Autographs - Auction 293
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| Lot | Symbols | Description | Estimate (AUD) | |||
| 83 | ) |
10 NOBEL PRIZE WINNERS, display comprising photograph of ten Nobel Prize wiiners with King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden - Henry Taube (Chemistry, 1983), Arthur Schawlow (Physics, 1961), Robert Hofstadter (Physics, 1961), Paul Flory (Chemistry, 1974), Paul Berg (Chemistry, 1980), Burton Richter (Physics, 1976), William Shockley (Physics, 1956), Linus Pauling (Chemistry, 1954 & Peace, 1962), Arthur Kornberg (Physiology or Medicine, 1959), window mounted, framed and glazed, overall 39x63cm. | $400 - $500
sold for $460 | |||
| 84 | AUTOGRAPHS: Signed photographs of vintage Movie Stars - Lionel Barrymore (signature faded though rare), Raymond Massey, Jackie Cooper, Douglas Fairbanks Jr, Betty Hutton, Deborah Kerr & Jane Wyatt. All window mounted, framed and glazed, various sizes. (7 items) | $300 - $400 | ||||
| 85 | AUTOGRAPHS: Signed photographs of Movie Stars - Roy Rogers, Richard Gere, Diane Keaton, James Caan & Tim Curry ("The Rocky Horror Picture Show"). All window mounted, framed and glazed, various sizes. (5 items) | $300 - $400
sold for $240 | ||||
| 86 | AUTOGRAPHS: Signed photographs of singers - Cher, Tom Jones, Dolly Parton, Dame Joan Sutherland & Nana Mouskouri (all window mounted, framed and glazed, various sizes); plus Julie Andrews signature in "Christmas 1978" double LP record set in slipcase. (6 items) | $150 - $200
sold for $180 | ||||
| 87 | AUTOGRAPHS: Framed displays comprising signed photographs (6) & letter of Movie Stars - Peter Sellers (faded), Danny Kaye (1965 letter), Lana Turner, Douglas Fairbanks Jr, Robert Mitchum, Glenn Ford (photograph with some spotting) & Jacqueline Bissett. All window mounted, framed and glazed, various sizes. (7 items) | $300 - $400 | ||||
| 88 | AUTOGRAPHS: Signed photographs of Movie Stars - George C.Scott (as Patton), Warren Beatty, Clint Eastwood, John Travolta, Jean Simmons & Alan Alda. All window mounted, framed and glazed, various sizes. (6 items) | $300 - $400
sold for $225 | ||||
| 89 | AUTOGRAPHS: Signed photographs of Movie Stars - Robert Redford, Roger Moore, Clint Eastwood, James Mason, Mickey Rooney & Lauren Bacall. All window mounted, framed and glazed, various sizes. (6 items) | $300 - $400
sold for $225 | ||||
| 90 | AUTOGRAPHS: Signed photographs of Movie Stars - Michael Caine, Ursula Andress, Dudley Moore, Dustin Hoffman, Jason Robards, Ann Bancroft, Robert Mitchum & Maggie Smith. All window mounted, framed and glazed, various sizes. (8 items) | $250 - $300
sold for $200 | ||||
| 91 | ) |
AUTOGRAPHS: Album of signed & endorsed photographs (160) & letters (17), mostly movie & TV stars, noted Richie Benaud, Edward Fox, Hugh Laurie ("House"), Rolf Harris, Shirley Maclaine, Doris Day, Phil Collins, Jason Alexander ("Seinfeld"), Gerard Depardieu, Bill Cosby, Larry Hagman, Glenda Jackson, John Inman, Ian Richardson, Tom Selleck, Anthony Head ("Buffy"), Danni Minogue, Spike Milligan, Bryan Brown, Rosanna Arquette, Jimmy Smits, Sophie Marceau, Mark Harmon ("NCIS"), Gorden Kaye ("'Allo 'Allo"), John Nettles ("Midsomer Murders"), Patricia Velasquez ("Mummy Returns"), Judi Dench, Matthew Broderick, Janet Leigh, Zoe Wanamaker, Julian Clary, Christina Ricci. (Total 177) | $500 - $1,000
sold for $420 | |||
| 92 | ) |
AUTOGRAPHS: Album of signed & endorsed photographs (55) & letters (6), most movie & TV stars, noted Tony Curtis, Claudia Christian ("Babylon 5"), George Cole, Ryan O'Neil, Emily Proctor ("CSI Miami"), Debbie Reynolds, Ellen Burstyn, Jerry Orbach ("Law & Order"), Ed Asner, Julie Arebalo, Jeremy Bullock (Boba Fett in "Star Wars"), Jacqueline Bisset, Ernest Borgnine, Ed Begley, Michel Chiklis ("The Shield"), Kevin Conway ("Gettysburg" & "Star Trek). (61 items) | $250 - $500
sold for $200 | |||
| 93 | ) |
AUTOGRAPHS: Album of signed & endorsed photographs (63) & letters (4), most movie & TV stars, noted Tony Randall, Patricia Richardson, Jerry Springer, Judge Judy, Brenda Strong, Rod Taylor, Ricky Tomlinson, Dick Van Dyke, Emma Thompson, Cerina Vincent, Vanna White, Sam Waterson, Eli Wallach, Susannah York, Sean Young, several "Star Trek" cast members, Fyvush Finkel, Dom DeLuise, Stephen Furst ("Babylon 5"), Jorja Fox ("CSI"), John Gorshin (Riddler in "Batman"), Robert Ito, Tara King, Heather Locklear, Kathy Najimy. | $250 - $500
sold for $200 | |||
| 94 | AUTOGRAPHS: Album of signed postcards (5), letters (9) & theatre flyer, signatures include Peter Ustinov, Paul Eddington, John Hopkins, Ella Grainger, Neville Cardus & Raymond Lambert. (15 items) | $100 - $150
sold for $85 | ||||
| 95 | Signed photographs, comprising Archbishop Daniel Mannix (1864-1963); E.G."Red Ted" Theodore (1919 Labour Premier of Queensland - one of the characters in "Power Without Glory"); Field Marshall Sir Gerald Templer & Lady Peggy Templer (Templer best known for his defeat of the guerilla rebels in Malaya 1952-54); J.G.Eagleson (Supreme Court judge & author). (4 items) | $100 - $150
sold for $100 | ||||
| 96 | c1949-56 Autograph Book with c87 signatures, noted Baseballers from 1949 Carnival including South Aust, Victoria (includes Neil Harvey) & WA; 1956 Olympians (27); early GTV9 personalites with Ron Blaskett & "Gerry Gee". | $200 - $300 | ||||
