Autograph Letters, Manuscripts & Historical Documents
By International Autograph Auctions
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Mar 16, 2023
Urbanizacion El Real del Campanario. E-12, Bajo B 29688 Estepona (Malaga). SPAIN, Spain
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LOT 1240:
FAMOUS MEN & WOMEN:
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Sold for: €400
Start price:
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200
Estimated price :
€200 - €300
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FAMOUS MEN & WOMEN:
FAMOUS MEN & WOMEN: A good, miscellaneous selection of signed cards, T.Ls.S. (4), Ds.S. (2), signed colour 8 x 10 photograph (1) etc., by a variety of famous men and women comprising George M. Cohan (ink signature on a small 12mo card, 'Yankee Doodlefully. Geo. M. Cohan'), James Cagney, Joan Crawford (thanking her correspondent for their birthday card and briefly referring to her film work, 'I love working so hard and making three pictures in a row is wonderful', April 1955), Marlene Dietrich (explaining that her daughter's handbag, containing a Visa credit card in Dietrich's name, had been stolen and complaining about the lack of service received from Visa, 'The only explanation I have is that there are so many addresses for the Visa credit card that their right hand doesn't know what the left hand is doing', 23rd April 1987), Irving Berlin (signed short snorter, also bearing several other signatures including that of actor John Garfield), Ann-Margret (8 x 10), Duke of Wellington (signed Free Front envelope panel with his initial W), Eleanor Roosevelt (signed with initials), William O. Douglas, Richard Byrd (signed cheque, 1932) and William 'Boss' Tweed (D.S., 1869). Some of the letters are accompanied by their original envelopes. A few minor faults, generally VG, 11
