George Christy's (13,000+) personal career archive of celebrity and high-society photographs. ...

Description

George Christy's (13,000+) personal career archive of celebrity and high-society photographs. Comprising many thousands (13,000+) of primarily gelatin-silver and RC 8 x 10 in. glossy photographs, almost without exception genuine studio or press agency-generated publicity portraits and scenes depicting Hollywood, music, literary and arts celebrities, plus high-society socialites and European aristocrats. Includes photos stamped and signed by Helmut Newton, and many more major photographers. Personalities include Jean Harlow, Marilyn Monroe, Jacqueline Bisset, Roy Lichtenstein, Bob Dylan, Truman Capote, Audrey Hepburn, Tennessee Williams, Harper Lee, Monica Lewinsky, Judy Garland, Elizabeth Taylor, Charlie Chaplin, Michael Jackson, Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, Barbra Streisand, Grace Kelly, Woody Allen, Farrah Fawcett and countless more; films Mildred Pierce, The Shop Around the Corner, Gone With the Wind (roadshow 1st-run keybook portrait), The Postman Always Rings Twice, Grand Hotel, The Third Man, Baby Doll, Citizen Kane, The Wages of Fear, Dumbo, La Dolce Vita, Pather Panchali, Los Olvidados, Rome Open City, etc. Vast majority in very fine condition.

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