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Signed Swimsuit Photo at Age 15
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Stunning and very early large format black and white photograph of Miss Elizabeth Taylor when she was just 15 years...
Shirley Temple Signed Photo from The Little Princess
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Vintage matte-finish 8" x 10" photo from the 1939 film The Little Princess, signed in fountain pen, "Sincerely, Shirley Temple."...
Rare Early Signed Photo
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Shirley Temple Portrait. Autographed Still (5.5" x 7"). Penciled date on verso February 8, 1938. This lovely item is a...
Fred Astaire Typed Letter Signed
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Pristine Typed Note Signed on Ava Productions Inc. stationery, 5" x 5". Grateful sentiment to the American writer John Grissim....
Autograph
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Autograph in black fountain pen on 3" x 3.5" paper. Fritzi Scheff (1879-1954) was an American actress and vocalist. Born...
Inscribed Signed Photo
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Inscribed Vintage Photo Signed "Cary", 11" x 14" b/w, a casual, seated studio pose boldly signed: "To Mariano, from Cary"....
Signed Photo with Daniel Radcliffe
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Color photo from 2002's Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, rare in that it was signed by both author...
Gordon Scott Signed “Tarzan” Photo
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Vintage 1958 studio photograph of Gordon Scott, the 11th actor to play Tarzan. Inscribed and signed by Scott "To Phil...
Norma Shearer Signed Vintage Photograph
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Engaging vintage signed photograph of the screen star circa 1926. Measures 5" x 7," with original mailer from her studio....
Ginger Rogers Album Page Signed
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Bold autograph in pencil on album page in 1938, from the collection of another actor of the same period. Also...