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Click here to subscribeTakashi Murakami (b.1962)Beyond the DimensionsOffset lithograph printed in colours with cold stamp and high gloss varnishing, 2022, signed in silver marker, numbered from the edition of 300, published by Kaikai Kiki Co. Ltd., Tokyo, on wove paper, the full sheet printed to the edge, sheet diameter 710mm (28in)
Takashi Murakami (b.1962)Inside the Rainbow's HeartOffset lithograph printed in colours with cold stamp and high gloss varnishing, 2022, signed in silver marker, numbered from the edition of 300, published by Kaikai Kiki Co. Ltd., Tokyo, on wove paper, the full sheet printed to the edge, sheet diameter 710mm (28in)
Laurence Stephen Lowry (1887-1976)Lonely HouseOffset lithograph printed in colours, 1942, signed in pencil, numbered with a stamp from the edition of 500, printed by Hind, Hoyle & Light Ltd., Manchester, published by Magnus Prints, New York, with Fine Art Trade Guild blindstamp, on wove paper, with full margins, image 265 x 500mm (10 3/8 x 19 3/4in)
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)Circus Scene with Horse's Head, Woman Dressing and Clown, from 156 Gravures (Baer 2000)Etching, 1971, with the artist's signature stamp, numbered from the edition of 50, on BFK Rives wove paper, published by Galerie Louise Leiris, Paris, with full margins, sheet 440 x 568mm (17 1/4 x 22 1/4in)
Pierre Auguste Renoir (1841-1919)Etude de Femme nue, Assise, from L'Album des douze Lithographies (Delteil 42)Lithograph, 1904, with the artist's signature stamp, from the edition of circa 1000, published by Ambroise Vollard, Paris, on wove paper, with full margins, sheet 330 x 250mm (13 x 9 ¾in)
Takashi Murakami (b.1962)Burying My Face in the Field of FlowerOffset lithograph printed in colours with cold stamp and high gloss varnishing, 2022, signed in silver marker, numbered from the edition of 300, published by Kaikai Kiki Co. Ltd., Tokyo, on wove paper, the full sheet printed to the edge, sheet diameter 710mm (28in)
Takashi Murakami (b.1962)Flowerball: Colorful, Miracle, SparkleOffset lithograph printed in colours with cold stamp and high gloss varnishing, 2022, signed in silver marker, numbered from the edition of 300, published by Kaikai Kiki Co. Ltd., Tokyo, on wove paper, the full sheet printed to the edge, sheet diameter 710mm (28in)
Alfred HrdlickaInsulin1968bronzeh. 72 cmmonogrammed and with foundry stamp: A.H. Guss A. Zöttl WienThe figure depicted is modelled on a particular experience. It is the same figure that appears in Hrdlicka's paraphrase of Rembrandt's "The Night Watch" (etching cycle "Randolectil").Michael Lewin, Alfred Hrdlicka - Das Gesamtwerk Bildhauerei. Vienna - Zurich 1987, ill. p. 178-179.Christine Wippermann (ed.), Österreich Bilder. Malerei und Grafik von 1960 bis 1995 aus der Sammlung Brunner, exhibition catalogue, Galerie Markt Bruckmühl, Bruckmühl, 20 June to 19 July 1998, ill. without p.
A collection of boxes, mostly second half, 19th century, but including a William IV locket-form vinaigrette by Thomas Shaw, Birmingham 1830, a George III silver vinaigrette with cross hatched, engine-turned decoration, (later gilded), a silver case for sovereigns and half sovereigns, Birmingham 1900, two further silver sovereign cases, Royal commemorative vesta cases, a stamp box, etc. (Quantity) £150-£200
BERNADOTTE JEAN BAPTISTE: (1763-1844) Marshal of France, Prince de Pontecorvo and King Charles XIV John of Sweden and Norway 1818-44. A very fine L.S., `J. Bernadotte´, a bold ink signature with flourish, two pages, folio, Paris, 11th September 1799, to the General Administrators of Subsistence, Stages and military Convoys, Rochefort Company, in French. The partially printed document bears a republican coat of arms to the heading, and the motto "Liberté - Egalité". Bernadotte, in his capacity as Minister of war, sends a request and warning to his correspondents, stating in parL´administration centrale du département de Rhin et Moselle, Citoyen, me mande qu´elle recueilli un grand nombre de pièces justificatives des fournitures faites par les administrations municipales de son arrondissement, à défaut de préposé aux étapes et convois militaires, mais elle se plaint du refus que font vos Inspecteurs... J´ignore, Citoyen, les motifs de ce refus, vous savez que vous avez été chargé d´assurer les Services des Etapes et Convois militaires dans les 4 nouveaux départements, dont celui de Rhin et Moselle fait partie´ (Translation: "The central administration of the department of Rhin & Moselle, Citizen, tells me that they have collected a large number of supporting documents for the supplies made by the municipal administrations of their district, in the absence of a responsible for the military stages and convoys, but they complain of the refusal made by your Inspectors... I do not know, Citizen, the reasons for such refusal, you know that you have been responsible for ensuring the Services of Military Stages and Convoys in the 4 new departments, including that of Rhin & Moselle which is part of") Further, Bernadotte wonders why such a decision has been taken contradicting orders, saying `Je ne puis donc concevoir en vertu de quel ordre vos Inspecteurs ont pu refuser de recueillir les pièces qui se trouvent entre les mains de cette administrationdépartementale....´ (Translation: "I therefore cannot understand under what order your Inspectors could have refused to collect the documents which are in the hands of this departmental administration...") With address leaf bearing an ink stamp of the Ministry. Small area of paper loss to the address leaf due to the opening of the letter. G to VG Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte was appointed Minister of war on 2nd July 1799, leading the ministry only for a short period of two and a half months until the 14th September 1799. On the morning of 13th September 1799 he found his resignation announced in Le Moniteur Universel journal before he was aware that he had tendered it.The present letter was written and signed in his capacity of Minister of war, only three days before his resignation-dismissal.
