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THE NEW AVENGERS: Patrick Macnee (1922-2015) British-American actor, remembered for his role as secret agent John Steed in the British espionage television series The Avengers (1961-69) and The New Avengers (1976-77). Signed and inscribed 7.5 x 9.5 photograph of the actor standing outdoors in a full-length pose close to the entrance of a building. Photograph by ABC Television and bearing their credit stamp to the verso. Signed by Macnee in black ink to a light area at the base of the image; Joanna Lumley (1946- ) British actress who portrayed Purdey in The New Avengers. Signed 10 x 8 photograph of Lumley seated in a glamorous full-length pose wearing black stockings and suspenders. Signed with her name alone to a lighter area of the background; Gareth Hunt (1942-2007) British actor who portrayed Mike Gambit in The New Avengers. Signed 7 x 9.5 photograph of Hunt in a close-up head and shoulders pose. Signed in blue fountain pen ink with his name alone to a light area at the base of the image; together with Linda Thorson (1947- ) Canadian actress who portrayed Tara King in The Avengers. Signed 8 x 10 photograph of Thorson in a half-length pose holding a revolver in one hand. Signed by the actress in blue fountain pen ink to a light area at the head of the image. VG to EX, 4

HELFGOTT DAVID: (1947- ) Australian concert pianist whose life inspired the Academy Award-winning film Shine (1996) starring Geoffrey Rush. Signed 8 x 10 photograph of Helfgott seated in a three-quarter length pose playing a piano. Signed in black ink to a lighter area at the centre of the image with his name alone. EX

GUINNESS ALEC: (1914-2000) English actor, Academy Award winner. Signed 10 x 8 photograph, the original vintage Columbia Pictures film still showing Guinness standing in a half-length pose, in costume as the Roman Catholic priest and amateur detective Father Brown, in a pulpit from the British mystery comedy film Father Brown (1954). Signed by Guinness in dark fountain pen ink with his name alone to a lighter area of the image. One small tear to the upper white border and a few light surface and corner creases, otherwise VG

HILLARY EDMUND: (1919-2008) New Zealand mountaineer, the first man, with Tenzing Norgay, to reach the summit of Mount Everest, 1953. Signed 8 x 10 photograph of Hillary standing in a half-length pose with his arms folded. Signed (´Ed Hillary´) in blue ink with his name alone to a lighter area of the image. Together with a 4to printed copy of the Service of Thanksgiving for the Life of Sir Edmund Hillary at St. Georges´s Chapel, Windsor Castle, 2nd April 2008, signed by Margaret Thatcher (1925-2013, British Prime Minister 1979-90) to a clear area of the front cover in blue ink with her name alone. VG to EX, 2

HOPE BOB: (1903-2003) American comedian, actor and entertainer, the recipient of an Honorary Academy Award. Vintage signed and inscribed sepia 8 x 10 photograph of Hope in a semi-reclined half-length pose. Signed in bold, dark fountain pen ink across a largely lighter area of the image, ´To Ronald Samuels, "Thanks for the Memory", Bob Hope´. About EX

TAYLOR ELIZABETH: (1932-2011) British actress, Academy Award winner. Signed colour 8 x 10 photograph of Taylor standing in a half-length pose. Signed in dark ink across a lighter area at the base of the image. EX

BENNY JACK: (1894-1974) American entertainer. A good vintage signed and inscribed 8 x 10 photograph of the comedic entertainer in a head and shoulders pose in costume as Bill Fuller from the American comedy film George Washington Slept Here (1942). Signed by Benny in blue fountain pen ink across a lighter area of the image. A few slight surface and corner creases, about VG

FISHBURNE LAURENCE: (1961- ) American actor. Signed 8 x 10 photograph of Fishburne standing in a half-length pose in costume from one of his better known roles as Jason ´Furious´ Styles Jr. from the American coming-of-age hood crime drama film Boyz n the Hood (1991). Signed (´Larry Fishburne´) by the actor in black fountain pen ink with his name alone to a largely lighter area of the image. EX

GISH LILLIAN: (1893-1993) American actress, the recipient of an Honorary Academy Award. Vintage signed and inscribed 8 x 10 photograph of the actress seated in an elegant, smiling head and shoulders pose. Signed in blue ink to the image, across a largely lighter area, ´To Ens. James M.Wiggins, with every good wish, Lillian Gish´. EX