| 97 | ) ) ) ) |
AUTOGRAPH BOOK: Compiled by the Holt Family c1901-57, who entertained a remarkable succession of important visitors at their home "Nederberg" near Table Mountain, Capetown, South Africa - with a total of 101 signatures comprising notable Statesmen, Scientists, Artists, Composers, Musicians & Explorers. Including Lord Kelvin, Cecil Rhodes, Theodore Roosevelt, Henry Stanley, Louis Botha, Albert Einstein, Grover Cleveland, Thomas Edison, G.Marconi, Rudyard Kipling, Massenet, Hans Richter, Horowitz, Toscanini, Yehudi Menuhin, Rachmaninof, Nellie Melba, Benito Mussolini, Somerset Maugham, Pablo Casals, Louis Wain (cat drawing), Edmund Hillary & George Lowe (twice). Superb condition and a unique and important collection. | $15,000 - $20,000
sold for $14000 | |||
| 98 | ) |
AUTOGRAPH BOOK: Compiled by Enid Riddle (daughter of E.C.Riddle, Governor of Commonwealth Bank of Australia) c1911-53, with 21 signatures and 8 signed watercolours. Signatures include Edward, Prince of Wales (later King Edward VIII), Baden-Powell (founder of Boy Scouts), David Lloyd-George (British Prime Minister), Sir William Birdwood (Commander of ANZAC forces at Gallipoli), Sir John Monash (Australian military commander WW1) & Earl Jellicoe (British Royal Navy Admiral). | $400 - $600
sold for $300 | |||
| 99 | ) |
BUZZ ALDRIN (American pilot and astronaut who became the second human to set foot on the Moon, 1930- ), display comprising signed card, window mounted with picture, framed and glazed, overall 29x37cm. With CoA. | $250 - $300
sold for $190 | |||
| 100 | ) |
ROALD AMUNDSEN (1872-1928, Norwegian polar explorer, led the Antarctic expedition of 1910-1912 which was the first to reach the South Pole), display comprising signature on piece, window mounted with photograph, framed and glazed, overall 47x38cm. | $150 - $200
sold for $340 | |||
| 101 | ) |
APOLLO 12, display comprising NASA photograph signed by Charles Conrad, Dick Gordon & Alan Bean, mounted with Apollo XII & NASA cloth badges, framed and glazed, overall 47x43cm. | $250 - $300 | |||
| 102 | APOLLO 14, display comprising NASA photograph signed by Alan Shepard, Stuart Roosa & Edgar Mitchell (appear to be auto-pen signatures), mounted with Apollo 14 & NASA cloth badges, framed and glazed, overall 47x43cm. | $120 - $150
sold for $90 | ||||
| 103 | APOLLO 16, display comprising NASA photograph signed by John Young & Charles Duke (appear to be auto-pen signatures), mounted with Apollo 16 & NASA cloth badges, framed and glazed, overall 47x43cm. | $120 - $150
sold for $90 | ||||
| 104 | LOUIS ARMSTRONG (1901-71, American jazz musician, a charismatic, innovative performer whose musical skills and bright personality transformed jazz from a rough regional dance music into a popular art form), signed photograph (signature with some fading), window mounted, framed and glazed, overall 32x37cm. | $200 - $250 | ||||
| 105 | LOUIS ARMSTRONG, signature on LP record "Hello, Dolly! Louis Armstrong". | $200 - $250
sold for $150 | ||||
| 106 | "ARTHUR", colour photograph signed by the stars of the 1981 movie - Dudley Moore, Liza Minnelli & John Gielgud, window mounted, framed and glazed, overall 45x40cm. | $100 - $120
sold for $75 | ||||
| 107 | JULIAN ROSSI ASHTON (Australian Artist, 1851-1942), display comprising signature on piece, window mounted with photograph of the artist, framed and glazed, overall 29x47cm. | $100 - $120
sold for $75 | ||||
| 108 | HERBERT HENRY ASQUITH (1852-1928, British Prime Minister [1908-16] during the early years of WW1), display comprising 1894 signed hand-written letter on "Home Office, Whitehall" letterhead, window mounted with photograph, framed and glazed, overall 60x40cm. | $150 - $200
sold for $200 | ||||
| 109 | AUSTRALIAN POLITICIANS: Framed/mounted displays comprising John Gorton (19th Prime Minister) signed letter (very faded); Henry Bolte (Premier of Victoria) signed photograph; Joh Bjelke-Petersen (Premier of Queensland) signed piece; Bill Hayden (21st Governor-General) signed letter; Arthur Calwell (ALP leader) signed piece; Billy Snedden (Liberal leader) signed piece; Barry Jones (ALP Minister) signed letter. Various sizes. (7 items) | $150 - $200
sold for $180 | ||||
| 110 | AUTHORS: Framed/mounted displays comprising Irwin Shaw 1950 signed letter; John Masefield 1920 signed letter; Daphne du Maurier signed photograph; Arthur Hailey signed photograph; Stefan Zweig signed piece; Jeffrey Archer signed letter; Pearl S.Buck 1962 signed letter; Anton Wildgans 1916 signed letter; Franz Werfel signature on back of cover. Various sizes. (9 items) | $400 - $500 | ||||
| 111 | ROBERT BADEN-POWELL (founder of the world Scouting Movement, 1857-1941), display comprising signature on piece, window mounted with photograph, framed and glazed, overall 37x31cm. | $120 - $150
sold for $95 | ||||
| 112 | STANLEY BALDWIN (1867-1947, three times British Prime Minister), display comprising signature on "House of Commons" embossed note-paper, window mounted with photograph, framed and glazed, overall 25x45cm. | $150 - $200
sold for $150 | ||||
