Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 105

June 30 - July 1 2018 Manuscript, Space and Collectibles Sale

Celebrity Autographs

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 246		22 Autographs of the Greatest Film Directors of All Time Including Welles, Walsh, Cukor, Lean, Renoir and Wyler. The ultimate collection of autographs from Hollywood's Golden Age, names that raised the bar of filmmaking and artistry and whose works remain significant and beloved: Collection includes Orson Welles, Raoul Walsh, the master David Lean, the legendary Frank Capra (signed proof photo), Busby Berkeley, Clarence Brown, George Cukor, William Wyler, Alexander Korda, Carol Reed, Jean Renoir (considered the greatest director by Welles and 4th greatest director by BFI), Gene Kelly, Stanley Donen, Vincent Minnelli, the wonderful Preston Sturges, Mervyn LeRoy, the great Billy Wilder, Elia Kazan, Fred Zinnemann, Stanley Kramer, John Frankenheimer, and Irwin Allen. All are bold and in excellent condition. housed in a folio with biographies written by Michael Hecht with photos and film poster cards. Estimate Value $500 - UP The Michael Hecht Autograph Collection. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $810
Lot 247		Charlie Chaplin "The Tramp" -- Lovely Signed Autograph Leaf ca. 1930s with Modern Times Photo. Charlie Chaplin's "Little Tramp" is quite likely one of the most globally recognized icons of American Cinema in history, likely greater than Frankenstein, King Kong and Marilyn Monroe. Absolutely one of the 20th Century's greatest film comedians, film directors and composers. Offered is a very fine signature, lifted from a 1930s era autograph book executed in black fountain pen ink, slightly oxidized and toned given the years. 2½ x 4" and professionally mounted on mat board with restrike photo from MODERN TIMES, co-starring Paulette Goddard, which measures 11½ x 8½" Excellent in every way. COA from AACS autographs. Estimate Value $400 - UP View details and enlarged photo	Realized $256
Lot 248		Collection of Autographs, Letters and Signed Photos, Hitchcock, Hope, Burns, Hepburn Swanson, Kelly, Rogers Many More. One of the more unique collections of autographs we have offered. A huge folio of nearly 90 signed photos, cards, and letters on the occasion of a couple's 50th Wedding Anniversary, congratulations sent to them by entertainers they loved throughout their lives, based on their children writing to them. The response to their anniversary proved amazing, most especially Bob Hope who in a spectacular gesture of kindness, played golf with their father, a life-long dream which was covered in area papers. Autographs include Bob Hope, Katherine Hepburn, Lee Marvin, Alfred Hitchcock, Kirk Douglas Gloria Swanson, Dustin Hoffman, Mary Pickford, Bette Davis, Gene Kelly, George Burns, Glen Campbell, Jimmy Durante John Denver, Bob Newhart, Woody Allen, Fred Astaire, Leonard Bernstein, Mel Blanc, Carol Burnett, Johnny Carson, News titans Walter Cronkite, John Chancellor, Edwin Newman, Dan Rather, Roger Mudd, Daniel Schorr, David Brinkley, two from Doris Day, Phyllis Diller, Angie Dickenson, Charlton Heston, Henry Fonda, Astronaut John Glenn, Andy Griffith, Rock Hudson, Rosalind Russell, Shelley Winters, Lawrence Welk, and that is about half of the collection. A collection worthy of previewing in person. Estimate Value $500 - UP View details and enlarged photo	Realized $1,440
Lot 249		Columbia Pictures' Greatest Western Stars: 15 Authentic Signatures on Columbia Pictures Logo. First of two offered. Columbia Pictures had, over the course of their history, a stable of Western film stars. Unfortunately, many had passed prior to this autograph session -- Buck Jones comes to mind. But here are 15 boldly signed autographs on a colorful 24 x 30" Columbia Pictures logo which include Iron Eyes Cody, Clayton Moore, Richard Farnsworth, Jane Wyatt, Walt LaRue, Jack Mahoney, Sheb Wooley, Penny Singelton, Gail Davis, Dub Taylor, Denver Pyle, Terry Moore, Alan Hale Jr., Terry Frost and Elena Verdugo. Excellent condition. Estimate Value $250 - UP The Michael Hecht Autograph Collection. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $154
