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| Auction Details - AUCTION ALREADY HELD | |||
| Autograph Auction | |||
| Auctioneer: | IAA International Autograph Auctions Ltd | Location: | Radisson Edwardian Hotel, Heathrow |
| Contact: | Tel: +44 (0)115 845 1010 Fax: +44 (0)115 845 1009 | ||
| Date: | 14th December 2013 | Time: | 11:00AM |
| Details: | Midland Viewing: Only in the week prior at our offices at Foxhall Business Centre Day of Auction from 9am |
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| Auction Lots - Page 6 | |||
| 250 | |||
| ENTERTAINMENT: Selection of signed cards, album pages, a few pieces and photographs etc., by various stage and film actors, entertainers, popular musicians etc., including Walter Pidgeon, Alice Faye, Lee Remick, John Gielgud, Shelley Winters, Rex Harrison, Deanna Durbin, Peter O'Toole, Roy Rogers, Clayton Moore, Jean Simmons, George Lazenby, Kenneth Horne, Joe Loss, Cleo Laine etc. All are individually matted beneath photographs etc., in varying colours to different sizes. G to generally VG, 22 £80 - 100 |
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| 251 | |||
| ENTERTAINMENT: Selection of signed cards, pieces etc., by various film stars, directors, entertainers and popular musicians etc., including Kay Kendall (slightly irregularly clipped and neatly laid down to an 8 x 10 photograph), Deborah Kerr, David Lean, Anthony Minghella, Sam Mendes, Richard Lester, Ray Harryhausen, John Schlesinger, Jim Broadbent, Jane Horrocks, Dudley Moore, Angela Douglas, Susan Hampshire, Ava Gardner, Richard Harris, Mike McShane, Alan Rickman, Patrick Stewart, Iron Eyes Cody, Kate Winslet, Rowan Atkinson, Prunella Scales, Julie Walters, Anthony Hopkins, Laurence Olivier, Daniel Day Lewis, Red Buttons, Alec Guinness, Judi Dench, Maggie Smith, Helen Mirren, Julie Christie, Dusty Springfield, Shakin' Stevens, Toyah Willcox, Neil Sedaka, Suzanne Vega, The Human League, Dave Brubeck, Dannii Minogue, Bill Wyman, David Jones, Gabrielle etc. A few G, generally VG, 83 £100 - 150 |
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| 252 | |||
| ENTERTAINMENT: Selection of signed clipped pieces (most irregularly clipped and laid down), signed album pages, cards, a few signed photographs of various sizes etc., by various actors and entertainers etc., including Terry-Thomas, Katharine Hepburn (brief T.L.S.), Lee Remick, Shirley Eaton, Shirley Bassey (2), Margaret Lockwood, Harry Corbett, Gerry Marsden, Joan Hammond, Madeline Bell, Gloria Gaynor, Mary Hopkin, June Brown, Hazell Dean, David Jaymes (Modern Romance) etc. FR to generally G, 47 £100 - 150 |
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| 253 | |||
| ENTERTAINMENT: Selection of signed pieces, cards, album pages etc., by various film and stage stars, entertainers etc., including Mae West (signed cheque, completed entirely in her hand, 1940), Buddy Rogers, Ruby Murray, Marie Lloyd, Glenn Ford, Harry Lauder, Sid James, Stanley Holloway, Patrick Macnee, John Gielgud, John Le Mesurier, Peter Butterworth, Eric Sykes, Ann Blyth, Esther Williams, Alan Bates, Ian Holm, Joanna Lumley, Ron Moody, Nigel Hawthorne, Max Wall, Tom Mix, George Formby, Arthur Askey, Gypsy Rose Lee, Roy Castle, Al Martino, Gracie Fields, Noel Coward, Richard Todd, Hoagy Carmichael, Xavier Cugat, Eubie Blake, Akim Tamiroff, Victor Borge, Johnny Green, Joey Bishop etc. A few FR, generally G to VG, 64 £100 - 150 |
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| 254 | |||
| ENTERTAINMENT: Selection of signed pieces, cards, album pages, some signed photographs of various sizes etc., by various stage and film actors, entertainers etc., including Joan Collins, Lyle Talbot, Tony Curtis, Joey Bishop, Mary Peach, Lizabeth Scott, Claude Jarman Jr., June Allyson, Debbie Reynolds, Brian Aherne, Max Miller, George Robey, Gracie Fields, Jack Warner, Michael Caine, Virginia Mayo, Ann Blyth, David Suchet, Jim Broadbent, Edward Herrmann etc. G to generally VG, 53 £100 - 120 |
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| 255 | |||
| ENTERTAINMENT: Miscellaneous selection of signed pieces, cards, small signed circular catering plates (24) etc., by various actors, actresses, television personalities and entertainers etc., including David Jacobs, Fiona Fullerton, Stratford Johns, Ron Moody, George Baker, Terry Wogan, Pete Murray, Bruce Forsyth, Rupert Davies, Constance Cummings, Tony Adams, Patricia Hodge, Nigel Havers, Walter Koenig, Jeffrey Holland, Adele Silva, Edward de Souza, Emilia Fox, John Gordon Sinclair, Dannii Minogue, Mark Lester, Arlene Dahl, Bob Holness etc. A few FR, generally G to VG, 186 £80 - 120 |
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| 256 | |||
| AUTOGRAPH ALBUMS: Three autograph albums containing many signatures by various entertainers and a few other famous individuals including Harry Secombe, Warren Mitchell, Frankie Vaughan, David Nixon, Cardew Robinson, Eric Morecambe & Ernie Wise (2), The Bachelors, Danny La Rue, Charles Aznavour, Roy Hudd, Henry Cooper, Anita Harris, Peggy Mount, Joe Brown, Jon Pertwee, Barbara Windsor, Gene Pitney, Alan Shearer, Tommy Steele, Michael Winner, Joan Regan, Danny Williams, Dick Emery, Tom Jones, Johnnie Ray, Susan Maughan, Lena Martell, Hughie Green etc. Some pages are multiple signed and some are annotated in ink in the hand of the collector. G to about VG, 3 £100 - 120 |
