Sale 1260
New York
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25 July 2003
Price realised
USD 478
Estimate
MOVIE STAR AUTOGRAPHS 1946 An autograph book filled with celebrity signatures obtained in person by a young couple who traveled to Hollywood, California in 1946 including those of William Holden, Cecil B. deMille, Harold Lloyd, Jackie Cooper, Sterling Hayden, Sonny Tufts, William Bendix, Jack Carson and Martha Raye among a few others; most are signed in fountain pen ink. Also included is a table tent from the restaurant Mocambo signed in pencil by Howard Hughes.
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