (Theodore Hesburg, president) when you see him next. $ 65 . First Lady of the World
ROOSEVELT, ANNA ELEANOR (1884-1962) First Lady, United Nations representative, author, humanitarian. Intriguing White House Typewritten Letter Signed, one page, September 1940, to an Austin, Texas wife of a State Representative regarding the adoption of a child. Accompanied by original envelope. Professionally double-matted along in taupe tones with a pearlized top board. Encased in museum conservation glass and complementary gilt-wood frame. The letter has been paired with a 5"x7" black and white, matte-finish image of Mrs. Roosevelt speaking before the United Nations. $ 695
Anna Eleanor Roosevelt was First Lady from 1933-45. She supported the New Deal policies of her husband, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and became an advocate for civil rights. After her husband's death in 1945, she continued to be an international speaker, author, politician and activist for the New Deal coalition. She worked to enhance the status of working women, although she opposed the Equal Rights Amendment because she believed it would adversely affect women. In the 1940s, Mrs. Roosevelt was one of the co-founders of Freedom House and supported the formation of the United Nations. She founded the UN Association of the US in 1943 to advance support for the formation of the UN. She was a delegate to the UN General Assembly from 1945-52, a job for which she was appointed by President Harry S. Truman and confirmed by the US Senate. During her time at the UN, Mrs. Roosevelt chaired the committee that drafted and approved the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. President Truman called her the First Lady of the World in tribute to her human rights achievements. In 1999, Mrs. Roosevelt was ranked in the top ten of Gallup's List of Most Widely Admired People.
THE ARTS BATEMAN, ROBERT (1930- ) Canadian painter and naturalist, born in Toronto. Typewritten Letter Signed, one page, 1986. Charming letter to a retired physician. In part reads: You are probably the type who has made the most of life. That's the way I hope to be myself. There have been a couple of books published on my work and my life. The Art of Robert Bateman published by Viking Press, and The World of Robert Bateman published by Random House. I am sending you a naturalist diary -- sorry the year is almost half over. Perhaps you would enjoy looking at the images and taking some vicarious trips through the words." Accompanied by original, hand-addressed mailing envelope. $ 125 Found inspiration from the Group of Seven. He was also interested in making abstract paintings of nature. It wasn't until the mid-1960s that he changed to his present style, realism. CADMUS, PAUL (1904-99) American artist. He is best known for his paintings and drawings of nude male figures. His works combined elements of eroticism and social critique to produce a style often called magic realism. He painted with egg tempera. A fifteen-page booklet published by the Philadelphia Museum of Art, containing an interview with Cadmus and featuring several illustrations. Nicely signed on the cover by Cadmus in black marker pen. $ 125
Signature on a 3"x5" card; professionally matted with a color litho print of one of the artist's illustrations (a mirror self portrait). The board is burnished copper metallic and measures 13"x16.5". $ 175 CHRISTO (Christo Vladimirov Javacheff) (1935 - ) Environmental Installation Artist-duo with his wife Jeanne-Claude. Signed color litho-print postcard Surrounded Islands, Biscayne Bay. Christo has signed on behalf of himself and Jeanne-Claude. Dimensions of card are 4"x6". Ideal for an oversized mat and frame. Fine condition. $ 50 The work of Christo and Jeanne-Claude include the wrapping of the Reichstag in Berlin and the Pond Neuf Bridge in paris, the 24-mile long curtain called Running Fence in Marin and Sonoma counties in California and, most recently, The Gates in New York's Central Park. Although their work is visually impressive and often controversial as a result of its scale, the artists have repeatedly denied that their projects contain any deeper meaning than their immediate aesthetic. The purpose of their art, they contend, is simply to make the world a "more beautiful place" or to create a new way of seeing familiar landscapes. Art critic David Bourdon has described Christo's wrappings as a "revelation through concealment." CRUIKSHANK, GEORGE (1792-1878) Celebrated British illustrator and caricaturist. Choice signature boldly penned on a small card headed “autograph.” He has included his home address and dated it 1875, three years before his death. Professionally matted along with an original, vintage steel engraving of Cruikshank (over 100 years old). $ 200
His collaboration with Charles Dickens brought him considerable fame. Why Are Autograph Collectors? FLAGG, JAMES MONTGOMERY (1877-1960) American artist and illustrator. Uncommon and desirable autograph sentiment signed “why are autograph collectors? James Montgomery Flagg”. A hilarious albeit sarcastic sentiment. Professionally matted together with a reprint of the famous Army recruitment poster. A wonderful gift for a career military person or Army recruiter!! $ 295
His most famous poster was created in 1917 to encourage recruitment in the United States Army during World War I. (Uncle Sam pointing at the viewer) (inspired by a British recruitment poster showing Lord Kitchener in a similar pose) with the caption I Want YOU for U. S. Army. Over 4 million copies of the poster were printed during World War I, and it was revived for World War II. Flagg used his own face for that of Uncle Sam (adding age and the white goatee), he said later simply to avoid the trouble of arranging for a model.
