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Bill Haley & His Comets Promo Card Signed

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Vintage 1956 promotional card featuring Bill Haley and His Comets, signed by Bill Haley in blue ballpoint. The flip side...

 


Basil Rathbone Signed Photo from the Movie “Rio”

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Origial vintage black and white glossy photograph signed by Basil Rathbone, featuring a scene from his 1939 Universal film Rio,...

 


Autographed Card George “Superman” Reeves

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Scarce and boldly signed card "To Suzy — George 'Superman' Reeves". In black ballpoint on 4" x 6" ivory card,...

 


Signed Photo as “Superman”

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An original color 8" x 10" glossy lab print of Superman inscribed and signed "To Joe from Christopher Reeve" in...

 


Vintage Signed Playbill

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Scarce vintage playbill signed in blue fountain pen ink on the cover, "To Henry / My kindest wishes / Ginger...

 


Louella Parsons Autograph Note Signed

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Signed book page from her 1944 memoir The Gay Illiterate, in gratitude for an interview with prominent radio personality Mary...

 


Autograph Sentiment with Vintage Photo

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Extremely scarce autograph sentiment in his beautifully florid script, "Michael, Don't forget me, Eddie Cochran", on lightly toned paper, affixed...

 


Clive Owen Signed Photo from “Shoot ‘Em Up”

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Dark and fetching large format (11" x 14") signed photo of actor Clive Owen in 2007's Shoot 'Em Up ,...

 


Vintage Carte de Visite Signed

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Vintage Carte de Visite photograph signed and dedicated to an unknown person. Periolat inscribes a whimsical and mysterious verse of...

 


Vintage Photo Inscribed

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This is an extremely rare and stunning original early portrait of a demure Marilyn Monroe sitting in the elegant strapless...