Auction No 420, Category: Autographs

18 Lots (displaying 1 - 18)

Selection of autographed photos & prints, mostly 10x8”, some in soft mounts including Mohamed Al-Fayed, Harrison Ford (with COA), Tony Curtis,

Lot: 15

  • Auction Date: Wed 13th Sep 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
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Selection of autographed photos & prints, mostly 10x8”, some in soft mounts including Mohamed Al-Fayed, Harrison Ford (with COA), Tony Curtis, Jennifer Saunders, and Billie Jo Spears. Other items laid down on adhesive card include Fiona Fullerton. (12)           

Autographs in small album & loose including few letters & signed programmes; mostly signed pages including Charles Buck Jones (1891-1942, film star)

Lot: 16

  • Auction Date: Wed 13th Sep 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
SOLD £56
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Autographs in small album & loose including few letters & signed programmes; mostly signed pages including Charles Buck Jones (1891-1942, cowboy film star), Colin Welland, Benard Cribbins, The Spinners, Clive Lloyd, Ardiles, Glenn Hoddle, Roger d'Coursey, Steve Ovett, George Melly, Adam Faith, Alan Minter, Gary Sobers and many other well-known; together with biographical notes.

Bundle of 1930s autograph albums & commonplace books including signatures of jazz/dance-band musicians, Gracie Fields, Ann Todd,

Lot: 17

  • Auction Date: Wed 13th Sep 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £52
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Bundle of 1930s autograph albums & commonplace books including signatures of jazz/dance-band musicians, Gracie Fields, Ann Todd, Carl Brisson (signed picture), Raymond Glendenning, and other entertainers; together with 100s of foreign stamps on pages especially Sweden & Portuguese Colonies.

Selection of mostly signed books with signatures of Ahmed Rashid, Jennifer Saunders, Doug Walters, Deborah Devonshire, Pam Ayres and Tony Bullimore.

Lot: 18

  • Auction Date: Wed 13th Sep 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
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Selection of mostly signed books with signatures of Ahmed Rashid, Jennifer Saunders, Doug Walters, Deborah Devonshire, Pam Ayres and Tony Bullimore. Also A.A. Thomson Hutton and Washbrook 1963 with signed cutting of Cyril Washbrook laid down on title page and Len Hutton signed page loosely inserted. Most are 1st Editions, all in d/jkts. (7)

Allan Ginsberg and Gregory Corso: autographed pages, former dated 1995, latter inscribed "Rebel, Gregory Corso" with a cartoon.

Lot: 23

  • Auction Date: Wed 13th Sep 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
SOLD £40
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Allan Ginsberg and Gregory Corso: autographed pages, former dated 1995, latter inscribed Rebel, Gregory Corso with a cartoon. Both obtained in person, latter with collector's details on reverse. Ginsberg's signature on reverse of the business card of a New York removals company. Tape marks at corners. (2)

Saddam Hussein "Building Up Iraq Together", 1983, ink signed by Saddam Hussein on the frontispiece. Printed wraps, 82pp. VG.

Lot: 36

  • Auction Date: Wed 13th Sep 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £300 - £400
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Saddam Hussein Building Up Iraq Together, 1983, ink signed by Saddam Hussein on the frontispiece. Printed wraps, 82pp. VG. This work comprises two speeches given by Hussein in the Kurdish area of Iraq in 1983 dealing with the integration of Kurdish citizens into Iraqi society. [Provenance: presented by the Iraqi Embassy in Belgrade to a Government Official of the former Yugoslavia]. 

History of the Iraqi Armed Forces 1921-1981 [title in Arabic], Baghdad, 1981, ink-signed by Saddam Hussein at the foot of two frontispiece photos.

Lot: 37

  • Auction Date: Wed 13th Sep 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £400 - £500
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History of the Iraqi Armed Forces 1921-1981 [title in Arabic], Baghdad, 1981, ink-signed by Saddam Hussein at the foot of two frontispiece photos. Large format, cloth bound, in d/jacket. Illustrated throughout. Text in Arabic. The jacket is slightly chipped at spine extremities; ownership stamp bleached out on front endpaper o/w fine. 174pp. [Provenance: presented by the Iraqi Embassy in Belgrade to a Government Official of the former Yugoslavia].