American artist and illustrator. Worked in media ranging from fine art painting and cartooning but is best remembered for his propaganda posters (Uncle Sam Wants YOU). HAUSNER, RUDOLF (1914-95) - Austrian painter, printmaker and sculptor. Signed color litho print postcard of his 1955 painting Narrenhut (now in the Verlag Galerie Welz, Salzburg). Image is mounted with Mylar hinges to a larger, acid-free, artboard in siena tones, and further protected with a Mylar envelope. $ 75
Hausner has been described as a "psychic realist." Studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna from 1931-36. In 1939 he was designated a "degenerate" artist and his work was banned in Germany, although he served in the German military from 1941-45. Before allying himself with and co-founding the Vienna School of Fantastic Realistic, his works were mainly Expressionist-influenced images of suburbs, still-lifes, and female models, most of which were destroyed. His art evidenced the ability to depict a subject in a realist style while simultaneously overturning the laws of one-point perspective. Hausner went on to serve as a guest professor at the Hochschule fur Bildenke Kunste in Hamburg. He also taught at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna. Among his students were Joseph Bramer, Friedrich Hechelmann, Gottfried Helnwein, Michael Engelhardt, and Siegried Goldberger. Haunser was awarded the Austrian State Prize for Painting in 1970. PATERSON, JAMES (1854-1932) British landscape painter. Seven line closing from a letter nicely signed. Accompanied by a small color print of one of his landscapes. $ 35
He drew several accomplished portrait sketches of high-profile contemporaries. Paterson strongly believed in the "intimate study of nature's varied features" and in giving a real rather than idealised representation. "In comparison with drawing, as a means of penetrating and recording for oneself impressions...photography is of far inferior value." PROCTOR, ADAM EDWIN (1864-1913) British landscape and genre painter in oil and watercolor. Two line closing from a letter, nicely signed. $ 15 Studied at the Lambeth and Westminster School of Art and Langham Life Classes. Exhibited his work from 1882. He became a member of the R.B.A. from 1891 and a member of the R.I. from 1909. ROCKWELL, NORMAN (1894-1978) Autograph Display consisting of an important-content Typewritten Letter Signed, one page, dated 1962, written on his personal letterhead. Quaint letter to a New York editor explaining that he is not a writer. Letter reads: "Thank you for your letter but I am just no writer. If you want to pay the $500 to someone to put something together from my autobiography 'My Adventures as an Illustrator,' (published by Doubleday and Company) I would be delighted. If you do use it please let me know when it is published. It would be fun to read it." Professionally double-matted along with a 8"x10" black and white glossy vintage photograph of Rockwell sitting before a canvas of a Saturday Evening Post cover, brushes in hand. Encased in museum-grade conservation glass and an appropriate wooden frame. One of the nicest display pieces we have ever offered. $ 495 20th-century American painter and illustrator. Rockwell's work enjoyed a broad popular appeal in the United States, where he was most famous for the cover illustrations of everyday life scenarios created for The Saturday Evening Post over more than four decades. Rockwell was commissioned to paint the portraits of Presidents Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson and Nixon, as well as those of foreign figures, including Gamal Abdel Nasser and Jawaharlal nehru. One of his last works was a portrait of Judy Garland in 1969. A custodianship of Rockwell's paintings and drawings was established with Rockwell's help and is located near his home in Stockbridge, Massachusetts.