CHEVALIER MAURICE: (1888-1972) French actor, singer and entertainer, the recipeint of an Honorary Academy Award. Vintage signed sepia 7.5 x 9.5 photograph of Chevalier standing at the foot of a staircase on the outer deck of a cruise ship. Signed (´Bonne chance, Maurice Chevalier´) in blue fountain pen ink to a lighter area at the base of the image. VG

SINATRA NANCY: (1940- ) American singer, songwriter and actress, daughter of Frank Sinatra. Signed 7 x 9.5 photograph of Sinatra standing in an appealing half-length pose. Signed in bold blue ink with her name alone to a largely lighter area of the image. EX

[ALBUM AMICORUM] - [GALLAND JEAN-PAUL]: (1913-1991) Swiss politician who served as State Chancellor of the Canton of Geneva 1961-78, and later as Honorary Chancellor 1978-91. The dark green leather bound 4to Guest Book of Galland containing an exceptional and diverse selection of over 150 signatures, letters and signed photographs etc., including (in order of appearance within the volume) Bernard Law Montgomery (1887-1976) British Field Marshal of World War II- A.L.S., Montgomery of Alamein, one page, small 4to, Palace Hotel, Murren, 7th January 1953, to Galland, on the printed stationery of the Deputy Supreme Commander, Allied Powers Europe. Montgomery returns a photograph which he has signed, and thanks Galland for having met him in Geneva, adding that he will return to the city on 15th February ´on which day I will leave your airport in my aeroplane at 1200 hrs for Paris´, together with a vintage signed 5 x 7 photograph of Montgomery standing in a full-length pose close to some aircraft steps and alongside several other individuals. Signed (´Montgomery of Alamein, Field Marshal´) in bold turquoise fountain pen ink to a light area at the head of the image and dated 22nd January 1953 in his hand; Felix Bloch (1905-1983) Swiss-American physicist, Nobel Prize winner for Physics, 1952 & Pierre Micheli (1905-1989) Swiss diplomat who served as Ambassador to France 1956-61 (with a third signature on a page featuring a photograph of the signing of the agreements of the European Organisation for Nuclear Research [CERN] on 11th June 1955), Anthony Eden (1897-1977) British Prime Minister 1955-57, Harold Macmillan (1894-1986) British Prime Minister 1957-63. A loosely inserted T.L.S., Harold Macmillan, with holograph salutation and subscription, one page, 4to, London, 29th July 1955, to Galland, on the printed stationery of the Foreign Office, thanking him for the assistance he provided during ´the stay of the United Kingdom Delegation in Geneva for the Four Power Conference´, accompanied by the original envelope (laid down); Edgar Faure (1908-1988) French Prime Minister 1952, 1955-56. Vintage signed 5 x 7 photograph of Faure seated in a half-length pose at his desk. Signed in blue ink with his name alone to a lighter area at the base of the image; Konrad Adenauer (1876-1967) German statesman who served as the first Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany) from 1949-63, blue fountain pen ink signature (´Adenauer´) and date, 1955, in his hand, with a 4 x 6 photograph neatly affixed to the page above the signature; Niels Bohr (1885-1962) Danish physicist, Nobel Prize winner for Physics, 1922, John Cockcroft (1897-1967) British physicist, Nobel Prize winner for Physics 1951 in recognition of splitting the atomic nucleus, Isidor Isaac Rabi (1898-1988) American physicist, Nobel Prize winner for Physics, 1944, Ralph Bunche (1904-1971) American political scientist & diplomat, Nobel Peace Prize winner, 1950, Lewis Strauss (1896-1974) American government official, one of the original members of the United States Atomic Energy Commission, and the signatures of five other individuals together on one page, all being delegates at the Conference Internationale sur l´Utilisation de