| 113 | ARTHUR BALFOUR (1848-1930, 33rd British Prime Minister [1902-05], best known as author of the Balfour Declaration of 1917, promising a homeland for the Jewish people), signature on 1925 letter on "4 Carlton Gardens, Pall Mall" letterhead, thanking Sir Henry for an Anthology, which will be useful on his trip to the Middle East. | $120 - $150
sold for $260 | ||||
| 114 | TALLULAH BANKHEAD (American actress & bonne vivante, 1902-68), signed picture, window mounted, framed and glazed, overall 33x39cm. [The Paris Hilton of the 1920s & 30s]. | $120 - $150 | ||||
| 115 | SIR HENRY BARKLY (1815-98, 3rd Governor of Victoria), signature on 1857 "Victoria, Land Purchase" document for land at Lockwood (near Sandhurst), with seal of Colony of Victoria, overall 39x34cm. | $150 - $250
sold for $130 | ||||
| 116 | MIKHAIL BARYSHNIKOV (famous Russian dancer, choreographer, and actor, 1948- ), display comprising signature on piece, window mounted with photograph, framed and glazed, overall 25x38cm. | $100 - $120
sold for $100 | ||||
| 117 | ) |
BEATLES, a publicity photograph of The Beatles, 1963 (25x20cm), signed in blue ink by John Lennon, Paul McCartney and George Harrison. [This photograph was taken when the Beatles were filming at ATV's Elstree Studio for an appearance on 'The Morecombe and Wise Show'. Filmed on Monday, 2nd December, 1963, the programme was aired on Saturday, 18th April, 1964]. | $6,000 - $7,000
(Ex Gst) sold for $4750 | |||
| 118 | ) |
BEATLES, display comprising signatures of John Lennon, George Harrison, Ringo Starr & Paul McCartney on autograph page, window mounted with three photographs, framed and glazed, overall 56x62cm. | $4,000 - $5,000
sold for $7000 | |||
| 119 | ) ) ) |
BEATLES AND OTHERS, c97 signatures, mostly 1960s, majority on pieces of paper glued into an autograph book, subjects include: John Lennon, Ringo Starr & George Harrison; Sandie Shaw (on a publicity postcard); The Mojos (on reverse of publicity postcard); Tommy Roe, Adam Faith, Peter Jay & The Jaywalkers, Rolf Harris, the Barron Knights, Dave Berry, The Swinging Blue Jeans, Brian Poole & the Tremeloes, Alexis Korner's Blues Incorporated, The Searchers, The Hollies, The Dave Clark 5, The Applejacks and The Merseybeats; accompanied by eight ticket stubs, 1960s-70s, including three for Beatles concerts at Sheffield City Hall for Saturday 16th March, Saturday 25th May & Saturday 2nd November, 1963. A remarkable memento of 1960s Brit-Rock. | $5,000 - $6,000
sold for $4500 | |||
| 120 | MENACHIM BEGIN (1913-92, Israel's 6th Prime Minister & 1978 Nobel Peace Prize winner), signed photograph, window mounted, framed and glazed, overall 20x25cm. | $150 - $200 | ||||
| 121 | MENACHIM BEGIN (1913-92, Israel's 6th Prime Minister & 1978 Nobel Peace Prize winner), signed photograph, size 18x24cm. | $120 - $150
sold for $90 | ||||
| 122 | DAVID BEN-GURION (Israel's 1st Prime Minister, 1886-1973), display comprising signature on piece, window mounted with photograph, framed and glazed, overall 39x48cm. | $200 - $250
sold for $320 | ||||
| 123 | INGRID BERGMAN (three-time Academy Award-winning Swedish actress, 1915-82), display comprising nice signature on piece, window mounted with picture of Ingrid with Humphrey Bogart, framed and glazed, overall 34x50cm. | $120 - $150
sold for $100 | ||||
| 124 | JOSL BERGNER (Australian Painter, 1913- ), display comprising signature on autograph page with pencil illustration, window mounted with photograph of the artist with two of his paintings, overall 30x51cm. | $100 - $120 | ||||
| 125 | ) |
IRVING BERLIN (American composer and lyricist, one of the most prodigious and famous American songwriters in history, 1888-1989), display comprising signature on piece, window mounted with photograph, framed and glazed, overall 33x43cm. | $250 - $300
sold for $300 | |||
| 126 | ) |
SARAH BERNHARDT (French stage actress, 1844-1923), signature on mount of Cabinet Card photograph (10x17cm) by "Mendelssohn & Co., Melbourne". Rare. [Sarah Bernhardt toured Australia in 1891]. | $800 - $1,000
sold for $600 | |||
| 127 | SIR GEORGE BOWEN (1821-99, first Governor of Queensland & 6th Governor of Victoria), signature on 1877 "Indenture" document for lease of land at Nullawarre, with seal of Colony of Victoria, overall 43x34cm. | $150 - $200 | ||||
| 128 | CHARLES BOYER (French actor, Hollywood screen lover, 1899-1978), signed photograph, window mounted, framed and glazed, overall 29x34cm. | $100 - $120
sold for $160 | ||||
| 129 | ) |
SIR DONALD BRADMAN (Australian cricketer, who is universally regarded as the greatest batsman of all time, and is one of Australia's most popular sporting heroes, 1908-2001), signature on 1975 hand-written letter on "Sir Donald Bradman" letterhead, discussing Australia's great slip catches. | $200 - $250
sold for $360 | |||
| 130 | DON BRADMAN (Australian cricketer, 1908-2001), signature on cover with special "75th Anniversary, Birth of Sir Donald Bradman, 18 November 1983" postmark. | $120 - $150
sold for $160 | ||||
| 131 | ) |
BILLIE BURKE (Hollywood actress, 1885-1970, wed Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. of the famed Ziegfeld Follies, immortalised as Glinda, the Good Witch of the North in 'The Wizard of Oz'), signed photograph, window mounted, framed and glazed, overall 40x48cm. | $200 - $250 | |||
| 132 | RICHARD BURTON (Hollywood actor, 1925-84), display comprising signature on piece, window mounted with picture, framed and glazed, overall 33x48cm. | $100 - $120