Photo credit: D. Jay Culver, 1944 - Culver Pictures, NYC
Rockwell was prolific and produced over 4,000 original works, most of which have either been destroyed by fire or are in permanent collections. He was also commissioned to illustrate over 40 books. Rockwell's work was dismissed by serious art critics in his lifetime. Many of his works appear overly sweet in modern critics' eyes, especially the Saturday Evening Post covers, which tend toward idealistic or sentimentalized portrayals of American life -- this has led to the often-deprecatory adjective "Rockwellesque." Nevertheless, in later years, Rockwell began to receive more attention as a painter when he chose more serious subjects such as the series on racism for Look magazine. One example of this more serious work is The Problem we All Live With, that dealt with the issue of school racial integration. The painting depicts a young African-American girl, Ruby Bridges, flanked by white federal marshall's, walking to school past a wall defaced by racist graffiti. In 1999, The New Yorker art critic Peter Schjeldahl said of Rockwell in ArtNews: "Rockwell is terrific. It's become too tedious to pretend he isn't."
WARHOL, ANDREW (1928-1987) Autographed cacheted postal first day cover commemorating Native American Indian Art. Boldly signed in black marker pen. Signed cover has been attached to art board with Mylar hinges (can be removed). Archivally/professionally matted along with a 11"x14" color litho print portrait of the celebrated artist as photographed by Canadian Yousef Karsh. $ 795
American painter, printmaker and filmmaker; a leading figure in the visual art movement known as pop art. Warhol has been the subject of numerous retrospective exhibitions, books, features and documentary films. He coined the widely used expression "15 minutes of fame." In his hometown of Pittsburgh, The Andy Warhol Museum exists in memory of his life and artwork (a must see for anyone on the east coast). WENDELIN, RUDOLPH (1910-2000) American illustrator credited with the popularization in art of Smokey the Bear. Hand-drawn rendering of "Smokey" that measures 4"x6" and has been signed to which he has added a few additional words. Professionally double-matted in forest green and brown tones, encased in glass and a handsome wood frame. Accompanied by a set of four mint US commemorative Smokey stamps. Original drawings of Smokey are becoming more uncommon. This is a beauty and charming piece of advertising art. $ 550 Wendelin was the designer of the 1964 John Muir US commemorative stamp. He enjoyed a 40-year career with the U.S. Forest Service. Nota bene: Weekes Autographs will donate a portion of the proceeds from the sale of this piece to benefit a local animal shelter. Donation will be made in your name. We have other autograph pieces of Rudolph Wendelin. Please inquire. 2. We have several other Wendelin autographs, drawings and display pieces. Below is just one example. Please inquire!
LITERATURE (SEE also Poets and Authors) HUBBARD, ELBERT (1856-1915) - American author, publisher, philosopher and founder of the Roycroft Movement. Desirable one-page, Typewritten Letter Signed on Roycroft letterhead, 1912, promoting his Fra subscription services. Very good condition. Accompanied by a 4"x6" sepia tone litho-print image of Hubbard. Professionally double-matted in dark green and siena tones, and framed. $ 395 Author, publisher, lecturer, philosopher, founder of the Roycroft Movement. Died tragically with the sinking of the Lusitania. We have several other items pertaining to Hubbard. Please inquire. Culture's worth huge, huge risks. Without culture we're all totalitarian beasts - Mailer MAILER, NORMAN (1923-2007) - American novelist, journalist, essayist, poet, playwright, screenwriter and film director. Autograph display: signed 3"x5" card matted in burgundy board, under glass, in a gilt-wood bead-relief frame. Accompanied by a handsome black and white litho-print portrait of Mailer by Canadian photographer Yousef Karsh. $ 150 SIMON, NEIL (1927- ) Signed Photograph: 8"x10" black and white, matte-finish, informal portrait, signed in black marker pen. Professionally matted in an off-white, "handwriting embossed" motif board and further protected by shrink-wrap. $ 165 Playwright and screenwriter. One of the most enduring hitmakers of Broadway history, as well as one of the most performed playwrights in the world.