l´Energie Atomique a des fins Pacifiques in Geneva, August 1955; Ilya Ehrenburg (1891-1967) Soviet writer, revolutionary and historian, Maxime Leroy (1873-1957) French jurist and social historian, and the signatures of a number of individuals present at an international meeting in Geneva, September 1955; Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962) American diplomat, First Lady of the United States 1933-45 as wife of Franklin D. Roosevelt (signed to a page alongside various other individuals on the occasion of Roosevelt being awarded the inaugural Nansen Refugee Medal in Geneva, September 1955; also featuring several unsigned photographs of Roosevelt at the time, being greeted by different men); John Foster Dulles (1888-1959) American politician who served as Secretary of State 1953-59; Antoine Pinay (1891-1994) French Prime Minister 1952-53; Joseph Paul-Boncour (1873-1972) French Prime Minister 1932-33; Lai-iad Phibunsongkhram (1903-1964) Wife of Thai Field Marshal and Prime Minister Plaek Phibunsongkhram; Dag Hammarskjold (1905-1961) Swedish economist and diplomat who served as Secretary-General of the United Nations 1953-61, posthumously awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1961; Norodom Sihanouk (1922-2012) King of Cambodia 1941-55, 1993-2004 & Chen Yi (1901-1972) Chinese communist military commander and politician who served as Foreign Minister of China 1958-72 and is one of ten Marshals of the People´s Republic of China (the two signatures together on one page); Mohammad Reza Pahlavi (1919-1980) Shah of the Imperial State of Iran 1941-79 & Farah Pahlavi (1938- ) Queen and Empress of Iran 1959-79 (the two signatures together on one page above and opposite photographs recording their visit to Geneva on 10th October 1961); Baudouin of Belgium (1930-1993) King of the Belgians 1951-93 (signed on the occasion of his visit to Geneva on 24th May 1962 and accompanied by a photograph of him being greeted at the airport); U Thant (1909-1974) Burmese diplomat who served as Secretary-General of the United Nations 1961-71, Maurice Pate (1894-1965) American humanitarian who served as the first executive director of the United Nations Children´s Fund (UNICEF) 1947-65; Cardinal Augustin Bea (1881-1968) German Jesuit priest who served as the first President of the Secretariat for Promoting Christian Unity 1960-68; Cardinal Charles Journet (1891-1975) Swiss Roman Catholic theologian, the first Swiss to be named a cardinal; Haile Selassie I (1892-1975) Ethiopian Regent Plenipotentiary 1916-30 and Emperor 1930-74 (a fine, bold fountain pen ink example, dated 1965 in his hand, on the occasion of his visit to Geneva on the 35th anniversary of his reign, November 1965, above a formal 4 x 5.5 photograph); Prince Philip (1921-2021) Duke of Edinburgh, Consort of Queen Elizabeth II 1952-2021, dated 17th November 1965 in his hand; Athenagoras I of Constantinople (1886-1972) Greek Orthodox Archbishop of North and South America 1930-48 and Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople 1948-72; Habib Bourguiba (1903-2000) Tunisian statesman who served as Prime Minister of Tunisia 1956-57 and as President of Tunisia 1957-87; Olav V (1903-1991) King of Norway 1957-91 (signed on the occasion of his visit to Geneva on 4th April 1968 and accompanied by several photographs of the event); Hussein bin Talal (1935-1999) King of Jordan 1952-99 (a fine example of his signature above a photograph depicting the King being greeted upon his arrival at Geneva airport on 22nd May 1968); Willy Brandt (1913-1992) German politician and statesman who served as Chancellor of West Germany 1969-74, Nobel Peace Prize winner 1971; OWING TO LIMITATIONS IMPOSED BY THE SALEROOM THE COMPLETE DESCRIPTION FOR THIS LOT CAN NOT BE DISPLAYED - PLEASE CONTACT IAA EUROPE DIRECTLY FOR FURTHER INFORMATION. 

