Recently Added Authentic Autographs and Memorabilia

Russian ballerina (1939-2009) who enjoyed a successful career internationally, being the prima ballerina of the Bolshoi for 30 years. Program for a ballet performance in October 1982 signed by both artists. Size is 6.7 x 9.3 inches, full program, in excellent condition.

Russian ballerina (1939-2009) who enjoyed a successful career internationally, being the prima ballerina of the Bolshoi for 30 years. Program for a ballet performance in 1983 celebrating the life and career of Galina Ulanova signed by Maximova. Size is 6.6 x 9.4 inches, full program with all pages and covers, in excellent condition.

Argentine ballet dancer (1929-1971). Program for a ballet performance at Teatro Colon, Buenos Aires, on July 10, 1960, signed by the famous Argentine dancer and also by dancers Michel Renault, and Liane Dayde. Sie is 6 x 9 inches, full program with all pages and covers, in very good condition.

Front cover (only) of Harper's Weekly issued in 1914 with a very interesting caricature of the star tenor (not signed). Size is 9 x 14 inches, in very good condition.

Swiss-born American pianist (1877-1972), and also conductor, composer, and music educator.  Score of his song "Love in a Cottage" signed and inscribed by him over the upper-right corner of the front cover dated 1919. Size is 10.6 x 13.5 inches, 6 pages including covers, some cracks, loose front cover, in overall very good condition.

American dancer (1879-1968) and pioneer of modern dance, introducing Eastern ideas into the art and paving the way for other women in dance. Semi-cross format photograph of her signed by her over the top. Size is 9 x 8.9 inches, in excellent condition.

Polish-born English dancer (1888-1982) and pedagogue. A regular postcard signed by her mounted on a mat with a copy of a cabinet photo of her as a child. Total size is 9.5 x 8 inches, in excellent condition.

American dancer (1919-1994) and choreographer, who promote African dance as an art form worthy of study and performance. Gorgeous black-and-white photograph signed by her, shown in performance. Size is 7.8 x 10 inches, small stain over the upper-right corner, in excellent condition.

American ballerina (b.1945) who came to prominence in the early 1960s in d'Amboise's Meditation (1963) and Dulcinea in Balanchine's Don Quixote (1965). Gorgeous color half-tone photograph (a page from a program) signed by her. Size is 8 x 10 inches, in excellent condition.

American ballet dancer (b.1936), American ballet dancer (1934-2018). Page of a program from The New York City Ballet signed by Edward Villela, Arthur Mitchell, Richard Rapp, Jacques D'Amboise, and Patricia Neary, mounted on hard black cardboard.  Total size is 8.5 x 9.3 inches, in very good condition.

Russian ballet dancer (1925-2015), choreographer, ballet director, and actress. Sheet playbill add printed on both sides signed by her, promoting her upcoming performances. Size is 5.75 x 8.25 inches, in excellent condition.

American dancer (1918-1998), choreographer, film director, theatre director, and producer who worked in classical ballet, on stage, film, and TV. Fine black-and-white photograph signed by him, shown in rehearsal; ink-stamped on verso by the New York City Ballet. Size is 8.1 x 9.8 inches, some creases, in overall very good condition.

Cuban-born British dancer (b.1973) and Director of the Birmingham Royal Ballet.  Fine color photo postcard signed by him in 2005. Size is 4 x 4.8 inches (trimmed from a larger format), in excellent condition.

Russian prima ballerina (1941-2008) of the Bolshoi Ballet and a People's Artist of the USSR. Beautiful black-and-white photograph signed by her and also by an unidentified signer. Size is 8.5 x 5.9 inches, in excellent condition.

Modern Dance Company founded in 1954 by Paul Taylor. Album page signed by Paul Taylor plus other seven signers (presumably dancer members of his company). Size is 4.75 x 4.8 inches, in very good condition.

American tap dancer (b.1973), choreographer, and actor. A fine card signed by him mated together with a brochure. Total size is 6 x 12.2 inches, in excellent condition.

British ballet dancer (1904-1988) and choreographer, and also worked as a director and choreographer in opera, film, and revue. Black-and-white photo postcard of a drawing (caricature) of him signed by him. Size is 3.25 x 5.1 inches, in excellent condition.

