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[Henie, Sonja. (1912-1969)]. "Sonja Henie with Her Hollywood Ice Revue" - Souvenir Program
Souvenir program from the Norwegian figure skater's 1943-1944 Hollywood Ice Revue tour, which includes photographs of Henie in her "daily life," her trophy collection, and numerous stills from the 1943 musical Wintertime, in which she starred alongside Cesar Romero. 16 pp. Red velvet cover with gold embossed design. In fine condition. 9 x 12 inches (22.9 x 30.5 cm.). Read More...
Book of paper dolls modeled on the American film and television actress, who has signed to inside cover in purple felt-tip. The paper doll outfits throughout draw inspiration from not only Fleming's personal wardrobe, but films in which she starred, including Gunfight at the OK Corral, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, and Serpent of the Nile. In very fine condition. 8.5 x 11 inches (21.6 x 27.9 cm.). Read More...
Rare and striking 1930s French Rockfellson facial douche, together with the original box. Transparent plastic moulded mask, aluminum tubing, illustrated container. In fine condition, apart from normal wear to the box and to the plastic mask (including a custom cut in the mouth, most likely to make it more "comfortable" during the treatment) and aluminum tubing. Box 10.4 x 7.5 x 4 inches (26.5 x 19 x 9.5 cm.). Read More...
Set of five pairs of stereographic photographs, each illustrating one of the five senses and, at the same time, telling a story. By Underwood & Underwood Publishers, New York, London, Toronto-Canada, Ottawa-Kansas, 1905. Each pair of photographs mounted to solid, concave cardboard plate to be inserted in a stereoscopic viewer (viewer not included). 3.5 x 7 inches (8.8 x 17.8 cm). In very fine condition. The sequence: Read More...
Set of two matching pink toy pianos used in the 1956 film The Eddie Duchin Story, a fictionalized account of the life of the popular American pianist and bandleader known for his engaging performances, elegant musical style, and battle with leukemia. The vintage original prop "miniature" pianos are constructed of wood and paper paste-up facade components including interior and keyboard measuring 20 x 30.25 x 13 in. Expertly studio painted and finished. exhibiting some age and production wear, but in vintage very good condition. Would make a most striking statement in any music room! NB: Please note the measurements of these large items which will be packed and shipped by freight and invoiced to the customer directly (ie subject to substantially higher than automatically added shipping costs at checkout). Read More...
Wooden chair of cross-back form, with painted floral decorations to the back, arms, and legs, ca. 1930, owned and used by the Pulitzer-Prize winning American Modernist poet. Formerly displayed in the now closed Wallace Stevens Room at Fort Andross in Brunswick, Maine and acquired directly from the Curator, Alison Johnson, Author of Wallace Stevens: A Dual Life as Poet and Insurance Executive and Producer/Director/Writer of The World of Wallace Stevens. Stevens's grandson, Peter "Zeke" Hanchak, has noted that Wallace Stevens kept his small secretary and this chair in his sitting room in CT, which was to the right at the top of the stairway. That secretary, which now resides in the Poetry Room at Harvard, has floral paintings on it that are very similar to the ones on the present chair.
Unusual and graphically striking period theatre marquee mock-up for an unknown appearance by the great composer and bandleader, accomplished and signed by Hollywood, theater, & poster painter Ralph Byrer. Pencil and gouache on fiberboard, mounted on matboard. In fine condition. Mock-up measures 12 1/4" x 4 1/4", mounted and framed without glass to 17 3/4" x 9 3/4" overall. Read More...
Printed Christmas card, created by (or for?) the great American jazz and blues singer and actress on a typewriter and probably sent to the Italian-American painter. Bifolium. Unsigned, undated. Oblong format, 4 x 6 inches (10 x 12.5 cm). In fine condition. Read More...
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[Casablanca]. Wicker Chair from the "Casablanca" Set of Rick's Café (1942)
Original bamboo and wicker chair used as set decoration in Rick's Café, the café and illegal gambling establishment run by Humphrey Bogart as Rick Blaine in the classic 1942 Warner Bros. film Casablanca. These style of bamboo framed, wicker covered chairs can be seen throughout the café during the film. In fine condition, accompanied by a framed reprint Casablanca set photograph, showing similar chairs in situ. 34 inches high. Expected wear to wicker, overall fine condition. NB: PLEASE NOTE THAT EXTRA SHIPPING CHARGES WILL APPLY. Read More...
Folding Christmas card, custom-made for the American composer and critic, with embossed-relief Nativity scene mounted to blue first page and printed text, "Christmas greetings and best wishes for the new year / Deems Taylor" to recto of second leaf. Probably sent to Italian-American painter Luigi Lucioni. No date. Oblong format, 5.25 x 7.25 inches (13 x 18.3 cm). In fine condition. Read More...
Gravure print of an illustrated portrait of the violin virtuoso, shown holding his instrument. The title "Portrait de Paganini (Collection de M. Ach. Benouville)" is printed beneath the portrait, which is after an original work by Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres. Printed by Eames for the Gazette des Beaux-Arts ca. 1880. Mild toning to edges and small loss to upper right corner; overall in fine condition. 6.75 x 10.25 inches (17 x 26 cm.).
Rare and important ivory ticket pass to the London Beethoven Quartett Society where the monumental String Quartets were first performed as a cycle. Handpainted on pink-stained ivory, the pass reads "Honor to Beethoven," the chair number "55", and "Quartett Society." 37mm, 4.38g. Crack to center, else in fine condition. Read More...