STERN ISAAC: (1920-2001) American violinist. Vintage signed and inscribed 10 x 8 photograph of Stern standing in a half-length pose playing his violin. Signed in bold black ink to a lighter area of the background and dated 1962 in his hand. Some light surface and corner creasing, G

GAYNOR JANET: (1906-1984) American actress, the first Academy Award winner for Best Actress in 1927/28 for her roles as Diana in Seventh Heaven, Angela in Street Angel and Indre in Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans. Vintage signed sepia 8 x 10 photograph of Gaynor in a happy half-length pose. Signed in blue ink to a lighter area of the background. About EX

NICHOLSON JACK: (1937- ) American actor, Academy Award winner. Signed colour 10 x 8 photograph of Nicholson in a dramatic head and shoulders pose in costume as Jack Torrance from the psychological horror film The Shining (1980) directed by Stanley Kubrick, and regarded as one of the best horror movies of all time. Signed by Nicholson in bold blue ink with his name alone to a lighter area of the image. EX

VELEZ LUPE: (1908-1944) Mexican actress. Vintage signed and inscribed sepia 8 x 10 photograph of The Mexican Spitfire in a head and shoulders pose wearing an elaborate headdress. Signed in dark fountain pen ink to the base of the image, her signature running across a lighter area. With an A.N.S. with her initials L.V. to the verso, in full, ´Sorry I do not have larger photo. I am not collecting dolls now´. About EX

FINCH PETER: (1912-1977) English-born Australian actor, posthumous Academy Award winner for Best Actor in 1976 for his role as Howard Beale in Network. Vintage signed 7.5 x 9 photograph of Finch standing in a a half-length pose wearing a dark suit and tie. Signed in blue ink with his name alone to a lighter area of the image. A pencil annotation in the hand of a collector to the verso indicates that the signature was obtained in person on 16th July 1967. VG

CAGNEY JAMES: (1899-1986) American actor, Academy Award winner. An excellent vintage signed and inscribed sepia 8 x 10 photograph of Cagney in a captivating head and shoulders pose. Signed in bold, dark fountain pen ink across a lighter area of the image, ´For Rudy and Su Ruotolo, Best o´ luck, J. Cagney´. About EX

FRANKLIN ARETHA: (1942-2018) American singer and songwriter. Signed colour 8 x 10 photograph of the ´Queen of Soul´ in a head and shoulders pose gently resting her chin on her raised hands. Signed in bold blue ink, with her first name, to a lighter area at the base of the image. EX

DENEUVE CATHERINE: (1943- ) French actress. A good signed 7 x 9.5 photograph of the blonde actress in a half-length pose in costume as Carole Ledoux from the British psychological horror thriller film Repulsion (1965) directed by Roman Polanski. Signed by Deneuve in bold black fountain pen ink with her name alone to a lighter area of the image. EX

PLEASENCE DONALD: (1919-1995) English actor, remembered for his portrayal of villain Ernst Stavro Blofeld in the James Bond film You Only Live Twice (1967). A good signed 8 x 10 photograph of the actor in a head and shoulders pose in costume as George from the British black comedy psychological thriller film Cul-de-sac (1966) directed by Roman Polanski. Signed by the actor in bold, dark fountain pen ink with his name alone to the left white border. Together with Angela Pleasence (1941- ) English actress, daughter of Donald Pleasence. Signed 8 x 10 photograph of the actress in a close-up head and shoulders pose. Signed in bold, dark fountain pen ink across a largely lighter area of the image. VG, 2

VAN FLEET JO: (1915-1996) American actress, Academy Award winner. A good vintage signed and inscribed 8 x 10 photograph of the actress in a head and shoulders pose with one hand gently raised to the side of her face. Signed in black fountain pen ink to a largely lighter area at the base of the image. VG

BRETT JEREMY: (1933-1995) English actor, famous for his portrayal of the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes. A good signed 10 x 8 photograph of Brett standing in a three-quarter length pose, in costume as Sherlock Holmes, with the Thames River in the background, from a Granada Television film adaptation of The Sign of Four, broadcast on British television on 29th December 1987 in celebration of the centenary of Arthur Conan Doyle´s creation of Sherlock Holmes. Signed by Brett in bold blue fountain pen ink with his name alone to a lighter area of the image. VG

GRIER PAM: (1949- ) American actress. Signed 8 x 10 photograph of Grier in a head and shoulders pose wearing a denim jacket and holding various papers and files in her arms. Signed in black ink to a lighter area of the image, also adding a love heart in her hand beneath her signature. VG

BALLET: A good selection of signed 8 x 10 photographs and very slightly smaller (1) by various ballet dancers comprising Alicia Markova (2), Lynn Seymour, Wayne Sleep, Wayne Eagling, Anthony Dowell, Ninette de Valois. Christopher Gable (alongside Twiggy in a scene from The Boyfriend), and Beryl Grey (vintage example; the photograph by Anthony of London and bearing his credit stamp to the verso). Many of the images depict the subjects in dance poses. The majority are boldly signed, six in fountain pen inks, largely to lighter areas of the images, and only one is inscribed. Generally VG, 9

SHEARER NORMA: (1902-1983) Canadian-born American actress, Academy Award winner. Vintage signed and inscribed 8 x 10 photograph of Shearer in an appealing head and shoulders pose gently resting her chin on her hands. Signed in her typically neat hand to a lighter area at the base of the image and dated 30th September 1956. A few very light surface and corner creases, otherwise VG