WALLER THOMAS ‘FATS’: (1904-1943) American jazz pianist. D.S., Thomas Fats Waller, one page, oblong 12mo, n.p., 25th April 1937. The partially printed document, completed and signed by Waller in pencil, is a receipt issued for two payments totalling $75 from E. Melche (?) for rent. A circular accountant's stamp only very slightly affects the signature. Very slightly irregularly torn to the left edge and with a few small staple holes to the upper left corner, about VG
WALEWSKI ALEXANDRE: (1810-1868) Alexandre Florian Colonna-Walewski. Polish and French Politician and Diplomat. Alexandre Walewski is widely recognized to be the illegitimate son of Napoleon I by his mistress Countess Marie Walewska. An interesting A.L.S., `A Walewski´, one page, 4to, 31 Dover Street, London, 1st of June 1832, to Monsieur Isidor Crespin, in French. Walewski refers to a payment he needs to grant and to his difficult financial situation, stating in part `Mon cher Monsieur Crespin, je vous envoie ci-joint un billet à l´ordre de Mr. Juteau ... je vous prie d´avoir la bonté de passer chez Mr. Juteau, d´arrêter mon compte avec lui qui me laisse débiteur de 18400 francs et qui fait avec l´intérêt jusqu´au premier janvier 1834 20000 franc. Je vous prie de dire à Mr. Juteau que de la manière dont j´ai réglé mes affaires je n´ai absolument plus aucun capital de disponible et m´est donc de toute impossibilité de lui donner en paiement autre chose que cette créance. S´il veut il peut écrire à D´Orsay pour l´assurer de l´exactitude du paiement.´ (Translation: "My dear Mr. Crespin, I am sending you herewith a note payable to Mr. Juteau... I ask you to be kind enough to call on Mr. Juteau, to close my account with him which leaves me in debt. of 18,400 francs and which makes with interest until January 1st, 1834 20,000 francs. Please tell Mr. Juteau that the way I have settled my affairs, I have absolutely no capital left and it is therefore completely impossible for me to give him anything other than this debt in payment. If he wants he can write to D’Orsay to assure him of the accuracy of the payment") With address leaf bearing few postmarks and a red wax seal in good condition. The letter bears also the the upper right front corner page a small collection ink stamp. G to VG
EISENSTEIN SERGEI: (1898-1948) Soviet film director & film theorist, a pioneer in the theory and practice of montage. A good vintage signed 6.5 x 9 photograph of Eisenstein seated in a full-length pose, holding a baby in his arms, alongside actress Martha Lapkina, on the set of the drama film The General Line, directed by Eisenstein in 1929. Signed ('S. Eisenstein') in bold red fountain pen ink to the verso, with eleven lines of additional amusing, explanatory text in his hand, in French, '"En Famille" Marthe Lapkina et moi 5 minutes avant de finir le "shooting" de la "Ligne Generale" (le bebe sur mes genoux est parvenu au monde sans aucune cooperation de ma part! - notre bebe a nous c'est la "Ligne")' (Translation: ' "With my family" Martha Lapkina and I 5 minutes before we finished shooting the "Ligne Generale" (the baby on my lap came into the world without any cooperation from me! - our baby is the "Line")' ). With the publication stamp of Vu magazine to the verso and a few ink and pencil annotations in an unidentified hand, largely notes and directions for the publication of the photograph. Rare. A few corner and surface creases, otherwise VGThe baby seen in the photograph was in fact M. Ivanin who appeared in the film as Martha's on-screen son.