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| 257 | |||
| AUTOGRAPH ALBUM: An autograph album containing over 30 signatures by various film stars and entertainers including Orson Welles, Burt Lancaster, Jane Russell, Dan Duryea, Herbert Lom, Susan Shaw, Valerie Hobson, Phyllis Calvert, Van Johnson, Peggy Cummins, Michael Wilding, John Mills, Peter Ustinov, Jack Hawkins, Lizabeth Scott, Gina Lollobrigida, Ralph Richardson, Laurence Olivier, Tommy Steele etc. A few of the signatures are in pencil. Some very light age wear, about VG £150 - 200 |
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| 258 | |||
| AUTOGRAPH ALBUM: An autograph album containing 19 signatures by various film and stage actors and a few other famous individuals including Clark Gable, Gertrude Lawrence, Carmen Miranda, Jeanette MacDonald, Gene Raymond, Gregory Peck, Noel-Noel (two signed ink drawings), Glynis Johns, politician R. Stafford Cripps, tennis player Boris Becker, Jack Solomons etc. Most are on pieces laid down to pages and many are in pencil. Spine loose, generally G £150 - 200 |
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| 259 | |||
| AUTOGRAPH ALBUM: An autograph album containing over 55 signatures by various film and stage actors and a few other famous individuals including Oliver Hardy, Alastair Sim, Ronald Reagan, Dennis Price, Michael Rennie, Kenneth Horne & Richard Murdoch, Yvonne Arnaud, Jean Simmons, Stewart Granger, Sophie Tucker, George Robey, Marlene Dietrich, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Frank Sinatra (on an irregularly clipped piece a little crudely laid down to the page with sellotape, not affecting the signature, alongside a small sprig of heather given by Sinatra to the collector), Peter Lawford, Flora Robson, Merle Oberon, Gregory Ratoff, Ralph Richardson, Alida Valli, Bob Monkhouse, Anton Dolin, boxer Joe Louis, tennis player Maureen Connolly, Lord Boothby etc. Most are on clipped pieces laid down to pages and many are in pencil. Lacking the spine and front cover loose, FR to generally G £200 - 300 |
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| 260 | |||
| AUTOGRAPH ALBUMS: Selection of twelve autograph albums containing many signatures of stage actors, Music Hall artists, musicians, entertainers and a few other famous individuals including Matheson Lang, Gracie Fields, Tommy Handley, John McCormack, Fritz Kreisler, Paul Robeson, Raymond Massey, John Mills, Harry Lauder, Richard Tauber, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Anton Dolin, Albert Sandler, Joseph Szigeti, Michael Medwin, Irene Vanbrugh, G. S. Melvin, Harry Tate, G. H. Elliott, Ian Carmichael, Tyrone Guthrie, Kathleen Harrison, Jack Hawkins, Thora Hird, Peter Sallis, Gordon Harker, Robertson Hare etc. Many of the albums also including verses and drawings by family and friends of the collectors. FR to generally G, 12 £80 - 100 |
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| 261 | |||
| ENTERTAINMENT: Selection of signed hardback and paperback ( ) books by various actors, actresses, comedians and entertainers etc., most with signed pieces, album pages etc., affixed to inside pages, including If I Don't Write It, Nobody Else Will - An Autobiography by Eric Sykes, The Fool On the Hill - An Autobiography by Max Wall, The Sound of Laughter by Peter Kay, Arias and Raspberries - An Autobiography by Harry Secombe, Thank God for a Funny Face by Hugh Lloyd, Before Your Very Eyes - An Autobiography by Arthur Askey, All of Me - My Extraordinary Life by Barbara Windsor, Darling Ma - Letters to Her Mother 1932-1944 by Joyce Grenfell, When You're Smiling by Les Dawson, Take It From Me by Jimmy Edwards, A Twitch in Time by Jack Douglas, ...And - The Autobiography by June Whitfield, Grayson's War by Larry Grayson, Through the Mill and Beyond by Arthur English, Ooh, You are awful...but I like you! by Dick Emery, Yours Indubitably by Robertson Hare, A Damned Serious Business - My Life in Comedy by Rex Harrison, Laughter in the Second Act by Donald Sinden, There's Always Tomorrow - An Autobiography by Anna Neagle, Once a Wicked Lady by Margaret Lockwood, Quest for Love by Denholm Elliott etc. Most of the hardback editions are accompanied by the dust jackets. FR to G, 52 £100 - 120 |
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| 262 | |||