HAWKINS JACK: (1910-1973) English actor. Vintage signed and inscribed 10 x 8 photograph of the actor in a half-length pose, seated at his desk as he speaks on the telephone, and with a lit cigarette in one hand, in costume as Superintendent Tom Halliday from the British film noir police procedural crime film The Long Arm (1956; credited with the American film title The Third Key to the lower border). Signed by Hawkins in blue fountain pen ink to a lighter area of the image. A few very light, extremely minor surface and corner creases, otherwise about VG

BRINKLEY CHRISTIE: (1954- ) American model and actress. Signed colour 8 x 10 photograph of Brinkley in a smiling head and shoulders pose. Signed in bold blue ink to a lighter area at the base of the image. EX

READING BERTICE: (1933-1991) American singer, actress and revue artiste. A scarce vintage signed 7.5 x 9.25 photograph of Reading in a head and shoulders pose. Signed by the entertainer in blue fountain pen ink with her name alone to a lighter area at the base of the image. VG

CHEVALIER MAURICE: (1888-1972) French actor, singer and entertainer, the recipient of an Honorary Academy Award. Vintage signed sepia 10 x 13 photograph of Chevalier in a head and shoulders pose wearing a military uniform in costume as Captain Danilo from the film adaptation of the operetta The Merry Widow (1934). Photograph by Clarence Sinclair Bull and bearing his blind embossed stamp to the lower right corner and a further credit stamp to the verso. Signed by Chevalier in dark fountain pen ink across a lighter area at the base of the image. VG

RUSH BARBARA: (1927-2024) American actress, remembered for her role in the American science fiction film It Came from Outer Space (1953) and for her performances in the television series Peyton Place. A good signed and inscribed 8 x 10 photograph, the original vintage Paramount Pictures publicity portrait dating from 1952 and depicting the young actress in a head and shoulders pose. Signed in bold blue fountain pen ink across a largely lighter area of the image. VG

BANKHEAD TALLULAH: (1902-1968) American actress. Vintage signed 8 x 10 photograph, the slightly out-of-focus candid image showing Bankhead in a half-length pose wearing a dark fur coat and with a cigarette in one hand. Signed in black fountain pen ink with her name alone to a lighter area of the image. An ink annotation in the hand of a collector to the verso indicates that the signature was obtained in person on 26th October 1942. VGAt the time of signing the present photograph Bankhead was performing in the original stage production of The Skin of Our Teeth which had opened at the Shubert Theatre in New Haven, Connecticut, on 15th October 1942, before moving to Broadway´s Plymouth Theatre on 18th November. For her performance as Sabina, Bankhead won the Variety Award for Best Actress as well as the New York Drama Critics Award for Best Actress of the Year.

COCO JAMES: (1930-1987) American actor. A scarce signed 8 x 10 photograph of Coco in a head and shoulders pose in costume as the aging silent movie comedy actor Jolly Grimm from the American comedy-drama film The Wild Party (1975). Signed by Coco in bold blue ink with his name alone to a lighter area of the image. A pencil note in the hand of a collector to the verso indicates that the signature was obtained in person following Coco´s stage appearance in Monsters on 29th April 1977 (at the Astor Place Theatre, New York). Autographs of Coco are scarce as a result of his untimely death at the age of 56. About EX

CURRY TIM: (1946- ) British actor and singer. Signed 8 x 10 photograph of Curry in a head and shoulders pose in costume from his most famous role as the transvestite scientist Dr. Frank-N-Furter from the musical comedy horror film The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975). Signed by the actor in blue fountain pen ink with his name alone to a lighter area of the image. EX

ACTORS: Selection of signed 8 x 10 photographs by various film actors comprising Elisha Cook Jr., Fritz Feld, Lew Ayres, Ralph Bellamy, Milton Berle, Tony Martin, Troy Donahue, Peter Graves, Tony Curtis, and Glenn Ford. The majority are boldly signed to lighter areas of the images, and none are inscribed. VG to EX, 10

COPPOLA FRANCIS FORD: (1939- ) American film director, Academy Award winner. Signed colour 8 x 10 photograph of the director in a close-up head and shoulders pose. Signed in blue ink with his name alone across a largely lighter area at the base of the image. Together with Sofia Coppola (1971- ) American film director and actress, Academy Award winner. Signed colour 8 x 10 photograph of Coppola seated on a sofa in a relaxed half-length pose. Signed in black ink with her name alone to the base of the image. A printed label neatly affixed to the verso indicates that the signature was obtained in person following a special screening of Coppola´s Southern Gothic thriller film The Beguiled (2017) at the Picturehouse Central cinema in London on 28th June 2017. VG to EX, 2

