Massive masculine, handsome, beefcake (125+) photograph collection....

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Massive masculine, handsome, beefcake (125+) photograph collection. (Various, 1930s-1990s) Collection of (125+) approx. 8 x 10 in. vintage gelatin-silver glossy prints, and later black & white and color reprints of male star beefcake and muscle-pose photos, nearly all of which are portraits (a roughly even mix of vintage originals and reprints throughout) assembled by Richard Bell, one of the great collectors of this specialized genre. Some of the handsome muscled (and primarily bare-chested) actors more prominently represented are: Tab Hunter, Steve Reeves, John Wayne, Vincent Edwards, Buster Crabbe, Robert Mitchum, Paul Newman, Marlon Brando, Errol Flynn, Elvis Presley, Clint Walker, Johnny Weissmuller, Rock Hudson, Gordon Scott, Rudolf Nureyev, Denny Miller, Johnny Sheffield, Stephen Boyd, Lex Barker, Mel Gibson, Cornel Wilde, Ricardo Montalban, Robert Goulet, John Gavin, Mark Forest, Richard Todd, Sylvester Stallone, Bruce Lee, Richard Egan, Robert Conrad, Sean Connery, Jeff Chandler, Mike Henry, etc. Just a few are trimmed to approx. 7 x 9 in. for borderless presentation; entire collection is generally very fine.

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