ENTERTAINMENT: Selection of signed hardback and paperback (6) books by various actors, actresses, entertainers and television personalities etc., most with signed pieces, album pages etc., affixed to inside pages, including Hughie and Paula - The Tangled Lives of Hughie Green and Paula Yates by Christopher Green (with a signed album page by Hughie Green affixed), Mr Showbusiness by Vic Oliver, Ivor Novello - Man of the Theatre by Peter Noble (with a signed album page by Ivor Novello affixed), The Kindness of Strangers by Bernard Braden, Memoirs of an Unfit Mother by Anne Robinson, Weatherfield Yesterday - The Cartwright Murders by William Roache, Jack of All Trades by Jack Warner, Can You Hear Me, Mother? Sandy Powell's Lifetime of Music Hall by Sandy Powell, George Robey by Peter Cotes (with a signed piece by George & Blanche Robey affixed), Between You and Me by Wilfred Pickles, Under No Illusion - My Autobiography by Paul Daniels, Up Mount Everest Without a Paddle by Derek Nimmo, On The Beat - My Story by Graham Cole, Jessie Matthews - A Biography by Michael Thornton (with a signed album page by Jessie Matthews affixed), Touched by Angels by Derek Jameson, Just Julie by Julie Goodyear, Rags to Richie - The Story So Far by Shane Richie, Golf - My Slice of Life by Ted Ray, The Frank Muir Book - An Irreverent Companion to Social History by Frank Muir, In and Out of The Box - An Autobiography by Robert Dougall, Take A Funny Turn - An Autobiography by Tom O'Connor etc. Most of the hardback editions are accompanied by the dust jackets. FR to G, 39 £80 - 100CLASSICAL MUSIC, OPERA & BALLET |
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| 263 | |||
| MACFARREN GEORGE ALEXANDER: (1813-1887) English Composer. D.S., G A Macfarren, twice, four pages, folio, London, 18th August 1877. The manuscript document is a Memorandum of Agreement between the composer and the music publishers Stanley Lucas and Emil Weber of New Bond Street in which Macfarren assigns the copyright of his cantata The Lady of the Lake and oratorio entitled The Resurrection to the publishers, setting out various terms and conditions of the agreement and the payments that Macfarren will receive. Signed by the composer at the foot of the final two pages ('This agreement was signed sealed and delivered by...Macfarren and he being blind the said Agreement and the Schedule hereto were first carefully read over to him...', despite his blind condition Macfarren's signatures are legible) and countersigned by Stanley Lucas and Emil Weber (both twice). With various official stamps and seals and bound with green thread. Some light overall age wear, G £150 - 200 |
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| 264 | |||
| ELGAR EDWARD: (1857-1934) English Composer. A.L.S., Edward Elgar, one page, 4to, Worcester, 4th February 1931, to [Clement] Charlton Palmer, on the printed stationer of Master of the King's Musick. Elgar states that he was interested in his correspondent's S.A. book, which he returns, and further comments 'The piece you remarked upon seems to not be particularly good - free & sane & open airish - all three good adjectives'. VG £200 - 300 Clement Charlton Palmer (1871-1944) English Organist & Composer who served at Canterbury Cathedral 1908-36. |
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| 265 | |||
| VAUGHAN WILLIAMS RALPH: (1872-1958) English Composer. Bold pencil signature ('R Vaughan Williams') on a page removed from an autograph album. VG £80 - 100 |
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| 266 | |||
| BRITTEN BENJAMIN: (1913-1976) English Composer. Signed Christmas greetings card, the 8vo folding card featuring a colour image to the front of Madonna and Child by Roger Van Der Weyden, signed ('to you all, Ben') by Britten in black ink beneath a printed greeting and also signed by Peter Pears (1910-1986) English Tenor, with his first name alone in black ink. Together with a colour picture postcard featuring a reproduction of a drawing of the Nativity by Antonio Allegri da Correggio, signed to the verso in bold black ink by Imogen Holst (1907-1984) British Composer & Conductor, daughter of Gustav Holst, with her first name only, also adding a brief Christmas greeting in her hand. Some slight scuffing to Britten's card, otherwise VG to EX, 2 £100 - 150 |
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| 267 | |||
| BERKELEY LENNOX: (1903-1989) English Composer. Small group of three A.Ls.S., Lennox Berkeley, six pages (total), 8vo and small 4to, Worcester and London, December 1980 - October 1981, each to [Alan] Poulton. Berkeley writes an interesting series of letters relating to his compositions, in part, 'I feel sure that I would benefit greatly from a survey of my work to date…I would like one of the possible contributors to be Peter Dickinson who has written the new article on me in the new Grove.' (25th December 1980), 'Aubade for Organ. This is the first of three pieces, Op 72 number 1. The other movements being Aria, and the last, Toccata. "There was neither grass nor corn" would, as you suppose, have been written in 1949. I can't remember in what order any compositions written after Op 96 would be, but I'll be having a meeting with my publishers (Messrs. Chester) to go into this.' (24th September 1981), 'I know this sounds nonsensical, but I was dissatisfied with my first Violin & Piano Sonata and withdrew it. I then wrote another one - it was a considerable improvement, so I decided to make it my Opus 1 forgetting that it was called No.2 when published. I regard it as my first published work, so I think its best just to call it Op 1.' (15th October 1981). VG, 3 £100 - 120 Alan Poulton - Compiler and editor of A Dictionary-Catalogue of Modern British Composers. |
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| 268 | |||
