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| McBean, Angus (1904-1990) |
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Great Welsh photographer. A unique Angus McBean collectable - a montage that he prepared for a fan of the front page of The Sketch (April 6th 1938), featuring his famous photograph of Vivien Leigh as Aurora, "Beautiful Goddess of the Dawn". The reproduction has been laid to cream artcard measuring 11" x 8.5" and McBean has signed the board in black ink to the bottom left ("Angus McBean, London '38") and inscribed the board to the right ("For John R.McKay, '88"). View Details |
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£50.00 |
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| Mills, Freddie (1919-1965) |
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British boxer, World Light Heavyweight Champion from 1948 to 1950. A superb signature in blue ink on a vintage early 1960s album page (4.5" x 3.5").. View Details |
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£35.00 |
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| Mills, Freddie (1919-1965) |
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British boxer, World Light Heavyweight Champion from 1948 to 1950. A superb black and white original vintage photograph (10" x 8") of Freddie Mills in a boxing pose. There's a fine signature in blue fountain pen ink across the image . View Details |
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£125.00 |
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| Mitford, Deborah (1920- ) |
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The youngest, and last surviving, of the celebrated Mitford Sisters. A fine Royal Mail First Day Cover commemorating the St John Ambulance Brigade's Centenary (1887-1987), with a lovely set of stamps showing the organisation's work. Deborah Mitford (signing as Deborah Devonshire) has added a fine signature in blue ink to a clear area of the panel. View Details |
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£10.00 |
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| Morgan, Patti (1928-2001) |
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Lovely Australian-born model, with extraordinary private affair. A peachy signed black and white vintage photograph (8.5" x 6.5") from the late 1940s, showing Morgan at the peak of her beauty. View Details |
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£30.00 |
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| Morris, Wayne (1914-1959) |
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Blonde, open-faced American film actor whose Hollywood career was dwarfed by his real-life World War II heroism as an air ace in the Pacific; Morris was buried in Arlington National Cemetery with full military honours.
A very fine late 1930s glossy sepia-toned vintage photograph (a little less than 8" x 10"), nicely signed and inscribed in period across a clear area of the image. RARE. View Details |
ref:1630
£40.00 |
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| Newton, Zoe (1935- ) |
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Lovely, petite British model, the most photographed and highly paid of her time. A very fine vintage light blue album page (4.5" x 3"), nicely signed and dated (1955) in blue ink.RARE. View Details |
ref:3216
£20.00 |
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| Nicholson, Vivien (1936- ) |
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Britain's most famous football pools winner who, asked what she would do with the mony (the equivalent of over £3 million today), uttered the legendary quote. "Spend, spend, spend." A fine signature in blue ink on a 5.25" x 3.5" white card. View Details |
ref:5540
£15.00 |
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| Nicolson, Harold (1886-1968) |
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A series of three typed and signed letters, with good content, between March 16th 1939 and the 22nd May 1940, to the writer Rubeigh James Minney.
RARE. View Details |
ref:1799
£95.00 |
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| Novotny, Mariella (1942-1983) |
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London-born striptease dancer, prostitute and key figure in the Profumo Scandal. An amazingly rare survival, coming from
the collection of an avid collector of autographs and photographs of
Windmill dancers and other striptease artists of the 1960s. It is a
black and white photograph (a little less than 8" x 6") of Novotny at
her most sensational, in boots, tights and a basque. Interestingly, it
is signed across the image in ink as Mariella Capes,
backing up Christine Keeler's claim that this was her real name. View Details |
ref:4507
£150.00 |
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| Oberth, Hermann (and James Irwin, US astronaut) (1894-1989) |
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Transylvanian-born physicist, one of the founding fathers of modern rocketry and astronautics. A remarkable two page typed article ("Moon Car") by Hermann Oberth, a pioneer of modern rocketry and regarded as the Father of Space Travel, signed by Oberth to the top of the first page in black ink in 1971 and signed additionally by James Irwin, Lunar Module Pilot for Apollo 15 and the 8th man to walk on the Moon. RARE.View Details |
ref:1685
£125.00 |
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| Quant, Mary (1934- ) |
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Great English fashion designer, icon of the 1960s and inventor of the mini-skirt. A fine black and white 8" x 10" photograph, boldly signed and inscribed in black ink to the lower white margin. View Details |
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£25.00 |
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| Reagan, Ronald (1911-2004) |
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American actor and later 40th President of the United States (1981-1989). A superb "in person" ink signature on a very fine early 1950s album page measuring approximately 5" x 3.5". RARE! View Details |
ref:673
£150.00 |
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| Remington, Eliphalet (1793-1861) |
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American blacksmith who designed the Remington Rifle. A fine cheque for $450, drawn on the Ilion Bank and payable to Gibbs and Halces, (March 7th 1853). It has been made out entirely in Eliphalet Remington's hand and signed in black ink, with Remington adding "& Sons" to his signature.RARE. View Details |
ref:2508
£195.00 |
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| Richards, Gordon (1904-1986) |
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Great English jockey. In 34 seasons between 1921 and 1954 Richards was Champion Jockey no less than 26 times and he rode 4870 winners. In 1953 he became the first, and so far only, jockey to receive a knighthood. The definitive image of Gordon Richards - a peachy black and white vintage photograph (slightly larger than 8" x 6"), riding the great Pinza, following his Derby win. The photograph is fixed to a 12" x 10" presentation mount with Pinza's pedigree and race achievement set out on it: "Pinza, Chanteur II - Pasqua, Sir Gordon Richards up. Winner of the Coronation Derby 1953". Gordon Richards has signed the photograph in black ink and added the date, 1953, to the mount. View Details |
ref:2959
£150.00 |
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| Shrimpton, Jean (1943- ) |
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British fashion model, an icon of the Swinging Sixties. A fine signed letter, handwritten in ink, on a sheet of headed blue notepaper (The Abbey, Penzance, Cornwall, no date) in which Jean Shrimpton thanks a fan for writing but apologises for the fact that she does not keep any photographs of herself and therefore cannot help him. View Details |
ref:3389
£20.00 |
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| Shrimpton, Jean (1943- ) |
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British fashion model, an icon of the Swinging Sixties. A very pretty black and white 8" x 10" image of the young Jean Shrimpton, nicely signed in ink across a clear area. View Details |
ref:3385
£40.00 |
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| Shrimpton, Jean (1943- ) |
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Lovely British fashion model, icon of the Swinging Sixties. A signed gorgeous National Portrait Gallery postcard (6.25" x 4.5") of Terry O'Neil's famous 1964 photograph of Jean Shrimpton with Terence Stamp. View Details |
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£30.00 |
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| Smith, Andrew (1797-1872) |
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Great Scottish-born zoologistic, who befriended Charles Darwin in South Africa on the return journey of HMS Beagle. A fine one-page letter (no address or date), with excellent ornithological content, handwritten and signed in ink. View Details |
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£65.00 |
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| Teller, Edward (1908-2003) |
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Hungarian-American nuclear physicist, known as "the Father of the Hydrogen Bomb" and believed to be the inspiration for the character of Dr Strangelove in the 1964 film of the same name.
An original cover of Time Magazine (November 18th 1957) featuring Edward Teller, neatly signed in ink to a light area near the top edge. RARE. View Details |
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£50.00 |
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