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Set of (12) Vintage Autograph Books with Over 500 Signatures of Movie Stars, Performers, Musicians and More (1940s). Vintage original (12) autograph books ranging in size from 6.5" x 4.75" to 7" x 5.25" and with pages numbering from approx. 20 to 50+ per. Books are sticker-numbered on the covers from 1-13. Newspaper clippings and images of stars contained have been tipped into the pages along with other ephemera. Book #1 includes: Ray Bolger, Tex Ritter, Shirley Temple, Ethel Waters, Duke Ellington, Maurice Evans, Jimmy Durante, Katharine Hepburn, Sophie Tucker, and more. Book #2 includes Deanna Durbin, Xavier Cugat, Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz, and more. Book #3 includes Frank Sinatra, Judy Canova, "The Shadow," Moe, Larry, and Curly of The Three Stooges, Buck Jones, and more. Book #4 includes Simone Simon, Roy Rogers, Gene Autry with a hair from Champion's tail, Rochester, and more. Book # 5 includes mostly personal autographs from friends. Book #6 includes Victor Mature with Camel Cigarette, Ray Milland, Carmen Miranda, Lionel Barrymore, Ingrid Bergman, Veronica Lake, Paulette Goddard, Bing Crosby, Rita Hayworth, and more. Book 7# includes William Bendix, George Burns, Barbara Stanwyck, Henry Fonda, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., and more. Book #8 includes Hume Cronyn, Ronald Reagan, Turhan Bey, Olivia De Havilland, Jane Wyman, and more. Book #9 includes Jerome Cowan, Charles Coburn, Robert Walker, and Brenda Marshall. Book #10 includes Cornel Wilde, Van Heflin, Esther Williams, Walter Abel, John Hodiak, and more. Book #11 includes Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Mickey Rooney, Eddie Cantor, Elanor Powell, Sabu, Louella Parsons, Perry Como, and more. Book #12 includes Yvonne DeCarlo, Maurice Chevalier, Gene Kelly, Vivien Leigh, Roddy MacDowell, Burt Lancaster, and more. Exhibiting age, minor soiling, light staining, handling and missing pages. Comes with a COA from Heritage Auctions.

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Auction Dates
July, 2023
27th-29th Thursday-Saturday
Bids + Registered Phone Bidders: 24
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Sold on Jul 28, 2023 for: $9,687.50
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