sold for $80 | ||||
| 133 | ) |
JAMES CAGNEY (Hollywood actor, 1899-1945), signed photograph, window mounted, framed and glazed, overall 31x36cm. | $200 - $250
sold for $200 | |||
| 134 | SIR THOMAS CARMICHAEL (1859-1926, 13th Governor of Victoria), signature on 1922 "Indenture" document, 4pp, for lease of grazing land at Tarrengower, with embossed seal of State of Victoria. | $100 - $150 | ||||
| 135 | LORD CASEY (1890-1976, Australia's 16th Governor-General, in WW1 he served in Gallipoli & France, earning the Military Cross & DSO, and became the first Australian Ambassador to the United States - a vital posting in WW2), display comprising 1970 signed letter on "Lord Casey" letterhead, window mounted with signed photograph, framed and glazed, overall 50x41cm. | $100 - $120
sold for $130 | ||||
| 136 | SIR LEWIS CASSON & DAME SYBIL THORNDIKE (Lewis Casson 1875-1969 was an English actor & director, his wife Dame Sybil Thorndike 1882-1976 was a British actress), display comprising 1954 hand-written letter signed by Lewis Casson, plus Sybil Thorndike signature on piece, window mounted with photographs, framed and glazed, overall 80x45cm. | $100 - $120
sold for $75 | ||||
| 137 | ) |
MARC CHAGALL (Celebrated 20th Century Painter, 1887-1985), display comprising signed letter on "Hotel de Crillon, Paris" letterhead, with his fascinating opinion of Ceramics, window mounted with photograph, framed and glazed, overall 35x27cm. | $500 - $600
sold for $650 | |||
| 138 | FEODOR CHALIAPIN (the most famous Russian opera singer, bass in the first half of the 20th century, 1873-1938), display comprising signature on piece dated 1915, window mounted with photograph, framed and glazed, overall 31x50cm. [Because of his powerful and flexible voice, together with his mesmerizing stage presence and his superb acting ability, he is considered one of the greatest performers in the history of opera, and he is credited with establishing the tradition of naturalistic acting in opera]. | $200 - $250 | ||||
| 139 | NEVILLE CHAMBERLAIN (1869-1940, British Prime Minister [1937-40]), display comprising signature on piece, window mounted with photograph, framed and glazed, overall 25x41cm. | $100 - $120
sold for $525 | ||||
| 140 | ) |
CHARLIE CHAPLIN (Hollywood legend, 1889-1977), display comprising signature on piece, window mounted with photograph, framed and glazed, overall 31x41cm. | $300 - $400
sold for $675 | |||
| 141 | RAY CHARLES (pioneering American pianist and soul musician who shaped the sound of rhythm and blues, 1930-2004), signature on LP record "Ray Charles - Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music, Volume Two". | $200 - $250
sold for $190 | ||||
| 142 | MAURICE CHEVALIER (Hollywood actor, 1888-1972), display comprising signature on 1931 hand-written letter on "St.Moritz, New York" letterhead, window mounted with photograph, framed and glazed, overall 63x39cm. | $150 - $200
sold for $130 | ||||
| 143 | MAURICE CHEVALIER (Hollywood actor, 1888-1972), display comprising signature on real photo postcard, window mounted, framed and glazed, overall 29x34cm. | $120 - $150
sold for $120 | ||||
| 144 | ) |
BEN CHIFLEY (1885-1951, Australia's 16th Prime Minister [1945-49]), display comprising signature on piece, window mounted with photograph, framed and glazed, overall 34x48cm. | $250 - $300
sold for $200 | |||
| 145 | ) |
SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL (1874-1965, British Prime Minister during WW2, generally regarded as one of the most important leaders in modern British and world history, won the 1953 Nobel Prize in Literature), display comprising signature on piece, window mounted with picture, framed and glazed, overall 30x36cm. | $1,000 - $1,200
sold for $1200 | |||
| 146 | CLEMENTINE CHURCHILL (1885-1971, wife of Winston Churchill), display comprising signature on 1950 letter on "28 Hyde Park Gate, SW7" letterhead, window mounted with two photographs, one of Clementine & Winston Churchill, other of Winston with his trade-mark cigar, framed and glazed, overall 56x35cm. | $200 - $250
sold for $150 | ||||
| 147 | ) |
L | SIR ALAN COBHAM (1894-1973, English aviatior, pioneer of long distance aviation), lovely signature on 1935 hand-written letter on "Sir Alan J.Cobham, KBE, AFC" letterhead; plus his book "Australia and Back" [London, 1926], book with minor faults though scarce. | $200 - $300 | ||
| 148 | CLAUDETTE COLBERT (Hollywood actress, 1903-96), lovely signed colour photograph showing her radiant in Cecil B. DeMille's spectacular Cleopatra (1934), window mounted, framed and glazed, overall 32x36cm. | $100 - $120
sold for $75 | ||||
| 149 | COMPOSERS & CONDUCTORS: Framed displays comprising signed FDC, pieces (2) & photographs (2), noted Leonard Bernstein, Fritz Kreisler, Anital Dorati, Eugene Ormandy & Paul Anka. All window mounted, framed and glazed, various sizes. (5 items) | $300 - $400 | ||||
| 150 | SEAN CONNERY (Hollywood actor, 1930- ), signed photograph, window mounted, framed and glazed, overall 30x35cm. | $100 - $120
sold for $280 | ||||
| 151 | GARY COOPER (Hollywood actor, 1901-61), display comprising signature on piece, window mounted with photograph, framed and glazed, overall 31x42cm. | $150 - $200