FONDA HENRY: (1905-1982) American actor, Academy Award winner for Best Actor in 1981 for his role as Norman Thayer Jr. in On Golden Pond. Signed 8 x 10 photograph, the original vintage sepia Columbia Pictures publicity portrait by A. L. Whitey Schafer (and bearing his credit stamp to the verso) depicting Fonda in a profile head and shoulders pose in costume as 'Brick' Tennant from the American crime film Let Us Live (1939). Signed by Fonda in black ink with his name alone to a light area of the background. Some very light, extremely minor age wear and a few minimal surface and corner creases, largely to the borders. About VG
PIO OF PIETRELCINA: (1887-1968) Italian Priest & Mystic, famous for bearing the stigmata for most of his life, causing much controversy. Padre Pio was canonized in 2002. A very rare Autograph Letter by Padre Pio of Pietrelcina, A.L.S., `P. [adre] Pio´, to both sides of a 4 x 3 card, small writing with dense content, also written oblong to the verso left border, San Giovanni Rotondo, 8th January 1922, to a young woman, in Italian. Bearing to the front a purple ink stamp from the “Convento dei Cappuccini” in Foggia. Padre Pio writes to a young woman, in a deep existential and religious crisis, reassuring her, and stating in part `Mia carissima figliuola, ho letto la tua lettera consegnatami varii giorni addietro ed ho risposto al margine dell atua stessa lettera alle dimande fattemi… Stai tranquilla dunque fai tutto e non temere dimentie, tiene per fermo che ti ho voluto e te ne vorró sempre bene in Gesù. Il discorso tenutoti da quella buona figliuola è propio secondo Dio. Seguilo e non ti lasciare vincere dai timori… Ti benedico con fraterno affetto…´ (Translation: “My dearest young daughter, I read your letter given to me several days ago and I responded to the questions asked in the margin of your letter... Don't worry, so do everything and don't fear forgetfulness, keep in mind that I have loved you and will always love you in Jesus. The speech given to you by that good daughter is truly according to God. Follow it and do not let yourself be overcome by fears... I bless you with brotherly affection…”) A very rare fully manuscript letter by Padre Pio. VG The present letter is one of the last Padre Pio wrote short before receiving the order to no longer respond to his faithful
GABIN JEAN: (1904-1976) French Actor. Signed 5 x 7 photograph of Gabin, the Unifrance Film image showing the French actor in a half-length pose, wearing a hat oudoors and smoking a pipe. Signed `Jean Gabin´ in bold black ink to a clear area to the upper right corner of the image. Bearing to the verso the press agency ink stamp. VG
RACHMANINOFF SERGEI: (1873-1943) Russian Composer and Pianist. Vintage signed and inscribed 8 x 10 photograph of Rachmaninoff, the unusual image showing him standing, in a three-quarter length pose, between two sliding doors and wearing a coat and gloves. Photograph by Bain News Service of New York, bearing their ink stamp to the lower verso. Signed `S. Rachmaninoff´, and inscribed by Rachmaninoff in bold dark blue fountain pen ink to a well-chosen clear area of the image. Very small overall minor age wear, otherwise G
GABLE CLARK: (1901-1960) American actor, Academy Award winner for Best Actor in 1934 for his role as Peter Warne in It Happened One Night. A fine vintage signed and inscribed sepia 8 x 10 photograph of Gable in an engaging head and shoulders pose, smiling happily and wearing a United States Army Air Forces uniform with the insignia of the Army Air Corps. Photograph by Clarence Sinclair Bull for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and bearing his credit stamp to the verso (also dated 21st February 1944). Signed by Gable in dark fountain pen ink, largely across a light area of the background. VG
GODDARD PAULETTE: (1910-1990) American actress. Signed 8 x 10 photograph, the original vintage publicity portrait depicting Goddard in a three-quarter length pose holding an oversize clutch in one hand. Photograph by Laszlo Willinger for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, with his credit stamp to the verso, and issued at the time of Goddard's appearance in the American romantic drama film Dramatic School (1938) in which she starred in the role of Nana. Signed by the actress in black ink with her name alone to the lower white border. A couple of creases to the lower corners, otherwise VG
MENUHIN YEHUDI: (1916-1999) American-born British Violinist. A good signed 8.5 x 6.5 photograph `Yehudi Menuhin´, the Pressebilderdienst Kindermann image from Berlin depicting Menuhin standing in a half-length pose, playing his violin. Signed in bold green to a light area to the upper right corner of the image. Bearing to the verso the press agency ink stamp and a typed 12mo paper affixed referring to Menuhin performance and autograph obtained in April 1966. VG
ROSSINI GIOACCHINO: (1792-1868) Italian Composer. A prolific composer, known as 'The Italian Mozart', who until his retirement in 1829 had been the most popular opera composer in history. A fine A.L.S., `G. Rossini´, two pages, 4to, Paris, 6th September 1858, to Leopoldo Pini, in Italian. Rossini starts his letter explaining to his friend and lawyer the information contained in the circular he has received from the tobacco company, sent to all shareholders referring to the financial situation, and further states in part `Si presenterá da te la solita parente d´un antica cameriera di mia moglie alle quale pagherai quaranta franchi...´ (Translation: "The relative of an old maid of my wife will come to you and you will pay forty francs to her...") Beneath his signature, Rossini adds a postcriptum saying `Ho veduto la lettera che hai scritto a Olimpia... Io non ho nessun parente che porti il nome di Rossini, hai fatto bene a dire a questa disgraziata di diriggerli direttamente a me´ (Translation: "I saw the letter you wrote to Olimpia... I don't have any relative who bears the name of Rossini, you were right to tell this unfortunate woman to address them directly to me") With address leaf in Rossini´s hand, bearing postmarks and stamp. Small overall foxing. Professionally repaired with paper reinforced. About G
[CASTRO FIDEL]: (1926-2016) Cuban Prime Minister 1959-76 and President 1976- 2008. A 9.5 x 7 photograph, unsigned, showing Fidel Castro outdoors, standing in a full length pose, alongside multiple personalities, attending the funeral of Felipe Torres, on 28th April 1977. Bearing to the verso the Korda ink stamp, dated 6th May 1977, and the R. Castillo photographer´s ink stamp.