| ALWYN WILLIAM: (1905-1985) English Composer of over seventy film scores and other works. Small series of three A.Ls.S., William Alwyn, four pages (total), 8vo and 4to, Halesworth, Suffolk, May 1980 - November 1984, each to Alan Poulton. In his first letter Alwyn refers to an article on Alan Bush and continues 'Naturally I am delighted and touched by your knowledge and appreciation of my music - particularly by your enthusiasm for "Lyra Angelica". "Beauty" still is to me the major reason for all artistic creation but the word seems anathema to most modern art….Indeed one of my major published poems is a study in aesthetics entitled "Daphne, or the Pursuit of Beauty". Because of this profound personal belief my music was almost completely neglected and I spent many years "in the wilderness". Now, thanks to the issue of the records of my symphonies and other major works during the past 10 years this has all changed and my reputation has become truly international', further welcoming the possibility of an authorative biography and list of works, 'preferably not exclusively on my film music, but preserving the correct balance between my serious music and to me, far less important, film music. It is now 20 years since I composed a film score, and I have no desire to stress my work in this field, important though it was.' (25th May 1980), in the other letters briefly referring to his current commission and returning some corrected proofs. Together with three A.Ls.S. by Alwyn's second wife, Doreen Mary Carwithen (1922-2003) British Composer of classical and film music, four pages, 8vo, Halesworth, Suffolk, October - November 1985, each to [Alan] Poulton, in the first referring to her recently deceased husband, 'He was a great man and will be sadly missed, but his music, poetry and paintings will be a perpetual memorial to him' (1st October 1985) and in the others referring to photographs and providing two addresses. VG to EX, 6 £100 - 120 Alan Poulton - Compiler and editor of A Dictionary-Catalogue of Modern British Composers. |
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| 269 | |||
| COOKE ARNOLD: (1906-2005) British Composer. Interesting series of nine A.Ls.S., Arnold Cooke, seventeen pages (total), 8vo and small 4to, Tonbridge, February 1986 - June 1992, each to [Alan] Poulton. Cooke writes to his correspondent about his compositions, in part, 'I have not kept records of first performances or first broadcasts, though in some cases, particularly more recent works, I can remember them' (7th February 1986), in one letter providing details of various works including Soldier from the Wars Returning, The Song of Soldiers, O What is that sound that so thrills the ear?, Reconciliation, Jacobean Suite etc., and in other letters thanking his correspondent for various detailed lists of compositions which he has brought up to date and added various corrections and additions to, congratulating him on 'a big achievement!' and looking forward to the publication of the work. Very small staple holes to the upper left corners of most of the letters, only very slightly affecting a few letters of text but not the signatures, VG, 9 £100 - 120 Alan Poulton - Compiler and editor of A Dictionary-Catalogue of Modern British Composers. |
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| 270 | |||
| ADDISON JOHN: (1920-1998) British Composer of Film Scores, Academy Award winner. Small group of four A.Ls.S., John Addison and three with his first name only, six pages (total), 8vo and 4to, Old Bennington, Vermont, August 1992 - June 1994, each to Alan [Poulton]. Addison writes to his correspondent in connection with a study of 50 Modern British Composers for which he agrees to supply some information, sending lists of scores (no longer present) for theatre, television and films etc., and stating, in part, 'Emerson Edition Ltd have just published a piece they commissioned from me: Five Dialogues for Flute and Clarinet. Also in the works from them….is my Harlequin for soprano saxophone and piano. This was a commission from a soprano sax specialist musician in Vermont originally under the title Rondo Giocoso, Harlequin and Columbine.' (17th January 1994), 'I have recently donated most of my film scores to Brigham Young University's archives and have sent them all relevant files….Regarding the television shows you mention: 1) My score for Firefighter was thrown out by the network, much to the fury of the producer, Greg Simms, who was thrilled with the score. 2) Amazing Stories was a series of short….TV shows produced by Stephen (sic) Spielberg. Many of the top L.A. composers wrote scores for minute fees only because of Spielberg's name. I did two of them….' (23rd June 1994). Some slight, minor creasing and a feint paperclip rust stain to the head of one letter, not affecting the text or signature, about VG, 4 £100 - 120 Alan Poulton - Compiler and editor of A Dictionary-Catalogue of Modern British Composers. |
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| 271 | |||