sold for $400 | ||||
| 152 | LE CORBUSIER (Charles-Edouard Jeanneret, widely known as Le Corbusier (1887-1965), was a Swiss architect famous for his contributions to what is now called modernism, or the International Style), 1947 signed letter from Paris to London on "Le Corbusier" letterhead. | $500 - $600
sold for $460 | ||||
| 153 | ) |
SIR NOEL COWARD (1899-1973, English actor, playwright, and composer of popular music), display comprising 1942 signed hand-written letter from "Denham Film Studios", written whilst filming his wartime classic "In Which We Serve", window mounted with photograph, framed and glazed, overall 57x47cm. | $250 - $300
sold for $220 | |||
| 154 | L | SIR NOEL COWARD (1899-1973, English actor & playwright), signature on picture inside rare 1937 booklet "Programme of the Theatrical Garden Party, in aid of The Actors' Orphanage, at the Queen Mary's Gardens, Regents Park", with 9 other signatures on title page, noted Victoria Hopper (British stage and film actress, 1909- ), Sir John Gielgud (English theatre and film actor, 1904-2000) & Elsa Lanchester (Oscar-nominated English character actress, 1902-86). | $200 - $250 | |||
| 155 | SIR ZELMAN COWEN (1919- , 19th Governor-General of Australia), 1977 signed letter regarding his appointment as Governor-General designate, on "Sir Zelman Cowen" letterhead. | $80 - $100
sold for $70 | ||||
| 156 | ) |
WALTER CRANE (British Painter & Illustrator, 1845-1915), display comprising 1890 signed hand-written letter on his illustrated letterhead, window mounted with picture, framed and glazed, overall 45x42cm. | $250 - $300
sold for $200 | |||
| 157 | SIR CHARLES DARLING (1809-70, 4th Governor of Victoria), signature on 1865 "Victoria, Land Grant" document for land at Deep Lead Pleasant Creek, with seal of Colony of Victoria, overall 45x34cm. | $150 - $250 | ||||
| 158 | ) |
CHARLES DARWIN (British Naturalist, author of "The Origin of Species", 1809-82), display comprising signed 4-page letter, window mounted with photocopy of centre pages of the letter and a picture of Charles Darwin, framed and glazed, overall 74x48cm. The letter is written from "Down near Bromley Kent" and dated Dec.25th, and thanks the recipient for his account of the structure of the Pampas specimen and its difference from the modern calcerous bed of Coquimbo, Chile, and requests permission to publish his remarks. | $2,000 - $3,000
sold for $6750 | |||
| 159 | SAMMY DAVIS JR (American entertainer & actor, 1925-90), signed photograph, window mounted, framed and glazed, overall 32x36cm. | $150 - $200
sold for $140 | ||||
| 160 | PETER DAWSON (Australian bass/baritone, the most popular singer of the 1920s & 1930s), display comprising signature on piece dated 1931, mounted with photograph, framed and glazed, overall 32x40cm. | $100 - $120
sold for $75 | ||||
| 161 | MOSHE DAYAN (Israeli military leader and politician, 1915-81), signature on Israel 1967 15c Victory of Tzahal First Day Cover. | $100 - $120
sold for $80 | ||||
| 162 | ) |
CHARLES DE GAULLE (1890-1969, French General and Statesman, President of France), display comprising signature on 1966 stamp folder with Congo 500F Conference de Brazzaville tied by First Day of Issue postmark, window mounted, overall 42x50cm. | $400 - $500
sold for $300 | |||
| 163 | ) |
DIANA, PRINCESS OF WALES (1961-97, the pre-eminent female celebrity of her generation), signature on magazine picture, with caption "God Save Diana, No Uptight Crown For Her", window mounted, framed and glazed, overall 45x55cm. With CoA. | $600 - $800
sold for $1150 | |||
| 164 | ) |
CHARLES DICKENS (English novelist with a social conscience, 1812-70), display comprising signature on 1859 letter to Coutts Bank requesting payment of a cheque to his future manager Arthur Smith - signed at the time he was writing "A Tale of Two Cities", window mounted with superb engraving of Dickens, framed and glazed, overall 49x32cm. | $800 - $1,000
sold for $1900 | |||
| 165 | CHARLES DICKENS JR (1837-96, eldest son of the novelist Charles Dickens, largely remembered for his Dictionary of London, published in 1879), display comprising 1862 & 1871 signed hand-written letters, window mounted with a photograph of his father, framed and glazed, overall 53x48cm. | $150 - $200
sold for $120 | ||||
| 166 | MARLENE DIETRICH (Hollywood actress, 1901-92), signed photograph, window mounted, framed and glazed, overall 32x37cm. | $120 - $150
sold for $340 | ||||
| 167 | ) |
BENJAMIN DISRAELI (1804-81, twice British Prime Minister & novelist), signature on 1856 hand-written letter from Hotel Brighton to Lord Holland, accepting an invitation to dine. | $700 - $800
sold for $550 | |||
| 168 | ) |
WILLIAM DOBELL (Australian Painter, 1899-1970), display comprising signature on front page of Art Gallery programme, window mounted with pictures of the artist, and another of his painting "Dame Mary Gilmore", framed and glazed, overall 85x48cm. | $200 - $250
sold for $220 | |||
| 169 | JAMES H.DOOLITTLE (American aviation pioneer, served with great distinction as a general in the United States Army Air Forces during the Second World War, earning the Medal of Honor as the commander of the Doolittle Raid that bombed Tokyo, 1896-1993), display comprising signature on 1955 letter on "J.H.Doolittle" letterhead, window mounted with picture, framed and glazed, overall 33x42cm. | $200 - $250