HAYWORTH RITA: (1918-1987) American actress. Vintage signed and inscribed 6.5 x 8.5 photograph of Hayworth seated outdoors in a three-quarter length pose with a lake in the background. Signed in blue fountain pen ink to a largely lighter area at the head of the image. Two small traces of former mounting to the upper corners of the verso, VGProvenance: The present photograph was signed for Carlo Giovetti (1916-1999) Italian journalist in the film and entertainment sector who worked for various newspapers including Il Giorno.

SCHWARZENEGGER ARNOLD: (1947- ) Austrian-American actor, a former politician and bodybuilder who was a seven-time Mr. Olympia winner and four-time Mr. Universe winner. Signed 10 x 8 photograph of the young Schwarzenegger seated in a half-length pose, the photograph issued as a promotional portrait for the American docudrama Pumping Iron (1977) about the world of professional bodybuilding. Signed by Schwarzenegger with his name alone, and with a good example of his signature, in bold blue fountain pen ink to a largely lighter area at the head of the image. About EX

AFFLECK BEN: (1972- ) American actor and film director, Academy Award winner. Signed colour 8 x 10 photograph of the young actor seated in a three-quarter length pose. Signed in bold blue ink with his name alone to a largely lighter area of the image, and with a more complete and legible signature than is usually encountered. VG

WELCH RAQUEL: (1940-2023) American actress. Signed and inscribed 8 x 10 photograph of the actress in a half-length pose, with a pair of roller skates hanging over one shoulder, in costume as K. C. Carr from the American sports drama film Kansas City Bomber (1972). Signed by Welch in bold, dark fountain pen ink across a largely lighter area at the centre of the image. EX

MANNERS DAVID: (1900-1998) Canadian-American actor, remembered for his portrayal of the English solicitor John Harker in the classic horror film Dracula (1931) which starred Bela Lugosi in the title role. Signed 8 x 10 photograph of Manners in a head and shoulders pose. Signed in bold black fountain pen ink with his name alone across a lighter area at the base of the image. About EX

DOUGLAS MELVYN: (1901-1981) American actor, Academy Award winner for Best Supporting Actor in 1963 for his role as Homer Bannon in Hud and again in 1979 for his role as Benjamin Turnbull Rand in Being There. A good vintage signed and inscribed sepia 8 x 10 photograph of the young actor in a profile head and shoulders pose. Signed in dark fountain pen ink across a lighter area of the image. One very slight, extremely minor crease to the upper left corner of the border, otherwise about EX

LEIGH VIVIEN: (1913-1967) English actress, Academy Award winner. Vintage signed 4.5 x 6.5 photograph of the actress in a head and shoulders pose wearing a dark hat. Photograph by Angus McBean (uncredited, the original image taken in 1938). Signed in blue fountain pen ink with her name alone to a lighter area at the head of the image. VGAngus McBean (1904-1990) Welsh photographer, set designer and cult figure associated with surrealism.

ANOTHER COUNTRY: Signed 8 x 10 photograph by both Rupert Everett (Guy Bennett) and Anna Massey (Imogen Bennett) individually, the image depicting them standing outdoors in three.quarter length profile poses opposite each other, the actress leaning forwards to kiss her on-screen son, from the British romantic historical drama film Another Country (1984). Signed by both in blue fountain pen inks, Everett with his name only, to largely lighter areas at the base of the image. EX

DEL RIO DOLORES: (1904-1983) Mexican actress. Signed 8 x 10 photograph of the actress in an appealing head and shoulders pose in costume as Madame Du Barry from the American historical film Madame Du Barry (1934). Signed by Del Rio in bold blue ink across a lighter area of the image and dated 1981 in her hand. VG

ACTORS: Selection of signed colour 8 x 10 photographs by various film and television actors including Grant Bowler, Matthew Fox, Danny Pardo, Kirk Bovill, Scott Baio, Dominic West, Josef Altin, Swen Temmel, Cole Doman, Tobias Menzies, Topher Grace, Adam Brody etc. All are boldly signed, mainly to lighter areas of the images, and none are inscribed. VG to EX, 15