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SCIENCE/MEDICINE
CURIE, MARIE (1867-1934) Nobel Prize-winning chemist and physicist. Autograph Letter Signed, two pages, April 1910, on her Institute letterhead. Writes to her then editor Gauthier Villars concerning proofs of her forthcoming book and expressing frustration with the process. Written on separate sheets. Excellent condition.
Mme. Curie shared the 1903 Nobel Prize with her husband, Pierre. Her daughter and son-in-law also shared the Nobel Prize. Curie was the sole winner of the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1911. INVENTOR OF THE IMPLANTABLE CARDIAC PACEMAKER - The perfect gift for a surgeon
Signed awards program, 1996, boldly signed next to his image with a short biography. Also signed by Andrew A. Gage, M.D., a member of the three-man team. Gage was the first physician to implant the device into a human. The program is from the Achievement in Health Care Award, D'Youville College, Buffalo, New York. $ 125
Autograph Letter (unsigned) dated 1875. Portion of a letter on his personal stationery (two sided). In part reads I quite agree with you that there are pharmaceutists quite capable of acting as good analytical chemists... Accompanied by a clipped closing of a letter that reads ...but the clause protects appointments already made, Yours truly, Lyon Playfair. The clipped portion is attached to a card bearing biographical notes in another hand. An unknown portion of an autograph letter appears on the reverse of this card. Looks like Dennison. The lot... $ 50 Served as Professor Chemistry at the Royal Manchester Institution. Went on to become Professor in the new School of Mines. In 1848 he was elected to the Royal Society and, three years later, made Special Commissioner and a member of the executive committee of the Great Exhibition. In 1853 Playfair was appointed Secretary of the Department of Science in which capacity he advocated the use of poison gas against the Russians in the Crimean War. he went on to serve as President of the Chemical Society and, finally, returned to Edinburgh University in 1958 as Professor of Chemistry. Playfair was a Liberal member of Parliament for the Universities of Edinburgh and St. Andrews. He served as Postmaster General in Gladstone's government in 1873. Created a Knight Commander of teh Order of Bath. SABIN, ALBERT (1906-93) Small signed white card, accomplished in fountain pen ink. Professionally matted and framed with a four-stamp plate of commemorative stamps and a portrait of the acclaimed physician-scientist. Wonderful gift for someone in medical research. $ 350
Immunologist. born in Bialystok, Russia (now Poland). Emigrated to the U.S. with his family in 1920 and began to concentrate on biomedical research even in medical school. At Cincinnati Children's Hospital and the University of Cincinnati (1938-69), he developed the live-virus vaccine against poliomyletis as well as vaccines against dengue and sandfly fever. The first tests of his polio vaccine were conducted in 1957, outside the U.S. because American doctors were not convinced that the method was better than Jonas Salk's killed-virus vaccine; the American tests began in 1960, and in the years since, the Sabin vaccine has replaced the Salk vaccine throughout most of the world. At age 77, Sabin was paralyzed for three months by polyneuritis, thus interrupting his research in Mexico on an aerosol measles vaccine. He consulted with the National Institutes of Health on programs to vaccinate children in impoverished areas of the world (1984-86). Among his many awards are the 1971 national Medcal of Science and, in 1986, the Medal of Freedom. Father of the Hydrogen Bomb - Edward Teller Scientist, Peace Activist & Educator - Linus Pauling
PAULING, LINUS CARL (1901-94 TELLER, EDWARD (1908-2003) Autograph display consisting of a portion of a first day cover signed by Teller and Pauling. 1978 postmark and First Day of Issue only visible. Matted with two images of the scientists and poignant quotations: Teller: Life improves slowly and goes wrong fast, and the only catastrophe is clearly visible. Pauling: ...The time has now come for man's intellect to win out over the brutality, the insanity of war... Prophetic words in these challenging times. Perfect for a researcher, scientist, teacher or peace advocate. Professionally matted and framed. $ 275 American scientists and theoretical physicist. Pauling was a peace activist, author and educator. Teller was known colloquially as the "father of the hydrogen bomb," even though he claimed he did not care for the title.
