Connie Francis 2.25" Camera Negatives and Miscellaneous Personal and Publicity Ephemera (500+). ...

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Connie Francis 2.25" Camera Negatives and Miscellaneous Personal and Publicity Ephemera (500+). Original group of Connie Francis (500+) items, including (12) 2.25" camera negatives and (11) 2.25" contact photos shot by Virgil Apger for Where the Boys Are, (31) 2.25" camera negatives for publicity, (7) 8" x 10" gelatin silver photographs for MGM Records, (8) 8" x 10" gelatin silver photographs for Where the Boys Are, (50+) 2" x 3.5" color negatives from a personal cruise vacation, (100+) 3.5" x 3.5" gelatin silver glossy snapshots (many with deckled edges), (5) 3.5" x 3.5" color Polaroids, (2) "Rehearsal Only" tickets for The Ed Sullivan Show on June 12, 1960, (20+) letters and documents concerning publicity and concert schedules, (20+) international fan mail letters, (25) Connie Francis Fan Club registration cards, (200) publicity photo cards (mostly from MGM Records), (20+) pieces of miscellaneous magazines and mini posters, (1) 5-page script for "Connie's Country Cousins", a one-hour TV Special from 1962, (3) drafts for a "Connie Francis Biography" from MGM Records, (1) draft for For Every Young Heart by Connie Francis with handwritten annotations, (22) pages of Connie Francis letterhead, (14) matching envelopes with return addresses, (1) handwritten First National City Bank check made out to "Mendelsohn Bros." for fifty dollars, signed "Connie Francis" in blue ink, (1) sealed When the Boys Meet the Girls soundtrack LP vinyl record (MGM, Se-4334) with sleeve in EX 7 condition, (1) one-sided Sounds on Broadway acetate for "If You Ever Change Your Mind" in GD-4 condition, with 23-pages total and (1) one-sided Belwin Mills acetate for "Two Little Rooms" in VG 5 condition. Items range in size from 2.25" x 2.25" to 12.5" x 12.5". From the archive of longtime manager Sandy Constantinople. Connie Francis passed away on July 16, 2025, at age 87. She was a pioneering female pop performer, and the first solo woman to reach No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100-her 1960 hit "Everybody's Somebody's Fool" achieved that milestone. Items exhibit expected handling wear and age, including folds, creases, bumped corners, staining, toning, dirt from storage, and minor tears. Any signatures present have not been authenticated and are being sold as is. Comes with a COA from Heritage Auctions.

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