An in person autograph collection will be sold April 26 including George Reeves, 3 Stooges, Boris Karloff, Vivian Leigh, Barbara Streisand, Margaret Hamilton, John Lennon, Ronald Reagan, Eric Clapton and Billie Holiday among hundreds of signatures.
An autograph collection consisting of 25 "Theater World" Hardcover Books with dust jackets from 1940s through the 1970s, profusely autographed in person and including signatures by the Greats of the Stage including Broadway, Off-Broadway, City Center, Repertory Theater, National Touring Companies, Shakespeare Festivals, Gilbert & Sullivan Savoyards, Professional Resident Companies, Award-winning Productions, Dance Companies, Variety Productions and Follies, Comedy, Drama and Experimental theater productions. This is a written history of Stage Productions showcasing the great actors and actresses including Helen Hayes, Lillian Gish, Alfred Drake, Hume Cronyn, Jessica Tandy, Angela Lansbury, Vivian Leigh, Barbara Streisand and Margaret Hamilton. It also includes many future stars when they had their first appearances on the professional stage including James Dean, Al Pacino, Robert Redford and Woody Allen.
This is a written history of the African American in Theater throughout this period also with hundreds of signatures of black actors, actresses and performers. Gilbert & Sullivan fans will find Martyn Green and numerous players of the era and Shakespearians will find Richard Burton and other greats exercising their roots in acting. There are over one hundred signatures in every book received in person by a fan and theater aficionado.
These must be seen to be believed as many of the signatures are of lesser known, and rarer, actors and actresses signatures, desirable to collectors of Theater autographs. The books will be sold one at a time.
The in-person collector who amassed this stunning representation of the Theater also has over 14 autograph books filled with signatures of stars of stage and screen including George Reeves, The 3 Stooges, Boris Karloff, Paul Newman and many others.
Also included in the sale will be a NASA Moon Landing Flight Plan Signed by 23 Astronauts. The document, marked “AS-506 / CSM-107 / LM-5, 1 July 1969,” in the front cover is in an 8.25” x 11” ring-bound notebook with a clear cover prepared by the Flight Planning Branch Flight Crew Support Division of the Manned Spacecraft Center in Houston, Texas. The cover is inscribed to "Arlene" by several of the signers and signed in person by the astronauts Buzz Aldrin, Neil Armstrong, and Mike Collins of Apollo 11 (A-11), plus Astronauts Charles Conrad (A-12), Alan Shepard (A-14), Wally Schirra (A-7), Jim Lovell (backup Commander on A-11 plus A-13), Dave Scott (A-9), Al Worden (A-15), Tom Stafford (A-10), Gene Cernan (A-10), Dick Gordon (A-12), Walt Cunningham (A-7), Don Eisele (A-7), Joe Engle (a-14), Rusty Schweickart (A-9), plus Skylab Astronauts Joe Kerwin, Paul Weitz and Jerry Karr, and two indistinct signatures.
The inscription is to "Arlene", a N.A.S.A. hostess who entertained astronauts and their families at parties in her home near Houston in the 1960s. The original document signed by 23 astronauts is expected to sell between $10,000 and $20,000.
The Apollo 11 mission was the first manned mission to land on the Moon. It was the fifth human spaceflight of the Apollo program, and the third human voyage to the moon. Launched on July 16. 1969, it was manned by Commander Neil Alden Armstrong, Command Module Pilot Michael Collins and Lunar Module Pilot Edwin Eugene 'Buzz' Aldrin, Jr. Four days later, on 20th July 1969, Armstrong and Aldrin became the first humans to land on the Moon, while Collins orbited above.
The musical autographs include an original promotional photo of Billie Holiday signed in person, a Beatles promotional picture signed by John, Paul and Ringo, a note written by John Lennon to a 9 year old kid in person, signed in person Paul and Ringo promotional posters, Cream Clapton, Baker & Bruce signed pieces from 1966 and 1967, along with Madonna signed children’s book set, Frank Sinatra, Cold Play, Jose Feliciano and more.
Other celebrity autographs include a collection acquired in person at the 2004 and 2005 Golden Globe awards with photos of many of the stars signing the books including Paris Hilton, Lindsay Lohan, Orlando Bloom, Scarlet Johanson, Neve Campbell, Jessica Beals, Topher Grace, Eva Mendez, Peter Jackson, Micehlle Tractenberg, Evan Rachel Wood, James Belushi, Kelly Osbourne, Bill Macy, Dennis Leary, Nancy O'Dell, Zach Braff, Leelee Sobieski, Kerri Russell, Felecity Huffman, Eva Longoria, Minnie Driver, Marcia Cross, Don Cheadle, Tara Reid, Chad Lowe, Warren Beatty, Annette Benning, Megan Mullaly, Will Ferrell, Paula Abdul, Jerry O'Connell, Rebecca Romain, Luke Wilson, Jamie Foxx, Shannon Doherty, Nicholette Sheridan, Danny Bonaduce, Sally Struthers, Neil Patrick Harris, Jennifer Love Hewitt and lots more which will be sold as a single lot.
Other autographs of interest include an Andy Warhol “Brooklyn Bridge” poster signed, a baseball signed by Connie Mack and the Philadelphia Athletics, a promotional sweatshirt signed by the cast of “Cheers,” signatures of MAD magazine creator Bill Gaines, a photo signed by Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan, Gilda Radner as “Lisa Loopner,” and 20 letters from senators and business folks of the 1950s and 1960s including John F. Kennedy (by Evelyn Lincoln), Robert F. Kennedy and others in a single lot.
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