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Lot 716

Two albums of signed photographs of Hollywood stars

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30 November 2016, 12:00 EST
New York

US$2,000 - US$3,000

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Two albums of signed photographs of Hollywood stars

Comprising approximately 47 gelatin silver prints, most 1930s, approximately half are signed in ink, housed in sleeves in two photograph albums. Two oversize signed photographs of Rudolph Valentino in The Eagle (1925); two excellent portraits of Jean Harlow signed for her by Harlow's mother; Joan Crawford; and Edmund Lowe. The smaller, mostly 8 x 10 in signed photographs include George Burns and Gracie Allen, Clara Bow and Rex Bell, Hedy Lamarr (tinted color), Jackie Cooper, Dorothy Dare, Freddie Bartholomew, Sterling Holloway, Irene Rich, Paul Lukas, and Ted Lewis. There are also two 8 x 10 portraits of Rudolph Valentino with preprinted signatures. The outstanding unsigned photographs include four excellent 8 x 10 in portraits of Jean Harlow; 2 oversize portraits of Clark Gable and Constance Bennett in After Office Hours (1935); two cabinet card portraits of William S. Hart; and an 8 x 10 of Paulette Goddard in Modern Times (1936).
3 ½ x 5 ½ in to 11 x 14 in

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Please note that there is one oversized signed photo of Rudolph Valentino, not two.

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