sold for $150 | ||||
| 170 | TOMMY DORSEY (1905-56, jazz trombonist and bandleader in the Big Band era), signed photograph, window mounted, framed and glazed, overall 31x36cm. | $120 - $150
sold for $90 | ||||
| 171 | ) |
L | ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE (British author most noted for his stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, 1859-1930), signature dated "Jan/21" on front cover of his book "The Guards Came Through, and Other Poems" [London, 1919], book in only fair condition though signature fine. | $400 - $500
sold for $1400 | ||
| 172 | RICHARD D'OYLY CARTE (1844-1901, London theatrical impresario, best known for producing the comic operettas of Gilbert and Sullivan), display comprising 1890 signed hand-written letter on "Savoy Theatre, London" letterhead, window mounted with photograph, framed and glazed, overall 46x46cm. | $150 - $200
sold for $220 | ||||
| 173 | ) |
RUSSELL DRYSDALE (Australian Painter, 1912-81), display comprising 1972 signed hand-written letter on "Sir Russell Drysdale" letterhead, window mounted with picture of his painting "Maria", framed and glazed, overall 42x55cm. | $300 - $400
sold for $240 | |||
| 174 | DR.HUGO ECKENER (the 'old man' of the Zeppelin airship company, 1868-1954), display comprising signature on piece, window mounted with photograph of Eckener and picture of the Hindenburg Disaster of 1937, framed and glazed, overall 49x39cm. | $200 - $250
sold for $280 | ||||
| 175 | ANTHONY EDEN (1897-1977, British Prime Minister [1955-57]), display comprising signature on piece, window mounted with photograph, framed and glazed, overall 29x34cm. | $80 - $100
sold for $100 | ||||
| 176 | ) |
KING EDWARD VIII (1894-1972, King from 20 Jan.1936 until his abdication on 11 Dec.1936, to marry Wallis Simpson, the only British monarch to have voluntarily relinquished the throne), display comprising signature on piece "Edward P" (signed as Prince of Wales) and dated "24-II-35", window mounted with picture, framed and glazed, overall 29x45cm. | $200 - $250
sold for $320 | |||
| 177 | ) |
EDWARD & WALLIS, DUKE & DUCHESS OF WINDSOR (King Edward VIII, 1894-1972, King from 20 Jan.1936 until his abdication on 11 Dec.1936; and Wallis Windsor (Simpson), 1896-1986), superb photograph of the pair, signed at base "Edward" and "Wallis Windsor", and dated at lower left by original owner "25-12-44". [The desire of Edward, who was then King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom, to marry Wallis, an American divorcée, caused a constitutional crisis in the United Kingdom, which ultimately led to his abdication to marry "the woman I love"]. | $600 - $800
sold for $650 | |||
| 178 | ) |
ALEXANDRE GUSTAVE EIFFEL (1832-1923, French engineer and architect, famous for designing the Eiffel Tower, built 1887-89), display comprising signature on 1890 hand-written letter on "G.Eiffel, 37 Roue Pasquieur, Paris" letterhead, window mounted with picture of Gustave Eiffel & postcard of Eiffel Tower, overall 37x39cm. | $500 - $600
sold for $575 | |||
| 179 | ) |
DWIGHT D.EISENHOWER (1890-1969, 34th President of the United States [1953-61], Supreme Commander of the Allied forces in Europe during WW2), display comprising signature on 1945 letter on "Headquarters, Ashford General Hospital, West Virginia" letterhead, window mounted with photograph, framed and glazed, overall 49x37cm. | $700 - $800
sold for $525 | |||
| 180 | ANITA EKBERG (Swedish model & actress, 1931- ), display comprising bold signature on 1956 release form to the Chicago Tribune-New York News Syndicate, window mounted with nude picture, framed and glazed, overall 51x32cm. | $100 - $120
sold for $75 | ||||
| 181 | QUEEN ELIZABETH, THE QUEEN MOTHER (1900-2002, Queen Consort of King George VI), display comprising facsimile autograph on 1933 printed letter on behalf of the YWCA, window mounted with photograph, framed and glazed, overall 40x43cm. | $100 - $120 | ||||
| 182 | EDWARD KENNEDY "DUKE" ELLINGTON (American jazz composer, pianist, and bandleader, 1899-1974), display comprising signature on piece, window mounted with magazine picture, framed and glazed, overall 31x42cm. | $200 - $250 | ||||
| 183 | KING VICTOR EMANUELE III (King of Italy 1900-46), signature on 1926 Italian document. With CoA. | $150 - $200 | ||||
| 184 | HERBERT "Doc" EVATT (Australia's Deputy Prime Minister 1946-49, helped draw up United Nations Charter), display comprising signature on piece, window mounted with photograph, framed and glazed, overall 30x49cm. | $100 - $120
sold for $150 | ||||
| 185 | KING FAISAL OF SAUDI ARABIA (Faisal bin Abdelaziz Al Saud, c1906-75, King of Saudi Arabia from 1964 to 1975, assasinated by his nephew Faisal ibn Musad), display comprising signature on his business card, window mounted with picture, framed and glazed, overall 43x35cm. | $100 - $120
sold for $100 | ||||
| 186 | ) |
ANDREW FISHER (1862-1928, Australia's 5th Prime Minister, three times from 1908 to 1915), display comprising signature on 1915 letter on "Commonwealth of Australia, Prime Minister" letterhead, interesting contents re Boy Scouts, window mounted with original cover (stamp damaged), framed and glazed, overall 40x53cm. | $300 - $400