MUSIC/THEATRE/DANCE PERFORMANCE
OVER THE RAINBOW COMPOSER ARLEN, HAROLD (1905-86 - ) Signed record album cover (record in very good condition): Harold Sings Arlen (With Friend). Arlen has dedicated and signed the cover to the late Paulette Attie, founder of the NY Musical Theatre Foundation. In black marker pen Arlen has written For Paulette, Most Sincerely, Harold 4-25-66. Album contains such songs as Blues in the Night; Today I Love Everybody; Ding Dong, the Witch Is Dead; My Shining Hour; Ac-cent-tchu-ate the Positive. CAHN, SAMMY (1913-93) Four-time Academy Award-winning lyricist, songwriter and musician. Typewritten Note Signed, quarter-page, no date, NYC. Quaint reply to theatrical founder. I am terribly sorry to have to tell you that I simply won't be able to attend your event! I am leaving New York for address bottom left (Beverly Hills) April 27th (after ASCAP meetings) and so I am just not able to be there. You know I wish you all 'cahn-cerned' the highest of HIGH HOPES. Accompanied by an interesting 4"x6" black and white glossy reprint of a watercolor portrait of Cahn. $ 95
CARON, LESLIE (1931- ) French film actress and dancer. Has appeared in 45 films between 1951 and 2003.
Signed image: measure 6.25"x9" black and white litho print of the dancer-actress en pointe. Perfect for matting. $ 95 Caron was one of the most famous Hollywood musical stars in the 1950s. She is best known for musical films Gigi, Lili, An American in Paris, and Daddy Long Legs. She received two Academy Award nominations for Best Actress. deMILLE, AGNES (1905-93) - The First Lady of American Dance Signed photograph: 4"x5" black and white glossy portrait (side view) signed late in life (1991). $ 150 2. Autograph Note Signed, 1991, to an admirer in which she makes reference to Carmelita. $ 100 American dancer and choreographer. Began her association with the American Ballet Theatre in 1939. Her first significant work, Rodeo (1942) with the score by Aaron Copland, was staged for the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo. Although Ms. deMille continued to choreograph nearly up to the time of her death -- most of her later works have dropped out of the ballet repertoire. Besides Rodeo, two other deMille ballets are performed regularly: Three Virgins and a Devil, and Fall River Legend (based on the life of Lizzie Borden). Ms. deMille is credited with choreographing the musical Oklahoma. She went on to choreograph over a dozen musicals, most notably: Carousel, Brigadoon, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Paint Your Wagon, Goldilocks. Ms. deMille's love of acting played an important role in her choreography. She revolutionized musical theatre by creating choreography which not only conveyed the emotional dimensions of the characters but also enhanced the plot. Her choreography, as a reflection of her awareness of acting, reflected the angst and turmoil of the characters instead of simply focusing on a dancer's physical technique. Mme. deMille founded the Agnes deMille Dance Theatre in 1953, later revised as Heritage Dance Theatre. DOMINO, FATS - Antoine Dominique "Fats" Domino, Jr. (1928- ) R&B pianist and singer-songwriter. Signed photographic display: photo measures 4"x5" black and white, boldly signed in blue marker pen. Smiling Fats seated at the piano looking into the camera. Mounted with Mylar hinges to a larger deep blue suede board, further protected by Mylar. Overall display measure is 8"x9.25". Fine. $ 145 Domino first attracted national attention in 1949 with The Fat Man on Imperial Records. The record featured a rolling piano and Domino doing wha wha vocalizing over a strong back beat. It sold over one million copies and is widely regarded as the first rock and roll record to do so. He went on to release a series of hit songs with producer and co-writer Dave Bartholomew, saxophonists Herbert Hardesty and Alvin "Red" Tyler as well as drummer Earl Palmer. He appeared in two films released in 1956: Shake, Rattle & Rock and The Girl Can't Help It. FITZGERALD, ELLA (1917-96) First Lady of Swing/Song. American jazz and song vocalist-icon.
