Skip to main content

This auction has ended. View lot details

You may also be interested in

Own a similar item?

Submit your item online for a free auction estimate.

The Golden Age of Hollywood
Lot 184

A Clark Gable early signed photo

14 May 2019, 13:00 PDT
Los Angeles

Sold for US$765 inc. premium

Own a similar item?

Submit your item online for a free auction estimate.

How to sell

Looking for a similar item?

Our Popular Culture specialists can help you find a similar item at an auction or via a private sale.

Find your local specialist

Ask about this lot

A Clark Gable early signed photo

Silver gelatin doubleweight photograph, matte finish, with "Bruno of Hollywood" photographer stamp at lower left, inscribed, "To Lucille / 'What Price Glory' / Now / Clark Gable" in black ink. As a member of the West Coast Road Company, Gable appeared as Private Kiper and was upgraded to the role of Sargent Quirt in the 1926 Los Angeles stage production of What Price Glory? The play was so successful that it eventually became a touring production. The stage offered Gable the perfect training ground for films, and he spent over 15 weeks performing in this particular production. Signed photographs from this period of Gable's career are very rare.
8 x 10 in.

Additional information

Bid now on these items

An Omega Pocket Watch Engraved to Spencer Tracy from Joan Crawford Date: c. 1937

Gary Moore: A Gibson Les Paul Standard Electric Guitar, known as 'Stripe', 1959,

Marianne Faithfull: Two Passports and a Selection of Personal Ephemera, Qty

Bernie Krause (b. 1938) Day & Night in Gombe, 2025

Marianne Faithfull: A diary, a large collection of archival notes and lyrics, and other personal items, Qty

Marianne Faithfull: A Selection of Personal Books, with inscriptions, Various publishers and dates, Qty

Marianne Faithfull: A large collection of personal correspondence, Various dates, Qty

Marianne Faithfull: A Large Collection of Photographs, some professional and some personal,

Marianne Faithfull: A Large Annie Leibovitz campaign poster of Marianne Faithfull for GAP, 1990,

Anita Pallenberg (Italian, 1942-2017): Work on paper, titled "Babylon", 1994, 2

Marianne Faithfull: a Dyptich by Giuseppe Romeo, titled "Falsehood I" and "Falsehood II", Paris, 1995-96, 2

Carrie Fisher (1956-2016): Her personal trunk, Gifted to Marianne Faithfull,

Marianne Faithfull: Two paintings, one by Thierry Bisch, titled 'Butterflies', 2003, and undated, 3