MARTIN STEVE: (1945- ) American actor and comedian, the recipient of an Honorary Academy Award. A scarce signed and inscribed 10 x 8 photograph of Martin in a half-length pose, in costume as Arthur Parker, standing alongside a gramophone, from the American musical romantic drama film Pennies from Heaven (1981). Signed by Martin in bold blue fountain pen ink to a largely lighter area of the image. Authentic signed photographs of the actor are scarce as most that are encountered are signed by secretaries on his behalf. EX

LINDFORS VIVECA: (1920-1995) Swedish-born American actress. Vintage signed 8 x 10 photograph, the Columbia Pictures Corp. publicity portrait dating from 1950 and depicting the actress in a head and shoulders pose. Signed by Lindfors in blue fountain pen ink to a lighter area of the image. VG

BERIO LUCIANO: (1925-2003) Italian composer. Signed 5 x 7 photograph of the composer in a close.up head and shoulders pose. Signed by Berio in black ink with his name alone to a lighter area at the base of the image. EX

MURAD NADIA: (1993- ) Iraqi-born Yazidi human rights activist, Nobel Peace prize winner, 2018. Signed colour 8 x 10 photograph of Murad in a head and shoulders pose. Signed in black ink to a lighter area of the image. A pencil annotation in the hand of a collector to the verso indicates that the signature was obtained in person at the Hotel Sacher in Vienna following Murad´s appearance at the 4Gamechangers Festival held at the Marx Halle on 17th May 2023. EX

LOREN SOPHIA: (1934- ) Italian actress, Academy Award winner. Signed 8 x 10 photograph of the attractive actress in an appealing head and shoulders pose. Signed in black ink with her name alone to a lighter area at the head of the image. EX

VISCONTI LUCHINO: (1906-1976) Italian filmmaker, opera and theatre director, considered one of the fathers of cinematic neorealism. Signed 5 x 3.5 photograph of the director seated in a three-quarter length pose at a table and with a cigarette in one hand. Signed in bold red ink to a largely lighter area at the head of the image and dated Vienna, 1969 in his hand. Scarce. EX

REEVE CHRISTOPHER: (1952-2004) American actor, remembered for playing the title character in the superhero film Superman (1978) and three sequels. A good signed 6.75 x 9.5 photograph (as issued) of the actor in a half length pose, holding a small gun in one hand, in costume as Clifford Anderson from the American black comedy suspense film Deathtrap (1982). Signed by Reeve in bold, dark fountain pen ink with his name alone to a lighter area at the base of the image. About EX

RICHARD CLIFF: (1940- ) British singer and actor. Signed 8 x 10 photograph of the handsome young singer in a close-up head and shoulders study. Signed in bold blue fountain pen ink with his name alone to a lighter area of the image. Together with a multipe signed 8 x 10 photograph by three members of the English instrumental rock group The Shadows, who performed as the backing band for Cliff Richard from 1958-68, comprising Hank Marvin, Bruce Welch and Brian Bennett, the Polydor Records promotional image depicting the three musicians together in three-quarter length poses. Signed by each in bold black fountain pen inks with their names alone to clear areas. VG to EX, 2

THE SOUND OF MUSIC: A multiple signed colour 8 x 10 photograph by the seven actors and actresses who portrayed the children of Georg von Trapp in the American musical drama film The Sound of Music (1965) comprising Charmian Carr (Liesl von Trapp), Nicholas Hammond (Friedrich von Trapp), Heather Menzies (Luisa von Trapp), Duane Chase (Kurt von Trapp), Angela Cartwright (Brigitta von Trapp), Debbie Turner (Marta von Trapp), and Kym Karath (Gretl von Trapp), the stylised image depicting Julie Andrews, in costume as Maria von Trapp, leading the children across an alpine meadow and with the film title at the head of the image. Signed by all seven in blue inks with their names alone, largely to lighter areas of the image. Together with Anna Lee (1913-2004) British actress. Signed 10 x 8 photograph of Lee in a head and shoulders pose wearing a nun´s habit in costume as Sister Margaretta from The Sound of Music. Signed by the actress in blue fountain pen ink to the image. Some light, minor creasing to the edges of Lee´s photograph, otherwise VG to EX, 2