American dancer (1901-1975) and choreographer. Fine black-and-white photograph signed and inscribed by him with a short sentiment. Size is 8.8 x 6.25 inches, minor damage over the lower-left corner, in very good condition

Danish ballerina (1922-1999). Fine black-and-white photograph signed and inscribed by her, shown in performance; ink-stamped on verso by photographer H.J. Mydstok.  Size is 4.75 x 6.5 inches, minor creases, in very good condition.

Fantastic collection of over 275 autograph letters, notes, documents and photographs representing French theater, mostly between the period 1825-1880. Some of the autographs included in this amazing collection are: Playwright Eugene de Planard (1783-1853) ANS - actor Leopold Delannoy (1817-1888), 6 ALS - clairvoyant Adolphe Didier, 1 ALS - actress Helena Gaussin, 2 ALS - theater director Leon Dormeuil (1824-1882), 16 ALS/ANS - playwright Leon Gandillon (1862-1912), 2 signed visiting cards - actress Camille Schelter, 1 ALS - Comedia-Francaise theater manager Sebastien Edmond (“Sevestre”) (1799-1852), 6 ALS/ANS, Henri Samary (1865-1902), 4 ALS - actress Eugenie Sauvage (1804-1866), 1 ALS - theater administrator René, also knows as Gilbert, 2 ALS - dancer Jeanne Dulac, 1 ANS -  Desirée Pochonet (1828-1860), 1 ALS - actress Alice Giesz, 1 ALS - actor and theater director Edmond Gaudé, 1 ALS - actor Georges Deneubourg (1860-1936), 1 signed visiting card - actress Marie Daubron, 4 ALS - actor and operetta singer Daubray (René M. Thibault) (1837-1892), 4 ALS and 1 signed visiting card - actress Marie Lloyd (1870-1922), 3 ALS and 1 signed visiting card - actress Louise Thuillier, 3 signed receipts - duo singers Henriot-Giraldas, 1 ALS - actress Guillemin, 2 ALS - actor Simon Lockroy (1803-1891), 2 ALS - actress Venulie Debay (?-1877), 1 ALS - playwright Charels H. Dubois-Davesnes (1800-1874), 1 ALS - actress Augustine Scriwaneck (1823-1909), 7 ALS - Mademoiselle Minette, 1 ALS - prince of Moskow Edgar N. Henry Ney (1812-1882), 1 ALS - actress Theresa Valladon, 2 signed receipts - actor Hippolyte Cisserant (1809-1877), 8 ALS - actress Yvonne de Bray (1889-1954), 1 ALS - actress Marie Tallandiera (1846-1878), 1 ALS and newspaper clips - actor Arthur Albert Thierry (1811-1867), 3 ALS - actress Madame Thierret (Felicien Georgin) (1814-1873), 7 ALS/ANS - dramatic actor Gilles de Saint Germain (1833-1899), 15 ALS/ANS - actress Gabrielle Thenard (1809-1861), 4 ALS - playwright Georges Grisier (1853-1909), 2 ANS - actress Alice Theric (1830-1896), 1 ALS - twin brothers and singers Anatole and Hippolyte Lionnet (1832-1896), 19 ALS/ANS and 1 signed visiting card of Anatole - actress Emilie Guyon (1821-1878) and A. Guyon, a total of 10 ALS/ANS - actress Charlotte Dupuis (1816-1879), 3 ALS - actress Jeanne Samary (1857-1890), 1 ALS - actress Colin (Rosa Didier) (?-1870), 4 ALS - dramatic author and journalist Felix Duquesnel (1832-1915), 2 ALS - baritone, librettist and impresario Henri Drayton (1812-1872), 1 ALS - historian and journalist Achille Denis (1817-1889), 2 ALS - actress Marie Dumas (1846-?), 2 ALS/ANS - Mademoiselle Denain (Pauline-Leontyne Mesnage (1823-1892), 3 ANS - actor Pierre-Mathieu Ligier (1796-1872), 3 ALS - comedian and theater director Emil Celestine Duard (1862-1941), 2 ALS - actor Lheritier (Marie Romain Thomas) (1807-1885), 1 ALS - actor and theater director Emile Taigny (1810-1875), 2 ALS - actress Dica Petit (1836-1895), 7 ALS/ANS - actress Lucile Durand, 1 ANS - actress Caroline Dupont, 3 ALS - actress Charlotte Dupont (Charlotte Rougeault de la Fosse) (1791-1864), 2  ALS - actress Antonia Molinos-Lafitte, 1 document signed. And many, many more we could not identify.  ALSO INCLUDED, 29 cabinet photos of Gertrude Green, Lea D´Ascot, Marie Leconte, Francine Lorée, Sara Jewett, Adelaide Ristori (9), Jeanne Bertiny, Simone Le Bargy, and others. Signed cabinets of Francine Lorée, Cecile Galley, Emile Colson, Andrée Genel, Renée Felyne, and politician  Jean Henri Laguerre. A total of 29 signed and unsigned cabinet photos, plus one signed photo postcard of actor Carlo Bohm. SOLD AS A COLLECTION ONLY, not sold separately.  