VADIM ROGER: (1928-2000) French film director whose works include And God Created Woman (1956) starring his first wife Brigitte Bardot. Signed 7 x 9.5 photograph of Vadim standing outdoors in a half-length profile pose, with a garland of white flowers around his neck, alongside his second wife, the Danish actress Annette Stroyberg, who also wears a garland of white flowers. Photograph by Agence Dalmas of Paris and bearing their credit stamp to the verso. Signed by Vadim in bold, dark fountain pen ink with his name alone to a clear area at the head of the image. Signed photographs of Vadim are surprisingly rare. About EX
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. Signed 8 x 10 photograph, the original vintage 20th Century Fox publicity portrait by Frank Powolny (and bearing his credit stamp to the verso) depicting the actress in an appealing head and shoulders pose. Signed by Gaynor in blue ink with her name alone to the image. One very small, extremely minor tear to the left white border, VG
PRESLEY ELVIS: (1935-1977) American Rock 'n' Roll singer. Vintage signed and inscribed 8 x 10 photograph of the young, handsome Presley in a head and shoulders pose. Photograph by Wallace Studios of Killeen, Texas, and bearing their credit stamp to the verso. Signed in fountain pen ink to a light area of the image, 'To Mary Jane from Elvis Presley', and dated 1958 in his hand. The signature is a touch light in places although remains legible. Some light overall surface and corner creasing, G
MORGAN MICHELE: (1920-2016) French actress. A slim 4to hardcover spiral bound Lavis aquarelle artist's sketchbook previously belonging to Michele Morgan and containing twenty pages of drawings in the hand of the actress, executed in coloured crayons, felt-tip and pencil, the various studies including abstract designs (a couple featuring a duck and other animals), a number of portrait studies of women's heads, an elegant hand, a full-length drawing of a lady reclining on a sofa, a table lamp etc. The unsigned drawings appear to the recto and verso of the pages, most of which bear the circular stamp of Succession Michele Morgan - Shine A Lot, dated 21st December 2017, and originating from her estate sale. VG
DUNN NELL: (1936- ) English playwright, screenwriter and author, remembered for her novel Poor Cow (1967) which was adapted into a film of the same title starring Carol White and Terence Stamp. A pair of Autograph Manuscripts, one signed ('Nell Dunn') at the head, each two pages, 4to (written to the rectos only), n.p., n.d. (1971), being inserts to her novel The Incurable, published by Jonathan Cape Ltd., replacing pages 62 and 65 of the original manuscript, in part, 'Maro looked at Timmy's small serious face - I'm making him anxious she thought - he's trying to look after me. I'm infecting them like a leper sucking them into my spiralling terror. I must leave them for a bit - their grandmother would have them. She would calm them. She would kiss their foreheads instead of their lips'. Some very light, minor age wear, VG, 2The Incurable tells the story of a young mother of three children who must learn to cope with life when her husband is stricken with multiple sclerosis.Provenance: From the papers of Tom Maschler (1933-2020) British publisher who, from 1960, was head of the publishing company Jonathan Cape for more than three decades. Maschler was also instrumental in establishing the Booker Prize in 1969.
CESPEDES DEL CASTILLO CARLOS MANUEL (1819-1874) Cuban Revolutionary. Known as the ''Father of the Motherland'', Cespedes is considered a Cuban hero who freed slaves and leaded the declaration of Cuban Independence in 1868. A good D.S., `C.m.de Cespedes´, one page, 4to, Bayamo, 27th December 1868, in Spanish. The partially printed document bears an attractive revolutionary vignette to the heading and the printed title beneath ''Carlos Manuel de Cespedes, Captain General of the Liberator Army of Cuba and in charge of its Provisional Government'', and to the left border the printed nine articles of the Decree of conditioned abolition of slavery. Cespedes issues and grants this certificate of emancipated security, permitting free displacement of the entitled former slave. The certificate states that it is issued to Teresa de la Jesne, a maid, coming from Santa Barbara, of sixty years, and black skin colour. Countersigned, also bearing a blue ink stamp at the base of the Bayamo government alongside a blind embossed sea. Overall age wear, with slightly trimmed edges and few small pinholes. About G
[BEATLES THE]: MARTIN GEORGE (1926-2016) English record producer, famous for his association with the Beatles. A good signed 7 x 9.5 photograph of Martin seated in a relaxed half-length pose. Photograph by Barry Plummer of Ascot and bearing his credit stamp to the verso. Signed by Martin in black ink with his name alone to a largely clear area of the image. Together with a blue ink signature ('George Martin') on a plain white oblong 12mo card. VG, 2
GUEVARA CHE: (1928-1967) Argentine Marxist Revolutionary & Guerrilla leader, a major figure in the Cuban Revolution. D.S., `Che´, one page, 4to, 8.5 x 8 (21.5 cm x 20.5 cm), La Habana, 12th April 1964, in Spanish. The typed letter signed bears to the upper left corner the typed text “Comandante” (“Commandant”), and beneath, in red ink, also typed `Ernesto Che Guevara”. The document states `Providencia Juez Dr. Rubio y Linares – Abierto cormo se encuentra el Segundo periodo de pruebas se señala para la información testifical las diez de la mañana del dia dieciocho del corriente mes, citándoseles para la práctica dde toda la prueba a las partes´ (Translation: “Sentence by Judge Dr. Rubio y Linares – As the Second period of evidences to present is opened, we fix ten in the morning of the eighteenth of this month scheduled for testimonials of the parties, being summoned to practice the entire evidence..´ Signed below by Che Guevara in his typical small writing above a typed text in red saying “I authorize”. Also bearing an official ink stamp of the Court and two countersignatures. Very small overall age wear with two extremely small pinholes to the left border, otherwise G