RUSSIAN COSMONAUTS: An excellent set of twelve vintage signed colour postcard photographs by each of the first eleven Russian cosmonauts in space comprising Yuri Gagarin (1934-1968; the first human to journey into outer space, travelling on Vostok 1, 12th April 1961, the image depicting him in a head and shoulders pose wearing his uniform and medals), Gherman Titov (1935-2000; Vostok 2, 6th – 7th August 1961, the image depicting him in a head and shoulders pose wearing his uniform and medals), Andriyan Nikolayev (1929-2004; Vostok 3, 11th – 15th August 1962, the image depicting him in a head and shoulders pose wearing his uniform and medals), Pavel Popovich (1930-2009; Vostok 4, 12th -15th August 1962, the image depicting him in a head and shoulders pose wearing his uniform and medals), Valery Bykovsky (1934-2019; Vostok 5, 14th – 19th June 1963, the image depicting him in a head and shoulders pose wearing his uniform and medals), Valentina Tereshkova (1937- , the first woman ever to fly in space, travelling on Vostok 6, 16th – 19th June 1963, the image depicting her in a head and shoulders pose wearing two medals), Konstantin Feoktistov (1926-2009; Voskhod 1, 12th October 1964, the image depicting him in a head and shoulders pose wearing a suit and two medals, accompanied by his fellow Voskhod 1 crew members), Vladimir Komarov (1927-1967; Voskhod 1, 12th October 1964, the image depicting him in a head and shoulders pose wearing his uniform and medals), a second signed postcard photograph by Konstantin Feoktistov (the image depicting him in a head and shoulders pose wearing a suit and two medals), Boris Yegorov (1937-1994; Voskhod 1, 12th October 1964, the image depicting him in a head and shoulders pose wearing a suit and two medals), Pavel Belyayev (1925-1970; Voskhod 2, 18th March 1965, the image depicting him in a head and shoulders pose wearing his uniform and medals) and Alexei Leonov (1934-2019; the first person to conduct a spacewalk, Voskhod 2, 18th March 1965, the image depicting him in a head and shoulders pose wearing his uniform and medals). Each of the photographs are signed by the cosmonauts in blue, red or black inks with their names alone, largely to lighter areas of the images. Komarov´s signature is a little light in places. All of the postcard photographs are bound together in the original presentation booklet with decorative paper wrappers, and one additional unsigned postcard photograph is included in the set, the image depicting Belyayev and Leonov seated together in half-length poses and engaged in conversation as they review some documents on the table before them. It is unusual to find such sets of postcards in their original bound form as the majority of similar signed postcard photographs which are encountered today have been separated from the booklets at their perforated edges. VG

SILVERS PHIL: (1911-1985) American comedy actor and entertainer, remembered for his portrayal of Master Sergeant Ernie Bilko in the American television sitcom The Phil Silvers Show (1955-59). Signed and inscribed 8 x 10 photograph of Silvers standing in a characteristic half-length pose in costume from his most famous role as Bilko. Signed by the actor in later years, and with a slightly spidery signature, in green ink to a largely lighter area of the image. VG

ALFIE: Shelley Winters (1920-2006) American actress, Academy Award winner. A good signed 8 x 10 photograph of Winters in a head and shoulders pose in costume as Ruby from the classic British comedy-drama film Alfie (1966). Signed by the actress in bold black fountain pen ink with her name alone to a lighter area of the image; Michael Caine (1933- ) English actor, Academy Award winner. Caine starred in Alfie in the role of the narcissistic, womanising Cockney chauffeur Alfie Elkins. Signed 8 x 10 photograph of Caine in a head and shoulders pose. Signed in black ink with his name alone to the base of the image. VG to EX, 2

BARA THEDA: (1885-1955) American silent film actress. A good, large signed and inscribed 9.5 x 13.5 photograph of Bara standing in a three-quarter length pose. Signed in dark fountain pen ink across a largely lighter area at the base of the image, ´To Mrs. Claude Beddington, Salutations & Greetings from Theda Bara´, and dated 1943 in her hand. Neatly mounted to a slightly larger card backing and with a caption to the lower mount. About VGFrances Ethel Homan-Mulock (1879-1963) Wife of Colonel Claude Beddington from 1900 who published her memoirs, All that I Met in 1929.

RITTER TEX: (1905-1974) American singer and actor, a pioneer of American country music. Signed and inscribed colour 8 x 10 photograph, the light cardstock Capitol Records promotional portrait for Ritter and the Grand Ole Opry depicting the singer in a smiling half-length pose. Signed in black ink across a largely lighter area of the background and dated 1973 in his hand. About EX