Lot 250		Columbia Pictures' Greatest Western Stars: 15 Original Signatures on Columbia Pictures Logo. Second of these Columbia tributes in this auction. Columbia Pictures had, over the course of their history, a stable of Western film stars. Unfortunately, many had passed prior to this autograph session, Buck Jones comes to mind. But here are 15 boldly signed autographs on a colorful 24 x 30" Columbia Pictures logo which include Iron Eyes Cody, Clayton Moore, Richard Farnsworth, Jane Wyatt, Walt LaRue, Jack Mahoney, Sheb Wooley, Penny Singelton, Gail Davis, Dub Taylor, Denver Pyle, Terry Moore, Alan Hale Jr., Terry Frost and Elena Verdugo. Excellent condition. Estimate Value $250 - UP The Michael Hecht Autograph Collection. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 251		Fine Collection of Autographs By Celebrated Authors Whose Works Were Adapted To Acclaimed Films. A nice collection of autographs representing some of the finest writers of the 20th Century whose works were adapted into acclaimed films. Damon Runyon, Herman Wouk (SP), Mario Puzo, James Jones, Paddy Chayefsky, Howard Lindsay & Russell Crouse, Anita Loos, Philip Barry (very fine ALS) James Thurber (TLS), Ben Hecht (TLS), Budd Schulberg signed book plate, Robert Bolt, James Dickey inscribed and signed photo, Taylor Caldwell, Jonathon Lynn & Tony Jay and A nice collection of autographs representing some of the finest writers of the 20th Century whose works were adapted into acclaimed films. Damon Runyon, Herman Wouk (SP), Mario Puzo, James Jones, Paddy Chayefsky, Howard Lindsay & Russell Crouse, Anita Loos, Philip Barry (very fine ALS) James Thurber (TLS), Ben Hecht (TLS), Budd Schulberg signed book plate, Robert Bolt, James Dickey inscribed and signed photo, Taylor Caldwell, Jonathon Lynn & Tony Jay and Army Archerd, THE Senior Columnist at Variety, who covered these films and writers for 50 years, 5 ALSs. Estimate Value $150 - UP The Michael Hecht Autograph Collection. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $179
Lot 252		Louis B. Mayer: Signed Renewal Contract/Letter By Studio Titan Mayer To Legendary Production Head, Cedric Gibbons, Rare. Mayer, Louis B. (1885 - 1957) Movie theater and production studio owner who merged with Marcus Lowe to form Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, which proved to be one of the most prestigious studios for nearly 50 years. An exceptionally scarce 1922 typed letter signed ("Louis B. Mayer") one page, quarto, Culver City, California, August 26, 1924 on Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer letterhead to A. Cedric Gibbons which is accompanied by Gibbons' three page renewal contract. Gibbons was MGM's art and production designer chief. A legend in the business, he was nominated for 38 Oscars for his work and won 11 times. Gibbons' signature is on two of the documents. The renewal documents are stapled to copies of previous contracts with the studio. All three signatures bold and clean. Total of 8 pages. Estimate Value $300 - UP View details and enlarged photo	Realized $480
Lot 253		Miller, Arthur -- Celebrated American Playwright, Author and Screenwriter, Three Signed Pieces (1915 - 2005) Arthur Miller, American playwright, essayist, author, screenwriter and one of the top five figures in twentieth-century American theater, Pulitzer Prize Winner, Kennedy Center Honoree, testified before HUAC and was the husband of screen legend Marilyn Monroe. Offered are three signed pieces by Mr. Miller. The first is a piece written for US News and World Report dated November 12, 1979 on his definition of what constitutes a great play, stating the " best test of a play is whether it says something to the great unwashed majority of people." He further explains that the greatest theaters were in Elizabethan and Greek times. He has signed his typed opinion for the magazine along the bottom. The second is a TLS to a fan who wrote to Miller regarding the frustration of having the first name of Arthur, typed on Miller's personal letterhead,dated 1983. Finally, a program from "Conservations With Playwrights" at the Theresa Kaufman Concert Hall in New York City. He has signed boldly at the top. All three pieces in excellent condition. Estimate Value $300 - UP The Michael Hecht Autograph Collection. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $180
Lot 254		Nice Collection of 7 Autographs and Letters from Some of the Best Mystery/Crime Writers Adapted To Film. Crime, mystery and film noir have been the staples of Hollywood since the industry began. Now many of those works are considered classics of the genre. Offered is a collection of letters and autographs by those authors who raised the bar. James M. Cain (fine TLS and very bold signature), Graham Greene (signed typed first page of The Human Factor), Susan Tweedmuir, wife of John Buchan, writer of 39 Steps, Daphne Du Maurier (Rebecca, The Birds, Jamaica Inn), Ray Bradbury (Superb signed Farenheit 451 theater program), author and lawyer of Perry Mason fame Earl Stanley Gardner (elaborate signature endorsement), Eric Ambler (TLS) and John Le Carré, 3 ALSs and 1 TLS. All in excellent condition. Estimate Value $150 - UP The Michael Hecht Autograph Collection. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $576