Best wishes, Ella Fitzgerald in blue ballpoint pen. Image is somewhat dark with only fair contrast. While signed in ballpoint ink, the dark background makes it somewhat difficult to read. Nevertheless, it is the "real deal" and from an earlier period in her illustrious career. Image has been mounted to a larger sheet of complementary FONTEYN, DAME MARGOT DE ARIAS (1919-1991) English ballerina of the 20th century. Vintage signature (1986) on a pale green album leaf. Accompanied by a 5"x7" black and white photographic reprint image of the acclaimed dancer. The pair...$ 50 Fonteyn was widely regarded as one of the greatest classical ballet dancers of all time. She spent her entire career as a dancer with the Royal Ballet, eventually being appointd Prima Ballerina Assoluta of the company by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. HANBURY, LILY (1874-1908) English stage actress. Vintage fountain pen signature with room for matting, dated 28 April 1892. Accompanied by a 3"x5" vintage, hand-tinted photo-postcard of the thespian. $ 25
Among her extensive repetory are: Countess Wintersen in The Stranger; Hetty Preene in G.R. Sims' Lights o' London; and Petra in Ibsen's Enemy of the People. She reached her peak popularity, however, by playing a number of roles in Shakespearian plays, mainly under the management of Wilson Barrett and Beerbohn Tree. HENZE, HANS WERNER (1926- ) German composer well known for his left-wing political convictions. Autograph on slip of paper dated Rome, 1969 (sufficient room for matting). $ 15 Henze left Germany for Italy in 1953 because of a perceived intolerance towards his politics and homosexuality. He continues to live in the village of Marino in teh central Italian region of Lazio. An avowed Marxist and member of the Italian Communist Party, Henze has produced compositions honoring Ho Chi Minh and Che Guevara. The librettist of his requiem for Che Guevara, titled Das FloB der Medusa, was among several people arrested at the 1968 Hamburg premiere for placing a red flag on the stage. Henze spent a year teaching in Cuba although he later became disillusioned with Castro. His music is extremely varied in style, having been influenced at various times by atonality, Stravinsky, Italian music and jazz. (CALLAS, MARIA) (1923-77) HIRSCHFELD, AL. (1903-2003) Unique autograph ensemble consists of an authentically-signed and dated 3"x5" card by Hirshfeld. The piece incorporates a 5"x7" black/white reprint of an original Hirschfeld drawing of Callas. Also included is a 8"x10" b/w matte-finish limited edition (#2 of #25) image from our private collection of the soprano (not signed). Nota bene: the limited edition portrait is much crisper in the original. We apologize for the scan quality. This is an affordable Callas collectible at $ 300. We can also arrange to have this ensemble encased in TruVue museum conservation glass or plexiglas and a complementary wood frame. This additional service is $150. PLEASE INQUIRE.
American-born Greek soprano. One of the most renowned opera singers of the 20th Century. She combined an impressive bel-cano technique, a wide ranging voice and great dramatic gifts. HINES, EARL "FATHA" (1905-83) Acclaimed jazz pianist. SEE ALSO BLACK AMERICANA Vintage autograph album leaf on which he has penned Keep Smilin (sic), Yours fingerly, Earl "Fatha" Hines. Accompanied by a 7"x5" black and white glossy photographic image of Hines seated at the piano. Wonderful pair for display. $ 125
Hines embraced nearly every area of jazz pianism. He is credited by many with transforming the idiom with his "trumpet style" keyboard approach. He enjoys almost unanimous regard among fellow pianists and critics as one of the geniuses on his instrument. His professionalism and ability to communicate with an audience was unparalleled. His range of expertise as a pianist reached from solo piano to small combos to vocal accompaniment to string-augmented big band. Although Hines always maintained that he considered himself to be a band pianist rather than soloist, some of the solo work recorded near the end of his 60-year career is astonishing in its impact. JOHN, (SIR) ELTON HERCULES CBE (1947- ) Rock-n-Roll songwriter, composer and pianist. Has collaborated with his songwriter-partner Bernie Taupin for 44 years.