| GIPPS RUTH: (1921-1999) British Composer. Series of five T.Ls.S., mostly Ruth Gipps, eight pages (total), 4to, Uckfield, East Sussex, May 1989 - June 1995, each to Alan Poulton. Gipps writes an interesting series of letters concerning her compositions, making observations on some discrepancies with Poulton's lists of her works, in part, 'although a number of my things have been properly published I have gathered them all back, having experienced being pulped, having sets of parts lost just before a concert, having an American publisher who kept moving so that I couldn't contact him, etc. I have now got back all my own Copyrights. I think "Pub. So-and-so, Copyright returned to composer" covers every case except "The Cat", of which I always held the Copyright myself.' (14th March 1990), 'I don't see how anybody can list my music properly until I'm dead, and then I shan't be here to type the list. Firstly there is a list of my commissioned BBC incidental music. I regard it as being so totally unimportant that I have never given it opus numbers, and I have no idea where the scores are. It has just transpired that the BBC Library has a catalogue….Upon asking what music of mine was in the catalogue, the answer was "just one item - Phosphorus". I let out a muted yell of disbelief (that having been my very first commission, a sort of apprentice job). They had no note of my broadcast symphonies or concertos, and the librarian told Eila Bannister when she investigated that she had never heard of me…..' (15th July 1991) and further providing details of compositions including Cool Running Water, Pan & Apollo, The Lady of the Lambs etc. Accompanied by several typed lists of other compositions. Small staple holes and minor rust stains to the upper left corners, not affecting the text or signatures, and some neat ink annotations in Poulton's hand. Generally VG, 5 £80 - 100 Alan Poulton - Compiler and editor of A Dictionary-Catalogue of Modern British Composers. |
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| COMPOSERS: Selection of A.Ls.S. and T.Ls.S. by various composers comprising Andrzej Panufnik (asking for his name to be omitted from a dictionary as 'complete published lists of my works also already exist, not only in Boosey & Hawkes catalogue but also in my autobiography "Composing Myself" ', with a T.L.S. by his wife, Camilla Panufnik), Peter Racine Fricker (two T.Ls.S. referring to lists of his compositions, together with a T.L.S. by his wife, Helen Fricker), Richard Arnell (seven A.Ls.S., one unsigned, referring to lists of his compositions etc.) and George Lloyd (three T.Ls.S. and an A.L.S., referring to various compositions and in one commenting 'I note that you mention the New Groves….My entry was a scrappy affair pushed in at the eleventh hour. I think it must have been decided to leave me out and then at the very last moment the editors discovered that one of my symphonies was to be played in a few weeks at the Festival Hall. No proofing was done and the computer gave me someone else's OBE! So please leave that out.'). Each of the letters are written to Alan Poulton. Most with small staple holes and slight rust stains to the upper left corners, not affecting the text or signatures, generally VG, 16 £100 - 150 Alan Poulton - Compiler and editor of A Dictionary-Catalogue of Modern British Composers. |
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| 273 | |||
| MASCAGNI PIETRO: (1863-1945) Italian Composer. Vintage signed postcard photograph of the composer in a half length pose. Signed in dark fountain pen ink and dated Buenos Aires, 28th May 1911 in his hand. The image also bears a facsimile signature. Together with Vincent d'Indy (1851-1931) French Composer. A.L.S., Vincent d'Indy, two pages, 8vo, Paris, 5th March 1889, to a gentleman, in French (untranslated). Also including Darius Milhaud (1892-1974) French Composer, a member of Les Six. Blue ink signature and inscription on a page removed from an autograph album, dated 1959 in his hand. Matted in gold and grey beneath a photograph of Milhaud to an overall size of 10.5 x 17.5. Some very light staining to Mascagni's image, G to VG, 3 £100 - 150 |
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| 274 | |||
| LIGETI GYORGY: (1923-2006) Austrian Composer of contemporary classical music. Film Director Stanley Kubrick frequently used Ligeti's music in his film scores. Signed 5 x 7 photograph of Ligeti in a head and shoulders pose. Signed in bold blue ink with his name alone to a light area at the base of the image. Scarce. EX £100 - 120 |
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| 275 | |||
| SCHUMANN CLARA: (1819-1896) German Pianist & Composer. A.L.S., Cl. Schumann, one page, 8vo, Hyde Park Gate, 21st February 1873, to a lady, in German. Schumann informs her correspondent that she will not be able to meet her on Thursday, suggesting Tuesday as an alternative and concluding 'Any of the quartets will be fine'. With blank integral leaf. About VG £100 - 150 |
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| 276 | |||
| BULOW HANS VON: (1830-1894) German Conductor, Pianist and Composer. Husband of Franz Liszt's daughter Cosima, who later left him for Richard Wagner. A.Q.S., Hans v Bulow, one page, 8vo, Meiningen, 10th April 1887. Bulow has boldly penned a two line quotation, in English, in full, 'Music is medicine for the soul, they say: alas! how often a pucker!' Some extremely minor light age wear, otherwise VG £80 - 100 |
