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Lot 164: (Performing Arts) Lot. Autograph Material - Performing Artists - Not excluding Composers, Song and Screen writers: Cadman, Charles W...

Est: $500 USD - $800 USDPassed
Freeman'sPhiladelphia, PA, USSeptember 28, 2017

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(Performing Arts) Lot. Autograph Material - Performing Artists - Not excluding Composers, Song and Screen writers: Cadman, Charles Wakefield. Autograph Music Quotation Signed and inscribed. 3 bars from "From the Land of the Sky-Blue Water," titled in Cadman''s hand. To (S. D.) Green on a sheet of Cadman''s letterhead note paper. Strong and clear. * Coburn, Charles. Typed Letters Signed. New York, February 14 and 27, 1925. 1 and 3 pages, 4to; paper clip residue at upper left corner of all 4 sheets, scattered minor spotting. To S. D. Green, American educator, responding to Green''s solicitation of letters offering his pupils life guidance. Strong dark signatures. On Mr. & Mrs. Coburn Production letterhead. * Drew, John, [Jr.]. Autograph Letter Signed. No place, September 10, 1924. 2 pages, 4to, with integral leaf; light center horizontal crease along old fold. To S. D. Green, as above. Strong dark signature. On Drew''s initialed letterhead. * Forbes, James [screen writer]. Typed Letter Signed. New York, April 23, 1923. 1 page, 4to; minor wear. To (S. D. Green), as above. * Gerstenberg, Alice. Postal envelope Signed. * Gray, Gilda. Photograph Signed. Signature fading. * Jacobs-Bond, Carrie [song writer]. Typed Letter Signed. Hollywood, March 23, 1925. 2 pages, two 4to sheets; some creasing, tears at edges, paper clip residue. To S. D. Green, as above. Clear signature on The Bond Shop letterhead. With short Typed Letter Signed and silver print photo portrait, 9 1/8 x 7 1/4 inches; 235 x 183 mm - some edge wear, signed and dated "1925" by Carrie Jacobs-Bond. * Kubelik, Jan [violinist]. Autograph Letter Signed. No place, March 14, 1924. 2 pages, 4to, with integral leaf; light creasing along old folds, paper clip residue and small puncture. To (S. D. Green), as above. Strong signature. * Lauder, Harry. Autograph Letter Signed. Buffalo, New York, (December, 1926). 1 page, 4to; light creasing along old folds, a little paper clip residue. To (S. D. Green), as above. Strong signature. With card signed by a Harry Lauder. * Melba, Nellie [Australian operatic soprano]. Short Typed Letter Signed. (London), December 14, 1922. 1 page, 8vo; small paper residue at upper left. To S. D. Green, as above, "...There is no fun like work." * Petrova, Olga, [early American film performer and screen writer]. Short Typed Letter Signed. New York, May 14, [ca. 1925]. 1 page, 4to; light creases along old folds. To S. D. Green, as above. Strong signature in green ink. On Petrova''s letterhead. * Skinner, Otis. Autograph Letters (2) Signed. New York, May 22, 1922 and Wichita, Kansas, May 4, 1927. 1 1/4 page, small 4to and 1 page, 8vo; both creased along old folds. Both to S. D. Green. Both with generally strong signatures. * Thorndike, Sybil. Typed Letter Signed, with autograph postscript. (London), November 26, 1923. 1 page, 4to; vertical crease along old fold, minor spotting. To S. D. Green, American educator, responding to Green''s solicitation of letters offering his pupils life guidance, "...choose the right career, and find in the hard work it is bound to entail the happiness that I have found." Light vertical crease touching Thorndike''s strong dark signature. On Thorndike''s letterhead. Also 2 real photo portrait post cards signed by Sybil Thorndike, strong signatures, clean cards, 1 clipped at upper right corner. * Wilson, Francis. Autograph Letters (2) Signed. (New York), November 8 and 12, 1927. 3 pages and 2 pages, both 8vo; creases along old folds. To S. D. Green, responding to Green''s request to sign copies of Wilson''s book Joseph Jefferson. Strong signatures. On the Embossed letterhead of The Players/Sixteen Gramercy Park stationary.

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September 28, 2017, 10:00 AM EST

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