LIVERPOOL EARL OF: (1770-1828) British Prime Minister 1812-27. A good, large D.S., Liverpool, one page (vellum), large oblong folio, n.p., 13th September 1809. The partially printed document, completed in manuscript, is a Deputy Lieutenant's Commission addressed to Francis William Cobb and states, in part, 'His Majesty's Lieutenants are thereby authorized and impowered to appoint Deputy Lieutenants for their respective counties, and the Warden of the Cinque Ports, Two Ancient Towns and their Members.......And whereas by one other Act of Parliament made in the 48th Year of the Reign of his said present Majesty, intituled "An Act for enabling His Majesty to establish a permanent Local Militia Force, under certain Restrictions, for the Defence of the Realm". amongst other Things the Mayors, Jurats or other Magistrates. for the Time being........shall and may Act as Deputy Lieutenants for the Purposes of this Act, and the said Warden was thereby authorized to appoint any other Persons qualified in the Manner directed by the said first recited Act, to act in like Manner as Deputy Lieutenants......In pursuance therefore of the said recited Acts, I the said Robert Earl of Liverpool, with His Majesty's Approbation, have nominated, constituted, and deputed, and by these Presents, DO nominate, constitute and depute you the said Francis William Cobb to be one of my Deputy Lieutenants.....you having delivered into the Clerk of the Peace. of the Town and Port of Dovor a specific Description, in writing, signed by yourself. of a sufficient Qualification for holding this Commission......to act, do, execute and perform, all and every Act and Acts, Powers, Matters and Things, in the said Acts of Parliament contained, which on the Parts and Behalfs of Deputy Lieutenants.....may or ought to be done, acted, executed, and performed, and that in all Things according to the true Intent and Meaning of the same'. Signed by the Earl of Liverpool at the foot alongside a good red wax seal. With a further affixed small blind embossed paper seal and blue revenue stamp. A few minor folds and light age wear, otherwise VGFrancis William Cobb (1781-1871) English brewer, banker, shipping agent, coal merchant; the third member of his family to serve as Deputy Lieutenant of Dover.
LANCASTER BURT: (1913-1994) American actor, Academy Award winner for Best Actor in 1960 for his role as Elmer Gantry in Elmer Gantry. Signed and inscribed 8 x 10 photograph, the original vintage Hal Wallis Production publicity portrait by Bud Fraker (and with his credit stamp to the verso) dating from 1947 at which time Lancaster starred in the American film noir crime film Desert Fury in the role of Tom Hanson. Signed by Lancaster in bold black ink to a largely light area at the base of the image. A few very light, extremely minimal surface and corner creases, VG
ASTOR MARY: (1906-1987) American actress, Academy Award winner for Best Supporting Actress in 1941 for her role as Sandra Kovak in The Great Lie. A good vintage signed and inscribed sepia 8 x 10 photograph of Astor in a head and shoulders pose. Photograph by Elmer Fryer of Hollywood and bearing his blind embossed stamp to the lower left corner. Signed by Astor in dark fountain pen ink to a light area at the base of the image. VG
WONG ANNA MAY: (1905-1961) Chinese-American actress. Vintage signed and inscribed 7.5 x 9.5 photograph of the actress in a head and shoulders pose. Photograph by Cannons of Hollywood and bearing their blindstamp to the lower right corner and credit stamp to the verso. Signed by Wong in fountain pen ink to a dark area of the background, also adding her signature in Chinese characters. Some silvering to the edges, otherwise about VG
MALONE DOROTHY: (1924-2018) American actress, Academy Award winner for Best Supporting Actress in 1956 for her role as Marylee Hadley in Written on the Wind. Signed 8 x 10 photograph, the original vintage publicity portrait depicting the actress reclining in a three-quarter length pose. Photograph by Jack Woods for Warner Bros. and bearing his credit stamp to the verso. Signed by Malone in bold black ink with her name alone to the centre of the image. Some light, minor surface creasing to the lower right edge and corner, about VG
BAXTER WARNER: (1889-1951) American actor, Academy Award winner for Best Actor in 1928/29 for his role as the Cisco Kid in In Old Arizona. Vintage signed 7.5 x 9.5 photograph of the suave and dapper actor seated in a half-length pose. Photograph by George P. Hommel of New York and bearing his credit stamp to the verso. Signed by Baxter in dark fountain pen ink to a light area of the image. VG
YOUNG GIG: (1913-1978) American actor, Academy Award winner for Best Supporting Actor in 1969 for his role as Rocky in They Shoot Horses, Don’t They? Vintage signed 7 x 9 photograph of Young seated in a half-length pose. Photograph by Bert Six and bearing his (feint) credit stamp to the verso. Signed by the actor in fountain pen ink to the image with slightly poorer contrast. A few light surface and corner creases, about VG
[BEATLES THE]: BLAKE PETER (1932- ) English pop artist who co-created the sleeve design for the Beatles' album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. Signed colour 6 x 4 Royal Mail PHQ postcard featuring a colour image of a First Class postage stamp incorporating the album cover design from Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. Signed by Blake in bold black ink with his name alone to a clear area at the upper edge. VG
MAHLER GUSTAV: (1860-1911) Austro-Bohemian Composer and Conductor. A leading conductor of his time and an influential composer for later generations. A good L.S., `Mahler´, a bold black ink signature, one page, folio, Vienna, 24th January 1904, in German. The letter is also signed by Josef Bayer, Director of the Austrian Court Ballet for 30 years, and by Josef Hassreiter, Libretist and Choreographer. The letter refers to the acknowledgement of Bayer and Hassreiter, assuming the costs involved with stamps and administrative procedures related to a contract, stating in part `In accordance with the existing regulations, Mr. Josef Hassreiter and Mr. Josef Bayer are personally responsible of the total cost of ratification stamps associated to the present contract...´ Bearing an ink registration stamp from the general intendence of the Hoftheater. VGJosef Bayer and Josef Hassreiter were the authors of The Fairy Doll ("Die Puppenfee"), which became one of the most successful ballets of its time in Vienna.