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| 277 | |||
| HEIFETZ JASCHA: (1901-1987) Russian-born American Violinist. Vintage signed 10 x 8 photograph of Heifetz standing in a half length pose playing his violin. Signed in fountain pen ink to a clear area of the image and dated December 1944 in his hand. Some extensive silvering to the edges of the image and some corner creasing, G £100 - 150 |
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| 278 | |||
| CLASSICAL MUSIC: Selection of autograph statements signed by various Composers, Musicians and Opera singers, mainly French, each one page, folio, 1928-30, including Darius Milhaud (in full '"And the dove returned to Noah, holding a green twig in its beak" Let us keep the dove prisoner! and may the green twig become a tree of eternal peace!'), Jean Wiener, Marcel Journet (in full 'I will not be truly happy until I am certain that it has become impossible to declare war; I hope to live long enough to see the day when all peoples will be true friends, with no ulterior motives'), Henri Rabaud, Francis Plante (in full 'In truth, I feel I am not entitled to give an opinion on such a grave question as that of the Peace of the Nations, but the aspirations of my life as an artist all being in harmony with my professional Art, I believe I might dare say that the Pacification of the world should be the ideal goal!'), Georges Thill, Gabriel Pierne, Vincent d'Indy (in full, 'If you want peace, prepare for war'), Alfred Cortot (in full 'Is it not a humiliating paradox for human reason that the purpose of war is to seek peace, arms in hand?'), Francis Casadesus (two lengthy A.M.Qs.S., with words, one being a specially composed Hymn to Peace), Alfred Bruneau, Lucien Fugere (reciting a fable of LaFontaine), Marthe Chenal etc. Some light age wear, G to VG, 15 £200 - 300 The statements were prepared for publication in the Pax Mundi book; an anthology of sentiments on peace published in Switzerland by the World League for Peace. Between 1925 and 1932 many notable persons from around the world were asked to comment on the prospects of world peace and the volume included contributions from Marie Curie, Guglielmo Marconi, Albert Einstein, Rabindranath Tagore and many others. |
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| CLASSICAL MUSIC: A good selection of signed pieces, cards, album pages, programmes, a few A.Ls.S., T.Ls.S., signed photographs etc., by various composers, classical musicians, some opera singers and ballet dancers etc., including Benjamin Britten, William Walton, John Addison, Julian Bream, John Barbirolli, Fritz Kreisler, Anny Konetzni, John Williams (A.M.Q.S.), Aaron Copland, Virgil Thomson, Richard Arnell, Myra Hess, Eugene Goossens, Simon Rattle, Malcolm Sargent, Rudolf Nureyev, Sigmund Romberg (2), Leopold Stokowski, Gwyneth Jones, Kurt Herbert Adler, Yehudi Menuhin, Leonard Slatkin etc. A few FR, generally G to VG, 34 £150 - 200 |
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| 280 | |||
| CLASSICAL MUSIC: Selection of A.Ls.S., T.Ls.S. etc., by various composers, musicians, opera singers etc., including Lily Pons (3), Ebe Stignani, Licia Albanese, Rosalyn Tureck, Astrid Varnay, Jennie Tourel, Rosalind Elias, Paul Althouse, Hans Kindler, Andrew Imbrie, Ned Rorem, Sigmund Spaeth, Arthur Hartmann, Rudolf Bing, Henry Cowell, Lukas Foss, Milton Forstat, Isaac Stern, Fritz Kreisler, Walter Damrosch etc. Some of the letters have interesting content. A little duplication. Some FR, generally G to about VG, 51 £100 - 150 |
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| 281 | |||
| CLASSICAL MUSIC: Selection of A.Ls.S., T.Ls.S. etc., by various composers, musicians, opera singers etc., including Walter Damrosch, Lily Pons (2), Grace Bumbry, Rosalyn Turcek, Ruth Slenczynska, Norman Dello Joio (A.M.Q.S.), Astrid Varnay, Minnie Guggenheimer, Marjorie Lawrence, Ebe Stignani, Dusolina Giannini, Wilfrid Pelletier, Nikolai Lopatnikoff, Vincent Persichetti, William Schuman, David Del Tredici, Arthur Hartmann, Sam Franko (3), Max Rudolf, Henry Cowell, Lukas Foss (3), Efrem Zimbalist, Fritz Kreisler etc. Some of the letters have interesting content. A little duplication. Some FR, generally G to about VG, 48 £100 - 150 |
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| 282 | |||
| CLASSICAL MUSIC: Selection of signed cards, programmes, 8 x 10 photographs and smaller (many vintage) etc., by various classical musicians and opera singers including Nicolai Gedda, The Brousil Family, Morton Gould, Alan Hovhaness, Jarmil Burghauser, Yehudi Menuhin, Isaac Stern, Boris Christoff, Josef Hofmann, Jacob Lateiner, Beverly Sills, Dorothy Kirsten, Placido Domingo, Ferruccio Tagliavini, Jessye Norman, Bidu Sayao, Grace Bumbry, Ezio Pinza, Rosa Ponselle, Giovanni Martinelli, Bernardino Molinari etc., also including thirteen unsigned photographs of various sizes, one an unusual sepia 5 x 9.5 photograph by Mishkin of New York depicting Enrico Caruso in a full length costume pose. Some FR, generally G, 69 £100 - 150 |