In-person signed 10"x8" color glossy image of Sir John seated at the piano. Obtained at the Hall of Fame Awards, New York, March 2011. Excellent example. $ 125 CREDITED WITH DISCOVERING JUDY GARLAND LANE, BURTON (1912-97) Composer and lyricist. Autograph Letter Signed, one page, 1977, to Paulette Attie, a well-known New York theatrical personality. Penned on his personal stationery. Reads: I didn't realize when I spoke to you that May 15th was on a Sunday. At this time of the year I'm away every weekend so I will not be able to attend your fund raising party. However, I certainly approve of your goals so I am happy to make the enclosed contribution... Accompanied by a small reprint portrait of the Grammy Award-winning composer. $ 75 His most popular and successful work is the musical Finian's Rainbow. He also wrote On a Clear Day You Can See Forever. Lane also wrote the music for the less remembered Broadway shows Hold On to Your Hats, Laffing Room Only and Carmelina. He was president of the American Guild of Authors and Composers from 1957 and for the next 10 terms, during which he campaigned against music piracy. he also served three terms on the board of directors of the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers. Lane's best-known songs include Old Devil Moon, How Are Things in Glocca Morra and How About You. He shared a Grammy Award in 1965 for Best Broadway Cast Album of the Year. MILLARD, EVELYN (1869-1941) English Shakespearian actress, actor-manager and "stage beauty" of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Signed photograph: 3.5"x5.5" photogravure photo-print postcard, hand-tinted. Boldly signed in black fountain pen ink Yours truly, Evelyn Millard. The actress is pictured wearing a huge ostrich-plummed hat and ostrich boa scarf. Rotary Series image by E. Castwell Smith. $ 20 Millard is, perhaps, best known for creating the role of Cecily Cardew in the 1895 premier of Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest. NUREYEV, RUDOLPH (1938-93) Legendary Russian ballet dancer. Signed small program card for a performance in Binghamton, New York. Professionally matted along with a striking 11”x14” black and white litho print photograph of Nureyev in character. $ 300
Made his debut at Covent Garden (1962). His virtuosity and expressiveness made him one of the greatest male dancers of the 1960s, in both classical and modern ballet. Jerome Robbins Oversized Autograph Display ROBBINS, JEROME (1918-1998) Amerian theater producer, director, and choreographer known primarily for Broadway Theater and Ballet/Dance, but who also occasionally directed films and produced for television. Autograph Display consisting of a vintage fountain pen signature on a form; professionally matted in burnished gold-silver-bronze tones along with a striking closeup informal portrait from an original by Canadian photographer Yousef Karsh. Encased in glass and a black and burnished gold-bronze wooden frame. Overall measure approximately 15"x20." $ 275
Among Robbins' numerous stage productions are On the Town, Peter Pan, High Button Shoes, The King And I, The Pajama Game, Bells Are Ringing, West Side Story, Gypsy: A Musical Fable, and Fiddler on the Roof. He was a five time Tony Award winner and recipient of the Kennedy Center Honors. He also received two Academy Awards, including the 1961 Academy Award for Best Director with Robert Wise for West Side Story. RUSSELL, ANNA (1911-2006) English-Canadian singer and comedienne. Inscribed signed photograph: 8"x10" black and white character still as Brunhilde reading her review in the New York Times. Hilarious. Dedicated: to Don, it was nice meeting you. Very best wishes, Anna Russell. $ 50
Russell gave many concerts in which she sang and played comic musical sketches on the piano. Among her best-known works are her concert performances and famous recordings of The Ring of the Nibelungs - a humorous 30-minute synopsis of Richard Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen and her parody How to Write Your Own Gilbert and Sullivan Opera. ST. DENIS, RUTH (1879-1968) Early modern dance pioneer.