[NAZI OCCULT]: WILIGUT CARL MARIA: (1866-1946) Austrian occultist and SS-Brigadefuhrer, a leading figure in the Irminism movement who was personally recruited to the SS by Heinrich Himmler. An extremely rare T.L.S., K. M. Weisthor (the alias with which he was inducted into the SS), one page, 4to, Berlin, 7th February 1938, to Heinrich Himmler, in German. Wiligut writes concerning Die Mar vom Raidenstein ('The Tidings from the Raidenstein') by Gunther Kirchhoff, stating that Kirchhoff had sent him a latter and a copy of the book, in two volumes, remarking 'Since the book appeared to me to be exceptionally informative, I went through it in detail. In so far as I can make a judgement on the basis of the written evidence, the views which Kirchhoff advances are good' and further adding 'To my knowledge, Kirchhoff has relationships with several 'initiates'. He has maintained these contacts for some years. I can give my final judgement on this work only when I have undertaken on the spot a thorough examination of his treatment of the Raidenstein. If this study confirms the correctness of Kirchhoff's treatment, I will then send you my considered view'. Initialled ('HH') by Himmler in green indelible pencil to the head of the page alongside his name, and with an official stamp and pencil annotations to the lower left corner. A letter of interesting content and excellent association. Two file holes to the upper and lower edges, not affecting the text or signatures, VGHeinrich Himmler (1900-1945) Nazi German politician, Reichsfuhrer of the Schutzstaffel (SS) 1929-45.Gunther Kirchhoff (1892-1975) German esotericist, crypto-historian and List Society member who interpreted legends as reflections of actual prehistorical incident. 'In August 1934 Weisthor brought Gunther Kirchhoff, a fellow enthusiast for Germanic prehistory with whom he had corresponded since the spring, to the attention of Himmler.....Greatly impressed by his letters, Weisthor sent the Kirchhoff correspondence to Himmler, with the excited comment that "there were still thank goodness other "initiates" besides himself who read the times correctly". He also.....followed up by sending another Kirchhoff essay.....with the vigorous recommendation that "its content was of momentous importance both with respect to our own prehistoric past and for its links with the present"......The essay described the organisation of prehistoric Germany with explicit reference to List's Armanenschaft. Kirchhoff claimed that ancient Europe had been ruled by the Great Three, namely the Uiskunig of Goslar, King Arthur of Stonehenge, and Ermanrich of Vineta or Vilna......Kirchhoff ultimately exhausted the patience of the Ahnenerbe [a Nazi German pseudoscientific think tank established by Himmler in 1935 as an SS appendage] which Himmler had ordered to study his essays......Having by now had enough of Kirchhoff's endless submissions, the Ahnenerbe took a hard line, describing him as a "fantasist of the worst kind" and his work as "rubbish" in their reports. Nevetheless, Himmler still wanted to know why Kirchhoff was being neglected by the Ahnenerbe and took a great interest in his description of a hexagonal religious complex in the countryside around the Raidenstein near Gaggenau.......Himmler insisted that the recalcitrant Ahnenerbe pursue the matter with Kirchhoff but the proposed archaeological dig was postponed indefinitely at the outbreak of the war. The real importance of this dispute is its demonstration of Himmler's essential support for a lay occultist in the face of academic opposition from his staff in the Ahnenerbe. The fact that Wesithor and Kirchhoff continued to win the attention and favour of the Reichsfuhrer-SS over their heads must have rankled badly with the members of the institute' (extracted from The Occult Roots of Nazism - Secret Aryan Cults and their Influence on Nazi Ideology by Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke).Autographs of Wiligut are of the utmost rarity and we are unaware of any other example having previously appeared at auction.