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| CLASSICAL MUSIC: Selection of signed 8 x 10 photographs and slightly smaller by various classical musicians, conductors etc., including Eugene Ormandy, James MacMillan, Daniel Barenboim, Christian Zacharias, Anne Sophie Mutter, Evgeny Kissin, Midori Goto, Ottavio Dantone, Josef Bulva, Alfred Brendel etc. Some of the images are colour. Generally EX, 11 £100 - 120 |
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| METROPOLITAN OPERA HOUSE: A good, original silk programme for a Gala Performance of Grand Opera at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York, 25th February 1902, in honour of the visit of Prince Henry of Prussia. The programme features performances from Lohengrin, Carmen, Aida, La Traviata and others, the cast including Edouard de Reszke, Emma Calve, Emma Eames, Johanna Gadski, Ernestine Shumann-Heink etc. The silk programme, with a decorative printed design and oval portrait of Prince Henry at the head, has a tasselled edge and was printed by Dempsey & Carroll of New York. VG £100 - 120 |
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| COVENT GARDEN: A good, original silk programme for a Gala Performance at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 8th June 1905, in honour of the visit of King Alfonso XIII of Spain. The programme features performances from La Boheme and Romeo et Juliette, the cast including Enrico Caruso and Nellie Melba. The silk programme is printed with a decorative border featuring circular portraits of King Alfonso XIII and King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra of Great Britain, along with the British and Spanish coats of arms, has a tasselled edge and was printed by Finden Brown & Co. VG £200 - 300 |
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| MELBA NELLIE: (1861-1931) Australian Soprano. Book signed and inscribed, a hardback edition of Melodies and Memories, First Edition published by Thornton Butterworth Ltd., London, 1925. Signed by Melba in bold black fountain pen ink to the front free endpaper and dated 1926 in her hand. With the bookplate of Colonel A. E. Jenkins neatly laid down to the front pastedown. Lacking the dust jacket. Some age wear to the boards and the spine faded. About G £80 - 100 |
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| CALLAS MARIA: (1923-1977) American-born Greek Soprano. Vintage signed and inscribed 10 x 12 photograph of Callas standing outdoors in a three quarter length pose wearing a fur coat and holding a large bouquet of flowers in her arms. Part of an aircraft can just be seen in the background. Signed in blue fountain pen ink to the lower photographer's mount, 'To George A. Fuchter, with best wishes, Maria Meneghini Callas' and dated 1957 in her hand. Contained in the original plain presentation folder bearing the credit stamp of Associated Newspapers Ltd., London, to the verso. Some foxing, largely to the outside of the presentation folder, and a little to the edges of the photographer's mount, only very slightly touching Callas' inscription and signature. G £200 - 300 |
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| CALLAS MARIA: (1923-1977) American-born Greek Soprano. Vintage signed and inscribed 10 x 12 photograph of Callas standing in a full length pose in costume as Violetta from Verdi's opera La traviata. Signed in bold, dark blue fountain pen ink across a light area of the image, 'To George A. Fuchter, with sincere cordiality, Maria Meneghini Callas' and dated 1958 in her hand. Contained in the original plain presentation folder (large tear to the front) bearing the credit stamp of Associated Newspapers Ltd., London, to the verso. Some foxing, largely to the outside of the presentation folder, and a little to the edges of the photographer's mount, not affecting the image or signature, G £200 - 300 |
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| BAYREUTH: Small selection of vintage signed sepia 4 x 5.5 postcard photographs by various opera singers comprising Elisabeth Reichelt, Friedrich Dalberg, Erich Witte, Paul Schoffler and Eugen Fuchs. Most of the images are by Weirich on behalf of the Bayreuth Festival and three show the singers in costume poses. All are signed in fountain pen inks, largely across clear areas of the images. VG, 5 £80 - 100 |
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| OPERA: Selection of signed postcard photographs and slightly larger by various opera singers including Beniamino Gigli, Lily Pons, Luciano Pavarotti, Joan Hammond, Kiri Te Kanawa, Victoria de los Angeles, Montserrat Caballe, Jessye Norman etc. Generally VG, 9 £100 - 120 |
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| OPERA: Selection of signed postcard photographs and slightly larger by various opera singers including Piero Cappuccilli, Richard Cassilly, Reri Grist, Erna Sack, Graziella Sciutti, Claire Watson, Sesto Bruscantini, Thomas Allen & Laura Tatulescu etc. Most of the images depict the singers in costume poses. VG to EX, 9 £80 - 100 |