STOKOWSKI, LEOPOLD (1882-1977) British-born American orchestral conductor and recording artist. Vintage ballpoint pen signature on a small card (room for matting). comes with a 5"x7" black and white glossy reprint image of a youthful Stokowski. $ 95 Stokowski was renowned for his free-hand performing style that spurned the traditional baton and for obtaining a characteristically sumptuous sound from many of the great orchestras he conducted. Made his official conducting debut in 1909. THORNDIKE, (DAME) AGNES SYBIL (1882-1976) British star of stage. Typewritten Letter Signed, September 8, (NY) reads: Thank you for your letter. I am enclosing with pleasure, the autograph photograph, and my daughters' favourite quotations. Yours sincerely, Sybil Thorndike. Written from the Theatre Royal, Nottingham. Accompanied by a 5"x6" reprint image of the celebrated thespian. $ 65
Thorndike’s stage appearance began at 11 as a pianist. Shortly thereafter, she was forced to switch from music to the theatre due to pianists cramp. Offered her first professional contract at age 21. Made her first stage appearance in Greet’s production of Shakespeare’s The Merry Wives of Windsor. This was followed by numerous US appearances in some 112 roles. In 1908 she was spotted by George Bernard Shaw when she understudied the leading role of Candida. Dame Thorndike went on to appear on Broadway, at the Old Vic Company, London, followed by a hiatus to rear children. She returned victorious to the stage in Saint Joan (1924) which she continued to perform until 1941. She was named a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire. She is buried in Westminster Cathedral.
TOSCANINI, ARTURO (1867-1957) Celebrated Italian conductor and recording artist.
Superb autograph display. Consists of a white card boldly signed and dated 1935, a plate of mint US 22 cent commemorative stamps, accompanied by a 8"x10" black and white silver gelatin silverprint portrait of the conductor. The photograph is stamped Emmerich Gara, New York, and is circa 1947. This photo is one of a series of similar portraits of original portraits of Toscanini by Gara. The ensemble has been double-matted in rich green with inner gold board, encased in museum conservation glass and a gilt-wood frame. Stellar. $ 900
Toscanini was one of the most acclaimed of musicians in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He was renowned for his intensity, perfectionism, ear for orchestral detail and sonority, and his photographic memory. As music director of the NBC Symphony Orchestra, Toscanini became a household name through his radio and television broadcasts and many recordings of the operatic and symphonic repertoire. THARP, TWYLA (1941- ) Signed photograph, contemporary 5"x7" black and white glossy, en pose, signed in blue marker pen. $ 95 American dancer and choreographer; winner of Emmy and Tony Awards. Recently inducted into the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Hall of Fame. WATTS, ANDRE (1946- ) American classical pianist, recording artist and professor at Jacobs School of Music, Indiana University. Vintage programme sheet, boldly signed in blue marker pen. Accompanied by a vintage 8"x10" blck and white silver gelatin publicity image of the pianist early in his career. $ 65 Mr. Watts made his television debut in a nationally-televised concert with the New York Philharmonic at age 16 (1963). His first world tour followed four years later. He is the recipient of a Grammy Award for Best New Classical Artist. he continues as one of the world's greatest in demand pianists, performing on the most prestigious concert stages in the US and Europe. ZUKERMAN, PINCHAS (1948- ) Violinist, violist and conductor. Signed photograph: measure 10"x8" black/white glossy publicity still by Martha Swope. Very boldly signed by Zukerman. $ 65 Considered one of the greatest violinists of the 20th and 21st centuries. He has recorded over 100 works. Zukerman has held the position of Principal Conductor and Music Director of Ottawa's National Arts Centre Orchestra since 1998 and the position of Principal Guest Conductor of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra since 2009. Made his New York debut in 1963.
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DEPEW, CHAUNCEY (1834-1928) Attorney for Cornelius Vanderbilt's railroad interests and New York State Senator from 1899-1911. Graduate of Yale University. Admitted to the bar in 1858 and practiced law in Peekstill until 1861. Later engaged in brokerage. In 1865 he was appointed and confirmed US Minister to Japan but declined the appointment to pursue a railroad career. 
EVERETT, EDWARD
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