ONLINE AUCTION OF FURNITURE COLLECTIBLES INCUDING MILITARIA AND STEIFF
Lot 262:
A Collection of Vintage Film Memorabilia comprising a Postcard Album and Large-Format Portrait Prints
Description
This collection of early 20th-century film memorabilia includes a themed postcard album and an assortment of large-format portrait prints. The postcard album features a brown faux-crocodile skin textured cover, embossed in gold-tone with the words Post Cards and MY FILM FAVOURITES vertically along the right edge. Internally, the album contains various vintage film star portrait cards and film stills, with identified subjects including Rudolph Valentino, Alice Terry, Ben Lyon, and Bebe Daniels. The loose prints consist of black and white and sepia-toned portraits of Golden Age stars. Notable items include a large portrait of Greta Garbo with a facsimile signature and a portrait of Grace Moore also bearing a facsimile signature. Additional portraits include a subject inscribed Basil Fuller, a woman in a striped wrap inscribed Sincerely Mary, and a vertical portrait of a woman by a fireplace inscribed Sincerely. The collection further includes a sepia-toned portrait of a seated child bearing an embossed studio mark for CHARLES LEEDS and a small photographic print depicting a group in theatrical or historical costume.
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