SUKARNO: (1901-1970) Indonesian statesman and revolutionary who served as the first President of Indonesia 1945-67. Dark fountain pen ink signature to the centre of a small oblong 8vo brown mottled card, the signature partially running across an Indonesian postage stamp affixed to the middle of the card and featuring Sukarno's image. A couple of light, minor creases, otherwise VG
BATTEN JEAN: (1909-1982) New Zealand aviatrix who made several record-breaking flights including the first solo flight from England to New Zealand (1936). T.L.S., Jean Batten, one page, 4to, Tenerife, Canary Islands, 28th April 1982, to Mr. Waterson. Batten thanks her correspondent for their letter and continues 'I enclose the cheque, a Spanish one for added interest, and have made it out for the amount you sent for postage; and as it was more than necessary, also enclose a 15p and 20p stamp, which represent the approximate difference in UK currency' and concludes by wishing Waterson success in raising funds for a mini-bus. None of Batten's enclosures are still present. Accompanied by an unsigned cover commemorating Batten. Together with Maryse Bastie (1898-1952) French aviatrix, the holder of several international flying records in the 1930s. Blue ink signature ('Maryse Bastie') and place and date, Paris, 8th March 1932, in her hand to the centre of a plain air mail cover featuring blue and red stripes to two corners. Some light age wear and a few small, minor tears and areas of paper loss to the edges of Batten's letter. Generally VG, 3
[CASABLANCA]: BERGMAN INGRID: (1915-1982) Swedish actress, Academy Award winner. Bergman portrayed Ilsa Lund in the American romantic drama film Casablanca (1942). A good vintage signed 4 x 6 photograph of Bergman in a charming head and shoulders study. Photograph by Studio Vallois of Paris and bearing their credit stamp to the verso (somewhat obscured by some heavy traces of former mounting). Signed in blue ink with her name alone to a clear area at the base of the image. With an A.N.S. with her initials I B to the verso, in full, 'I am sorry I don't have a bigger photo for your big envelope!' VG
MCCAMBRIDGE MERCEDES: (1916-2004) American actress, Academy Award winner for Best Supporting Actress in 1949 for her role as Sadie Burke in All the King’s Men. A good signed 7 x 9.5 photograph of McCambridge in a head and shoulders pose. Photograph by John Engstead of Beverly Hills and bearing his credit stamp to the verso. Signed by the actress in bold black ink with her name alone to a clear area of the image. VG
LIFAR SERGE: (1905-1986) Ukranian ballet Dancer and Choreographer. One of the greatest male ballet dancers of the 20th century. A very attractive drawing by Lifar, signed in bold blue ink `Serge Lifar´, one page, folio, n.p., n.d. Lifar has penned a bold black ink sketch which he entitles `Icare´, showing Icare pointing the sun. The whole coloured by Lifar with three difefrent attractive colorful background. Bearing beneath his signature an ink stamp of the "Université de la Danse - Paris". VG
MCQUEEN STEVE: (1930-1980) American actor. A good signed 4 x 6 photograph of McQueen in a head and shoulders pose. Photograph by Beroul of Le Mans and bearing their credit stamp to the verso. Signed by McQueen in bold black ink with his name alone to a largely light area of the image. About EXProvenance: Accompanied by a handwritten letter of provenance signed by a previous owner of the photograph and stating, in part, '[the photograph] came into my possession in 2006 from the widow of Andrew Ferguson......Ferguson was not only a close & trusted friend of McQueen but was also the racing manager for the Solar Productions movie "Le Mans"'
GABIN JEAN: (1904-1976) French actor. An excellent vintage signed and inscribed 8 x 10 photograph, the original 20th Century Fox publicity portrait showing Gabin in a head and shoulders pose and issued for his role as Bobo in the romantic drama film Moontide (1942), one of only two films the actor made in America. Photograph by Frank Powolny and bearing his credit stamp to the verso. Signed by Gabin in blue fountain pen ink, with an inscription in French, to a light area at the base of the image. About EX
ORDER OF MALTA - PERELLOS RAMON: (1637-1720) Spanish Knight of Aragon, who served as Prince and Grand Master of the Order of Malta for more than twenty years, from 1697 until 1720. Perellos established foreign relations between Malta and Russia for the first time, and fought against corruption within the Order. The Grand Master also improved and strengthened the coastal fortifications of Malta which was suffering multiple attacks from the Ottoman fleet, organizing himself and building a new war fleet to fight the Turks. Rare l.S. `Perellos´, one page, folio, Malta, 18th April 1703, to the Grand Prior of Aquitaine, in French. The document bears to the heading an Order of Malta ink stamp to the upper right corner, and in large bold letters, in Latin, "Mag[ist]er Hosptis et S[anc]ti sepulchri hiertem" ("The Master of the Hospital and the Holy Sepulchre"). Perellos refers to a process of accpetance of nobility, and states in part `Venerable tres cher et bien aimé Religieux; Nous aiant esté fait instance, qu´il nous plût recevoir au nombre des pages qui sont destinés pour Notre Service Noble, René Vincent de Messenie, fils de noble Louis du même nom et de Dame Caterine de Coué de Lusignan, nous avons volontiers octroié cette grace qui nous oblige a vous advertir de ne faire aucune difficulté de tenir une assemblée Extraordinaire touttes et quantes fois que vous en serez requis, tant pour lui délivrer la Commission nécessaire pour pouvoir faire les preuves de sa Noblesse et légitimation....´ (Translation: "Very dear and beloved Venerable Religious; Having been requested, that we we were glad to receive among the pages which are intended for Our Noble Service, René Vincent de Messenie, son of noble Louis of the same name and Lady Caterine de Coué de Lusignan, we have gladly granted this grace which obliges us to warn you not to make any difficulty in holding an Extraordinary assembly whenever and as many times you are required to do so, both to deliver the Commission necessary to be able to demonstrate the Nobility and legitimation...") With blank address leaf. Small overall age wear, otherwise G Perello´s funerary monument is found at St. John´s Co-Cathedral in Valletta and is considered to be one of the best examples of baroque art in Malta.