sold for $1100 | |||
| 187 | SIR CHARLES FITZROY (1796-1858, 10th Governor of Australia [NSW]), signature on 1850 "Port Phillip District, Land Purchase" document for land at Prahran (Victoria), with seal of Colony of NSW, overall 42x35cm. | $200 - $300
sold for $150 | ||||
| 188 | ) |
ERROL FLYNN (Australian-American film actor, most famous for his romantic swashbuckler roles and flamboyant lifestyle, 1909-59), display comprising signature on piece, window mounted with photograph, framed and glazed, overall 37x31cm. | $300 - $400
sold for $460 | |||
| 189 | HENRY FONDA (Hollywood actor, 1905-82), signed photograph, window mounted, framed and glazed, overall 30x35cm. | $120 - $150 | ||||
| 190 | DAME MARGOT FONTEYN (1919-91, the world's greatest ballerina of her time), signed photograph, window mounted, framed and glazed, overall 23x27cm. | $150 - $200
sold for $115 | ||||
| 191 | GERALD FORD (1913- , 38th President of the United States [1974-76]), display comprising signature on 1964 USA 5c Kennedy First Day Cover, window mounted with photograph, framed and glazed, overall 29x42cm. | $100 - $120 | ||||
| 192 | SIR JOHN FRANKLIN (1786-1847, arctic explorer & 13th Governor of Tasmania), signature on piece cut from 1881 document, with seal of Colony of Van Diemans Land, overall 33x10cm. | $200 - $300 | ||||
| 193 | DAWN FRASER (1937- , Australian champion swimmer, 8 Olympic medals including 4 gold), two signatures, one on a 1990 signed letter on "Parliament of New South Wales, Legislative Assembly, Dawn Fraser MBE, JP" letterhead, other a nice signature on 1989 swim programme, inside c1988-90 scrapbook ex swimmer Lorraine Piggott. | $100 - $150
sold for $100 | ||||
| 194 | JOHN GALSWORTHY (1867-1933, English novelist, notably "The Forsyte Saga" and its sequels, Nobel Prize for literature in 1932), display comprising 1927 signed hand-written letter on "Grove Lodge" letterhead, window mounted with picture, framed and glazed, overall 48x38cm. | $150 - $200 | ||||
| 195 | ) |
KING GEORGE III (1738-1820, King of Great Britain during the American Revolutionary War & first settlement of Australia), signature on letter dated 25th Dec.1767, from St.James Palace, London, to his cousin, wishing him a happy New Year. | $800 - $1,000
sold for $1250 | |||
| 196 | KING GEORGE V (1865-1936), display comprising facsimile autograph on 1918 printed letter on "Buckingham Palace" letterhead to returned Prisoners of War, window mounted, framed and glazed, overall 37x43cm. | $100 - $120 | ||||
| 197 | ) ) |
KING GEORGE VI & QUEEN ELIZABETH [THE QUEEN MOTHER] (King George VI 1895-1952 & Queen Elizabeth 1900-2002), pair of suberb photographs by Dorothy Wilding, each signed on the mount and dated "1937", the year of Coronation, in matching frames with "G VI R" at top, each overall 24x29cm. (2 items) | $1,500 - $2,000
sold for $1450 | |||
| 198 | ) |
IRA GERSHWIN (American lyricist who collaborated with his younger brother, composer George Gershwin, to create some of the most memorable songs of the 20th century, 1896-1983), display comprising signature on 1949 hand-written letter on "Ira Gershwin" letterhead regarding Chalupt's book on George, window mounted with picture, framed and glazed, overall 50x42cm. | $250 - $300
sold for $190 | |||
| 199 | PC | SIR JOHN GIELGUD (English theatre and film actor, regarded by many as one of the greatest British actors in history, 1904-2000), group comprising two signed postcards, and signed publicity picture. (3 items) | $100 - $120 | |||
| 200 | ) |
W.S.GILBERT (1836-1911, English dramatist and librettist best known for his operatic collaborations with the composer Sir Arthur Sullivan, known as the Savoy Operas), signature on 2-page hand-written letter to artist G.H.Boughton (1833-1905). | $500 - $600
sold for $380 | |||
| 201 | ) |
WILLIAM EWART GLADSTONE (1809-98, four times British Prime Minister, widely regarded as the greatest British statesman of the 19th Century), display comprising signature on 1874 hand-written letter to T.S.Raffles (presumably the grandson of Sir Thomas Stanley Raffles, the founder of Singapore), window mounted with picture, framed and glazed, overall 52x45cm. | $200 - $250
sold for $240 | |||
| 202 | ) |
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE (1749-1832, German polymath: he was a painter, novelist, dramatist, poet, humanist, scientist, philosopher, and for ten years chief minister of state at Weimar - his works were a primary source of inspiration in music, drama, poetry, and philosophy), display comprising 1818 signed hand-written letter (some tone spots, with CoA from "Goethe National Museum, Weimar), window mounted with superb engraving, framed and glazed, overall 50x41cm. | $3,000 - $4,000
sold for $2800 | |||
| 203 | BENNY GOODMAN (1909-86, American Jazz musician of Jewish-Hungarian descent, known as "King of Swing"), signature on piece. | $100 - $120
sold for $100 | ||||
| 204 | JOHN GORTON (1911-2000, Australia's 19th Prime Minister [1968-71]), signature on letter dated 14th Oct.1969 (regarding teaching staff in high schools) on "Prime Minister, Canberra" letterhead. | $200 - $250
sold for $380 | ||||
| 205 | ) |
