This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 12/9/2024
(See spreadsheet link https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ZX0nBoZ-2JsKQAV0IuKKlgGKyrlpuKDY/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=111595855414694151363&rtpof=true&sd=true for a near comprehensive list of signatures in this collection primarily consisting of vintage opera performers. Signed photographs make up most of the collection of more than 125 autographs, with few exceptions as noted on the spreadsheet. Minimal duplication as noted. Few signed items are personalized. Few signers date to the 19th century and few remain unidentified. NOTE: this collection comes from a single source collection, but we cannot guarantee the authenticity of every signature).
Names include Rise Stevens, Roberta Peters, Frieda Klink, Luciano Pavarotti, Beverly Sills, Joan Sutherland, Lily Pons, Jan Peerce, Renata Tebaldi, Grace Moore, Geraldine Farrar, Hildegard, Gladys Swarthout, Lauritz Melchior, Lawrence Tibbett, Dorothy Kirsten, Leonard Warren, Helen Traubel, Cesare Siepi, Giovanni Martinelli, Joanna Gadski, Mary Garden, Sandor Konya, Tito Schipa, Ferruccio Tagliavini, Regine Crespin, Leonie Rysanek, Lucine Amara, Irene Dalis, Licia Albanese, Jerome Hines, Judith Raskin, Anneliese Rothenberger, Gabriella Tucci, Georg Solti, and Sherrill Milnes to name a few.
Sizes vary, with the vast majority of signed photographs measuring approximately 8 X 10. Overall good condition.