KEATON BUSTER: (1895-1966) American film comedian, the recipient of an Academy Honorary Award. An excellent vintage signed and inscribed sepia 10.5 x 13.5 photograph of Keaton standing in a half-length pose with his arms placed behind his back and with a typically deadpan expression on his face. Photograph by Clarence Sinclair Bull for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and bearing his blind embossed stamp to the lower white border and credit stamp to the verso. Signed by Keaton in fountain pen ink to a light area of the image, 'To Dr. Kohner, always yours, Buster Keaton'. A heavy crease to the lower left corner of the image and a few other creases to the corners and edges of the borders, about VG
EVERLY DON: (1937-2021) & PHIL (1939-2014) American rock duo. A good vintage signed 8 x 10 photograph by both siblings individually, the image depicting them walking outdoors together in full-length poses at an airport, each carrying Pan Am flight bags, as they prepare to depart for the United States of America on 27th April 1960. Photograph by the Keystone Press Agency of London and bearing their credit stamp and original printed caption to the verso. Signed by both Don and Phil Everly with their names alone in bold black fountain pen inks to light areas at the base of the image. VG
FRANCO FRANCISCO: (1892-1975) Spanish General who served as head (Caudillo) of the Spanish state 1936-75 and as Prime Minister of Spain 1938-73. An unusually large vintage signed and inscribed 14 x 19 photograph by Franco, the image depicting the dictator standing in a three-quarter length profile pose, wearing his white uniform, as he makes a presentation to Mariano de Broto, stood opposite, and with another uniformed gentleman standing alongside. Photograph by Campua of Madrid and signed by him in white ink to the upper left corner of the image and also with his credit stamp to the verso, dated 24th June 1964. Signed by Franco to the lower white border with a two-line inscription in Spanish, to Mariano de Broto of the Barcelona Electricty Union, and dated 8th October 1964 in Franco's hand. Lightly mounted at the head of the verso to a stiff card mount by Barbara de Braganza of Madrid. Some light wrinkling and several large areas of light silvering to the image and a few minor faults to the mount, G
ROGERS GINGER: (1911-1995) American dancer and actress, Academy Award winner for Best Actress in 1940 for her role as Katherine ‘Kitty’ Foyle in Kitty Foyle: The Natural History of a Woman. Signed 8 x 10 photograph, the original vintage Paramount Pictures publicity portrait by A. L. Whitey Schafer (and bearing his credit stamp to the verso) dates from 1943 and depicts Rogers reclining in a three-quarter length pose. Signed in blue ink with her name alone to the base of the image. VG
GRIFFITH HUGH: (1912-1980) Welsh actor, Academy Award winner for Best Supporting Actor in 1959 for his role as Sheik Ilderim in Ben-Hur. A scarce vintage signed 4 x 6.5 photograph of Griffith in a head and shoulders pose in costume as William Shakespeare's Sir John Falstaff. Photograph by Dominic of London and bearing their credit stamp to the verso. Signed by the actor in ink to the lower white border, 'Thank you for your nice letter, Sincerely, Hugh Griffith', and also adding his character name and the place and date, 'as "Falstaff" 1964 S[tratford]/[up]on/Avon' in his hand above his signature. VGIn 1964 Griffith appeared at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in the role of Falstaff in Shakespeare's plays Henry IV, Part 1 and Henry IV, Part 2, under the direction of Peter Hall.
LUKAS PAUL: (1895-1971) Hungarian actor, Academy Award winner for Best Actor in 1943 for his role as Kurt Muller in Watch on the Rhine. A scarce vintage signed and inscribed sepia 8 x 10 photograph of Lukas in a head and shoulders pose. Photograph by Roy D. MacLean and bearing his credit stamp to the verso. Signed by Lukas in dark fountain pen ink to a slightly darker area at the base of the image, although reasonably legible. VG
PICASSO PABLO: (1881-1973) Spanish painter, a co-founder of the Cubist movement. A good, attractive signed and inscribed 15 x 11 colour print by Picasso, the oval photogravure image lightly affixed to the centre of the card mount, depicting one of the artist’s decorated ceramic plates featuring a bull beneath a colourful sky, with slips to the perimeter, originally being part of the Ceramiques de Picasso art folio published by Albert Skira in Switzerland in 1955. Signed (‘Picasso’) by the artist, with an inscription in French, in bold pencil to the lower right corner of the mount and dated 12th June 1962 in his hand. With the small red ink stamp of the Galerie Beyeler, Paris, to the upper right corner of the mount. Some extremely light, minimal age wear, VG
LENIN VLADIMIR: (1870-1924) Russian revolutionary and politician who served as the first and founding head of government of Soviet Russia 1917-24 and of the Soviet Union 1922-24 & TSIURUPA ALEXANDER (1870-1928) Bolshevik leader and Soviet politician who served as People's Commissar for Food of the RSFSR 1918-21. A rare D.S. by both Lenin ('V Ulyanov (Lenin)') and Tsiurupa ('A Tsyurupa') individually, one page, folio, Kremlin, Moscow, 20th June 1919, with the stamped heading of the Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic Workers and Peasants Defence Council, in Cyrillic. The typed document is addressed to Narkomprod (People's Commissariat for Food Supplies) of Crimea and states, in part, 'Considering the severity of the food situation in Russia, and the enormous shortages of food for children, especially for sick children, I suggest that all canned fruits available in Crimea, as well as cheese, should be earmarked solely for feeding sick children in Northern Russia. Products should be sent to Komprod's address'. Signed at the conclusion by Lenin in his capacity as Chairman of the Defence Council and by Tsiurupa in his capacity as People's Commissar for Food Supplies, alongside an official circular purple ink stamp. Some very light, extremely minimal age wear, VGThe People's Commissariat for Food Supplies (also known by it's abbreviation Narkomprod) was originally founded in 1917 and was the ministry of the Russian SFSR in charge of food supplies and industrial goods.Lenin and Tsiurupa signed the present document at a significant time during the Russian Civil War (1917-23) throughout which Crimea changed hands numerous times. Whilst it was governed by the Bolsheviks in June 1919, it would not be long before it became the stronghold of the anti-Bolshevik White Army under the command of General Anton Denikin. It is therefore possible that Lenin and Tsiurupa, aware of the situation facing Crimea, were attempting to get as much food as they could out of the area before it was too late.
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