W.G.GRACE (English cricketer who, by his extraordinary skills, made cricket perhaps the first modern spectator sport, and who developed most of the techniques of modern batting, 1848-1915), nice signature on 1904 Post Card from W.G.Grace to Ernest Heald, with hand-written message. Together with 1906 newspaper cutting from 'The Sportsman' which mentions "Mr E.Heald...holds the unique record in having carried the pastime (Lawn Bowls) to the Phillipine Islands". | $400 - $500
(Ex Gst) sold for $300 | |||
| 206 | PC | PERCY GRAINGER (Melbourne-born pianist & composer, 1862-1961), signed real photo postcard, window mounted, framed and glazed, overall 24x35cm. | $120 - $150
sold for $140 | |||
| 207 | CARY GRANT (Hollywood actor, 1904-86), display comprising signature on piece, window mounted with photograph, framed and glazed, overall 33x43cm. | $150 - $200
sold for $300 | ||||
| 208 | SIR ALEC GUINNESS (Oscar-winning English actor who became one of the most versatile and best-loved performers of his generation, 1914-2000), superb signed photograph, window mounted, framed and glazed, overall 32x36cm. | $100 - $120
sold for $80 | ||||
| 209 | FROMENTAL HALEVY (French composer, known today largely for his opera "La Juive", 1799-1862), display comprising signature on handwritten letter, window mounted with photograph, overall 41x42cm; together with nice engraving of Halevy, window mounted, overall 22x27cm. (2 items) | $150 - $200 | ||||
| 210 | BOB HAWKE (Australia's 23rd Prime Minister), signed photograph, window mounted, framed and glazed, overall 30x42cm. | $80 - $100 | ||||
| 211 | SIR ROBERT HELPMANN (Australian dancer, actor, director and choreographer, 1909-86), signed photograph, window mounted, framed and glazed, overall 29x34cm. | $100 - $120 | ||||
| 212 | ) |
AUDREY HEPBURN (iconic Academy Award-winning actress, fashion model and humanitarian, 1929-93), nice signature "Audrey" on charming 1954 letter from Bethania Chalet, Switzerland, where she has gone to escape press and publicity hounds, "It is completely private with all the joy and luxury of a tennis court and a magnificent swimming pool within walking distance", window mounted with photograph, framed and glazed, overall 54x37cm. | $300 - $400
sold for $625 | |||
| 213 | KATHARINE HEPBURN (Hollywood actress, 1907-2003), nice signature on front cover of "Playbill" magazine depicting her, window mounted, framed and glazed, overall 36x44cm. | $120 - $150
sold for $130 | ||||
| 214 | ) |
THEODOR HERZL (1860-1904, Founder of the Zionist movement), signature "Theodor" on 1902 hand-written letter on "Erez Israel, Bureau des Zionisten-Congresses" letterhead. | $400 - $500
sold for $750 | |||
| 215 | ) |
HANS HEYSEN (Australian Painter, 1877-1968), display comprising signed hand-written letter, window mounted with photograph of the artist, and picture of his paintings, framed and glazed, overall 48x47cm. | $300 - $400
sold for $225 | |||
| 216 | SIR EDMUND HILLARY (NZ mountaineer & explorer, he and Tenzing Norgay were the first men to reach the summit of Mount Everest in 1953), signed picture, window mounted, framed and glazed, overall 33x38cm. | $100 - $120
sold for $300 | ||||
| 217 | ) |
PC | PAUL VON HINDENBERG (1847-1934, German Field Marshal and statesman, President of Germany from 1925-34), signature on postcard. | $400 - $500
sold for $300 | ||
| 218 | ) |
BERT HINKLER (1892-1933, pioneer Australian aviator, in 1928 he flew the first solo flight between England and Australia, in 1933 he made the first solo flight across the South Atlantic, and died on January 7, 1933, crashing in the Italian alps while attempting another solo flight from England to Australia), display comprising signature "Bert" on reverse of postcard, window mounted with photograph, framed and glazed, overall 32x58cm. | $250 - $300
sold for $190 | |||
| 219 | ) |
ALFRED HITCHCOCK ( British film director and producer, a master of the suspense thriller genre, 1899-1980), display comprising signature on piece, window mounted with photograph, framed and glazed, overall 28x40cm. | $250 - $300
sold for $320 | |||
| 220 | ) |
ADOLF HITLER (1889-1945, leader of Nazi Germany, the most infamous man of the 20th Century), bold signature on margin of large photogravure print of Hitler, published by Hch Hoffmann in Munich, framed and glazed, overall 55x71cm. Print with vertical scratch that hardly detracts, signature fine. | $4,000 - $6,000
sold for $5750 | |||
| 221 | ) |
SIR JACK HOBBS (English cricketer, generally regarded as the greatest English batsman of all time, 1882-1963), superb signed photograph, postcard-size 8x13cm. [Jack Hobbs played 61 Tests 1907-30]. | $250 - $300
(Ex Gst) sold for $200 | |||
| 222 | BOB HOPE (famous British-American entertainer, 1903-2003), signed photograph, window mounted, framed and glazed, overall 19x23cm. | $100 - $120
sold for $90 | ||||
| 223 | BOB HOPE & DOROTHY LAMOUR, both signatures on photograph, window mounted, framed and glazed, overall 36x32cm. | $120 - $150
sold for $110 | ||||
| 224 | ) |
SIR CHARLES HOTHAM (1806-55, 2nd Governor of Victoria), signature on 1854 "Victoria, Land Purchase" document for land at Mornington, with seal of Colony of Victoria, overall 45x34cm. | $300 - $400 | |||
| 225 | JOHN HOWARD (Australia's 25th Prime Minister), display comprising signature on piece, window mounted with photograph, framed and glazed, overall 60x41cm. | $80 - $100 | ||||