Lot 255		Outstanding Collection of 15 Western Film Stars, Including John Wayne, Will Rogers, Tom Mix & William S. Hart. The history of film owes an enormous debt to the men and women who recreated the action, excitement, danger and beauty of the Ameican Western. Offered is an excellent collection of 15 autographs from some of the greatest Western stars spanning three generations. Included in this fine collection: John Wayne, a large bold signature "Good Luck John Wayne" 4½ x 6½"; a note signed by Will Rogers (and Dorothy Stone); Tom Mix; Academy Award Winner Ben Johnson; Gene Autry; William S. Hart (one of the first Western stars); a large signature of Randolph Scott; Monte Hale; Wallace Knott (Knotts Berry Farm). Also included are Joel McCrea, Chief Hó Ton Ya, Dickie Jones, Crash Corrigan, Leo Carrillo (The Cisco Kid but also one of California's greatest conservationists/preservationists), and a signed contract to 20th Century Fox by the greatest Western stuntman in history (as well as the film Ben Hur) Yakima Canutt. All in excellent condition with biographies written by Michael Hecht. All perfect for presentation framing. Estimate Value $500 - UP The Michael Hecht Autograph Collection. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $512
Lot 256		Over 40 Legends of Hollywood Autographs Including Cagney, Barrymore, Fairbanks, Olivier, Guinness, West & Pickford. A fine archive with biographies of original signatures by some of the greatest stars in Hollywood, most from the Golden Age. All are clean, bold signatures including: James Cagney, Mae West, Douglas Fairbanks Sr., Mary Pickford, Laurence Olivier, Richard Burton, a fantastic John Barrymore, Lillian Gish, Rudy Vallee, George Murphy, the inimitable Sophie Tucker, Bing Crosby, the great John Gielgud, Maurice Evans, Richard Chamberlain, Edward Fox, Alec Guinness, Noel Coward, a signed contract plus a signed book page by Maurice Chevalier, Louis Armstrong, and James Mason. Finishing the collection are Gregory Peck, Lloyd Bridges, Alan King, Bobby Short, Burl Ives, Sally Rand, Suzanne Pleshette, and more, including a few well known studio chiefs such as Hal Wallis, Charles Bludhorn, and Leo Jaffe. Finally, while not a film star, a carte de visite of the famed Shakespearean stage actor, Edwin Booth (brother of assassin John Wilkes Booth) and a signed calling card. All are in excellent condition with typed biographies by Michael Hecht in two premium notebooks with slip covers. A great collection. Estimate Value $600 - UP The Michael Hecht Autograph Collection. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $1,664
Lot 257		P.T. Barnum Signature, Place and Inscription. Signature on 1¾ x 3" paper with holograph, "Bridgeport Conn May 19 1865 / A.H. Chappell / Truly yours / P.T. Barnum." Paper is stained at upper and lower edges and upper corners trimmed. Paper is affixed to 2¼ x 3" cardstock. Estimate Value $200 - UP View details and enlarged photo	Realized $179
Lot 258		Superb Collection of 25+ Signatures by The Men Who Built Hollywood, Including Laemmle, DeMille, Lucas, Mayer, Warner, Zanuck. The best collection of the pioneers who built the film industry we have ever offered carefully assembled by Michael Hecht, including biographies and photos spread over two notebooks. The collection proves a fine history of Hollywood, beginning with the early silents -- Laskey Players, all the way to American Zoetrope and Lucas Films. Signatures are on a variety of materials including contracts, studio letter heads, personal stationery, and checks. Collection includes Cecil B deMille (Paramount), Jesse Lasky (Lasky Feature Players, Paramount), Adolph Zukor (Paramount), Louis B. Mayer (MGM), Howard Strickland (MGM), Dore Schary (MGM) memos of Frank Capra being lent out to MGM by Harry Cohn, Columbia Pictures for $500! Pandro S. Berman (RKO), Samuel Goldwy (Goldwyn Pictures his signature, the studio logo), legendary studio boss Jack Warner (Warner Brothers)., Joseph Schenke (United Artists/Disney), Daryl F. Zanuck (Fox), Carl Laemmle (Universal Studios), George Lucas (Lucas Films), Francis Ford Coppola (American Zoetrope) and more. Also included are two legendary theatrical showmen, Billy Rose and David Belasco. Estimate Value $500 - UP The Michael Hecht Autograph Collection. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $576