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SILVER BILLFOLD/CIGARETTE CASE, CIRCA 1934.
7 1/16 X 3 3/8 X 3/8 IN. (177 X 86 X 8 MM). HINGED LID HAS INITIALS "F G" IN GOLD. THE INITIAL F IS IDENTIFIED INSIDE THE CASE AS "FRANK," BUT THE G REMAINS UNIDENTIFIED. THE CASE CONTAINS MORE THAN FORTY ENGRAVED SIGNATURES OF 1930'S THEATER, MOVIE, SONG AND SPORT PERSONALITIES INCLUDING: IRVING BERLIN (AMERICAN COMPOSER), DOROTHY DICKSON (AMERICAN BORN, LONDON THEATER ACTRESS), DOROTHY ROUND (LEADING BRITISH FEMALE TENNIS PLAYER IN 1930S, WON WIMBLEDON WOMEN'S SINGLES TITLE IN 1934 AND 1937), CLAUDE TURTON (ACTOR), NELL HOPMAN (RUNNER-UP IN THE 1939 WOMEN'S SINGLES AUSTRALIAN TENNIS OPEN), HARRY HOPMAN (LEADING AUSTRALIAN TENNIS PLAYER IN THE 1930S AND ONE OF ITS GREATEST TENNIS COACHES, SERVING AS DAVIS CUP CAPTAIN FROM 1938 TO 1969), NORMAN E. BROOKES (WON MEN'S SINGLES TITLE AT WIMBLEDON IN 1914), MABEL BROOKES, ELAINE BROOKES, ROBERT NESBITT, NANCY LYLE, (WON AUSTALIAN WOMEN'S OPEN DOUBLES WITH EVELYN DEARMAN), TEDDY KNOX (COMEDIAN AND MEMBER OF THE CRAZY GANG), EVELYN DEARMAN (LEADING TENNIS PLAYER), SANDY MACPHERSON (POPULAR ORGANIST), STANLEY LUPINO (ACTOR, AUTHOR AND PRODUCER), SYDNEY HOWARD (COMEDIAN), BOBBY HOWES (COMEDIAN), CLAUDE TURTON (ACTOR), E.J.TAIT (ACTOR), PAT HUGHES, BERNARD C. CONNELEY, JACK CRAWFORD (NEE JOHN HERBERT CRAWFORD, AUSTRALIAN TENNIS PLAYER OF 1930S, WON THE AUSTRALIAN, BRITISH AND FRENCH CHAMPIONSHIPS IN 1933 BUT LOST AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIP AND FAILED TO WIN THE GRAND SLAM), AND G. DE STAFANI, (AMBIDEXTROUS ITALIAN WHO HAD NO BACKHAND AND CHANGED THE RACKET TO HIS LEFT HAND FOR A FOREHAND STROKE). A FINE EXAMPLE OF 1930S SPORTS AND ENTERTAINMENT MEMORABILIA.
7 1/16 X 3 3/8 X 3/8 IN. (177 X 86 X 8 MM). HINGED LID HAS INITIALS "F G" IN GOLD. THE INITIAL F IS IDENTIFIED INSIDE THE CASE AS "FRANK," BUT THE G REMAINS UNIDENTIFIED. THE CASE CONTAINS MORE THAN FORTY ENGRAVED SIGNATURES OF 1930'S THEATER, MOVIE, SONG AND SPORT PERSONALITIES INCLUDING: IRVING BERLIN (AMERICAN COMPOSER), DOROTHY DICKSON (AMERICAN BORN, LONDON THEATER ACTRESS), DOROTHY ROUND (LEADING BRITISH FEMALE TENNIS PLAYER IN 1930S, WON WIMBLEDON WOMEN'S SINGLES TITLE IN 1934 AND 1937), CLAUDE TURTON (ACTOR), NELL HOPMAN (RUNNER-UP IN THE 1939 WOMEN'S SINGLES AUSTRALIAN TENNIS OPEN), HARRY HOPMAN (LEADING AUSTRALIAN TENNIS PLAYER IN THE 1930S AND ONE OF ITS GREATEST TENNIS COACHES, SERVING AS DAVIS CUP CAPTAIN FROM 1938 TO 1969), NORMAN E. BROOKES (WON MEN'S SINGLES TITLE AT WIMBLEDON IN 1914), MABEL BROOKES, ELAINE BROOKES, ROBERT NESBITT, NANCY LYLE, (WON AUSTALIAN WOMEN'S OPEN DOUBLES WITH EVELYN DEARMAN), TEDDY KNOX (COMEDIAN AND MEMBER OF THE CRAZY GANG), EVELYN DEARMAN (LEADING TENNIS PLAYER), SANDY MACPHERSON (POPULAR ORGANIST), STANLEY LUPINO (ACTOR, AUTHOR AND PRODUCER), SYDNEY HOWARD (COMEDIAN), BOBBY HOWES (COMEDIAN), CLAUDE TURTON (ACTOR), E.J.TAIT (ACTOR), PAT HUGHES, BERNARD C. CONNELEY, JACK CRAWFORD (NEE JOHN HERBERT CRAWFORD, AUSTRALIAN TENNIS PLAYER OF 1930S, WON THE AUSTRALIAN, BRITISH AND FRENCH CHAMPIONSHIPS IN 1933 BUT LOST AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIP AND FAILED TO WIN THE GRAND SLAM), AND G. DE STAFANI, (AMBIDEXTROUS ITALIAN WHO HAD NO BACKHAND AND CHANGED THE RACKET TO HIS LEFT HAND FOR A FOREHAND STROKE). A FINE EXAMPLE OF 1930S SPORTS AND ENTERTAINMENT MEMORABILIA.