Collection of Politicians’ Autographs in album, 1985/86, including Tony Benn, Patrick Duffy, Clare Short, Roy Mason, Jack Ashley, Bernard Wetherill,

Lot: 75

  • Auction Date: Wed 13th Sep 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £52
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Collection of Politicians' Autographs in album, 1985/86, including Tony Benn, Patrick Duffy, Clare Short, Roy Mason, Jack Ashley, Bernard Wetherill, Peter Shore, Mo Mowlam, Hugh Jenkins, and others, 72 in all, several ‘back to back'; together with few signed photos & letters including William Hague & Virginia Bottomley, and extensive biographical notes. (Qty)

F. Gordon Roe "The Bronze Cross", 1945, signed internally by Victoria Cross winners Geoffrey Leonard Cheshire, Richard Burton, George Eardley,

Lot: 77

  • Auction Date: Wed 13th Sep 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £50
SOLD £40
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F. Gordon Roe The Bronze Cross, 1945, signed internally by Victoria Cross winners Geoffrey Leonard Cheshire, Richard Burton, George Eardley, and Edward Chapman, the d/jkt damaged, binding weak; together with four Christmas cards signed by V.C. or G.C. Winners, and a copy of The Register of the Victoria Cross, 1981, in fine d/jkt; both books with ownership inscriptions at front.  

Ralph Stanley (Bluegrass musician/vocalist, 1927-2016): fine autograph on reverse of ticket for the B.B.King Blues Club & Grill, New York.

Lot: 79

  • Auction Date: Wed 13th Sep 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £40
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Ralph Stanley (Bluegrass musician/vocalist, 1927-2016): fine autograph on reverse of ticket for the B.B.King Blues Club & Grill, New York.

Bill Monroe (Bluegrass musician, 1927-1996, ‘The Father of Bluegrass’): signed programme notes for 1993 Roots of American Music Festival,

Lot: 80

  • Auction Date: Wed 13th Sep 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £40
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Bill Monroe (Bluegrass musician, 1927-1996, ‘The Father of Bluegrass'): signed programme notes for 1993 Roots of American Music Festival, held at the Lincoln Center. Obtained in person by the vendor. In sunken card mount, framed. Fine.

Film Star autographs, a selection of ink-signed photos including Tony Curtis (2), John Forsythe, Richard Todd, Nadja Tiller, Celeste Holm,

Lot: 84

  • Auction Date: Wed 13th Sep 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £68
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Film Star autographs, a selection of ink-signed photos including Tony Curtis (2), John Forsythe, Richard Todd, Nadja Tiller, Celeste Holm, and various others. The photos are copies of 1940s/50s PPCs, though the signatures are authentic. (22)

Photographs of Entertainers & Cinemas, many autographed, laid down in an album; signatures include Noel Coward; Reginald Dixon, Harold Ramsay

Lot: 85

  • Auction Date: Wed 13th Sep 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £120 - £180
SOLD £110
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Photographs of Entertainers & Cinemas, many autographed, laid down in an album; signatures include Noel Coward; Reginald Dixon, Harold Ramsay and several other cinema organists; Harry Roy, Jack Jackson and other dance-band leaders; Vera Lynn, Michael Dennison, Henry Fonda, James Stewart, Violet Carson, & others. The photos feature cinema organs and cinema buildings (many now closed) with particular interest in the Manchester area. Also many admission tickets. (Large qty).         

Entertainers autographs, a collection of signed photos in album, including Sophia Loren, Rita Moreno, Albert Finney, Liv Ullman, and other cinema,

Lot: 87

  • Auction Date: Wed 13th Sep 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £82
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Entertainers autographs, a collection of signed photos in album, including Sophia Loren, Rita Moreno, Albert Finney, Liv Ullman, and other cinema, mostly 10 x 8”. VG/VF (40)        

Album of autographs, mostly British Radio & Screen personalities, 1930s to modern, with many photographs, plus signed pages and letters;

Lot: 88

  • Auction Date: Wed 13th Sep 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £80 - £100
SOLD £140
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Album of autographs, mostly British Radio & Screen personalities, 1930s to modern, with many photographs, plus signed pages and letters; including Virginia McKenna, Una Stubbs, Colin Clive, Lorraine Kelly, Faith Brown, Sasha Distel, Donald Sinden, Monte Rey (ALS), and many other well-known. VG/VF (111)

UK Screen & Stage autographs, a collection in album of signed photos, plus few signed pages, including Nigel Havers, Neil Morrisey, Susan Hampshire,

Lot: 89

  • Auction Date: Wed 13th Sep 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
SOLD £120
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UK Screen & Stage autographs, a collection in album of signed photos, plus few signed pages, including Nigel Havers, Neil Morrisey, Susan Hampshire, Tom Conti, and many others. VG/VF (141)

Album of signed 10x8” photos, mostly entertainers, including Liv Ullman, Phyllis Diller, Larry Hankin and Paul Anka. VG/VF (40)

Lot: 90

  • Auction Date: Wed 13th Sep 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £62
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Album of signed 10x8” photos, mostly entertainers, including Liv Ullman, Phyllis Diller, Larry Hankin and Paul Anka. VG/VF (40)

Arthur & Winifred Percival (musicians): a collection of photographs (6), a book and other items, mostly signed or inscribed.

Lot: 91

  • Auction Date: Wed 13th Sep 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
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Arthur & Winifred Percival (musicians): a collection of photographs (6), a book and other items, mostly signed or inscribed. Arthur Percival was one-time leader of the Halle Orchestra