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| OPERA: Selection of signed colour 8 x 10 photographs and slightly larger (1) by various opera singers including Thomas Hampson, Ferruccio Furlanetto, Ildiko Raimondi & Boaz Daniel (Don Giovanni), Placido Domingo (2), Carlos Alvarez, Anna Netrebko, Daniela Fally, Roberto Sacca, Elina Garanca & Michael Schade, Chen Reiss & George Gagnidze (Rigoletto) etc. Some are multiple signed and most show the singers in costume poses. Generally EX, 10 £100 - 120 |
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| PAVLOVA ANNA: (1881-1931) Russian Ballet Dancer. Vintage signed postcard photograph of Pavlova in a full length pose, en pointe, wearing a costume. Photograph by Campbell Gray. Signed with her name alone in bold, dark fountain pen ink, largely across a clear area of the image. Neatly mounted and with some light age wear, G £100 - 150 |
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| FONTEYN MARGOT: (1919-1991) English Ballerina. Small selection of two A.Ls.S. and three T.Ls.S., Margot Fonteyn and Margot Arias, seven pages (total), 8vo, London, 1946-66, to Miss. P. Jeffcoat, some on the printed stationery of the Royal Opera House. Each of the letters thank her correspondent for having sent flowers following various performances, in part, 'Once more all my thanks to you...for the lovely roses you sent me on the first night and also for the most enchanting bouquet of violets last night. May I in turn wish that you will all enjoy our new Covent Garden season.' (2nd November 1946). Each of the letters are accompanied by the original envelopes, one hand addressed by Fonteyn. VG, 5 £80 - 100 |
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| NUREYEV RUDOLF: (1938-1993) Russian Ballet Dancer. Signed 4 x 5.5 photograph of Nureyev in a close-up head and shoulders pose. Signed ('Rudolf Nureyev') in bold black ink with his name alone to the lower white border. Together with signed postcard photographs by the ballerinas Margot Fonteyn (in costume from Giselle), Beryl Grey and Ninette de Valois. VG to EX, 4 £100 - 120 |
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| NUREYEV RUDOLF: (1938-1993) Russian Ballet Dancer. Signed 10 x 8 photograph of Nureyev standing in a half-length pose in ballet costume. Signed by Nureyev with his name alone in red ink to a lighter area of the image. Together with a signed printed 8vo programme for The Nutcracker, at The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 4th April 1968, signed by Nureyev in black ink to the cover. Also including Margot Fonteyn (1919-1991) English Ballet Dancer. An early vintage signed 4 x 6 photograph of Fonteyn standing in a full-length pose in ballet costume. Signed in black fountain pen ink with her name alone to the lower photographer's mount. VG, 3 £100 - 120 |
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| BALLET: Selection of signed postcard photographs and slightly larger, some vintage, by various ballet dancers including Margot Fonteyn, Frederick Ashton, Colette Marchand, Sonja Kastl, Jacqueline Moreau, Alexis Rassine, Michael Somes, Lesley Collier, Mara Galeazzi, Maria Del Villar, Bryony Brind, Monica Mason, Ana Botafogo, Desmond Kelly, Galina Panova, Robert Helpmann, Brenda Hamlyn, Marina Svetlova etc. The majority of the images depict the subjects in dance poses. G to generally VG, 36 £100 - 120 |
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BALLET: Selection of signed pieces, cards, signed postcard photographs and some slightly larger etc., by various ballet dancers including Sylvie Guillem, Darcey Bussell, Deborah Bull, Jennifer Penney, Sarah Wildor, Merce Cunningham, Maya Plisetskaya, Pamela May, Karen Kain, Galina Stepanyenko, Natalia Makarova, Aurelie Dupont, Nicolas Le Riche, Sherilyn Kennedy etc. A little duplication. G to generally VG, 61 £100 - 120ART & LITERATURE |
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| KNIGHT LAURA: (1877-1970) English Impressionist Artist. Illustrated A.L.S., Laura, one page, 4to, St. Johns Wood, London, 5th March 1966, to 'My dear Stanley'. Knight announces 'After re-reading your beautiful letter....this huge piece of paper gives me fits' and continues 'I have to scribble an image (not a portrait) but an inadequate expression of my delight. Words fail me - to do justice to your own is impossible. I have just spent several weeks trying to paint an impossible picture out of my head - about nothing. I live in the hope that it means something to someone else, but doubt it. Anyway it's good fun to try to do something you can't do....' Knight has illustrated her letter with an original pen and ink drawing of a ballerina in a full length pose, the image taking up around half the page. A couple of extremely light, minor stains, otherwise VG £100 - 120 |
| Auction Details - AUCTION ALREADY HELD | |||
| Autograph Auction | |||
| Auctioneer: | IAA International Autograph Auctions Ltd | Location: | Radisson Edwardian Hotel, Heathrow |
| Contact: | Tel: +44 (0)115 845 1010 Fax: +44 (0)115 845 1009 | ||
| Date: | 14th December 2013 | Time: | 11:00AM |
| Details: | Midland Viewing: Only in the week prior at our offices at Foxhall Business Centre Day of Auction from 9am |
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