Cuban ballet dancer (1914-2013) and cofounder of the Cuban National Ballet and was part of the American Ballet Theatre company between 1940 until 1948. Fine sepia half-tone photograph (probably a clip from a magazine) signed by him and mounted on soft cardboard. Size is 2.9 x 4.9 inches, in very good condition.

American dancer (b.1969) and choreographer. Fine color photograph of two female dancers in performance signed by him. Size is 5.9 x 4 inches, in excellent condition.

Danish dancer (1913-2003), choreographer, and balletmaster. Fine informal color photograph signed by him. Size is 3.9 x 5.75 inches, in excellent condition.

Russian-born American ballet dancer (1917-2009) who starred in performances by Ballet Russe companies on stage all over the United States from the 1930s to the 1960s. Black-and-white half-tone photograph signed by him, shown in performance, mounted on hard cardboard. Total size is 3.3 x 6.25 inches, in very good condition.

German dancer (1940-2009) and choreographer who was a significant contributor to the neo-expressionist dance tradition. Fine black-and-white half-tone photograph signed by her. Size is 4.1 x 5.8 inches, mounting traces on verso, in very good condition.

American actress (1925-2000) and dancer; active between 1936-2000. Beautiful black-and-white photograph signed by her with a short sentiment, shown in a performing pose. Siz is 6.3 x 8.8 inches, in excellent condition.

American dancer (1955-2005), regarded as one of the finest male dancers of the 20th century in America, who died of cancer at age 50. Beautiful black-and-white photograph signed by him, shown in a dancing pose; ink-stamped on verso by photographer Zeida Cecilia Mendez. Size is 7 x 7 inches (trimmed from a larger format), in excellent condition.

Russian-American ballet choreographer (1904-1983), who was considered one of the most influential in the 20th century. Fine black-and-white photograph signed by him, shown at home, ink markings on verso indicates "Bloomingdale Benefit 1975". Size is 7.25 x 9.3 inches, in very good condition.

American dancer (1931-1989). American dancer and actress (b.1931). Beautiful black-and-white half-tone photograph (probably a clip from a program) signed by both artists, shown in the show "House of Flowers" premiered in 1954. Size is 9 x 6 inches, in excellent condition.

A beautiful collection of 90+ vintage and modern unsigned photographs (mostly) of opera singers from the late XIX century and first half of the XX century including Mabel Garrison, Lina Cavalieri, Leontyne Price, Victoria de los Angeles, Jean De Reszke, Mario Del Monaco, Salvatore Baccaloni, Rose Bampton, Lawrence Tibbett, and others.  Each one's size is 8 x 10 inches on average, in very good condition or better. SOLD AS A LOT AT A BARGAIN PRICE (individual postcards can be picked and purchased for US$25 each)

English composer (1787-1855), who became famous for his song "Home Sweet Home" and other vocal works. A fine set of two autograph letters signed by him, as follows: A. London 1848, 4 written pages in one folded sheet (with translation). Size is 4.5 x 7.2 inches, in very good condition. B. No date, 1 written page, size is 4.5 x 7.2 inches, in very good condition. SOLD TOGETHER, NOT SOLD SEPARATELY.

American author (1791-1852), poet, and actor, best remembered for providing the lyrics for the song "Home! Sweet home!" (1822).  Fine clip (probably the bottom of a longer autograph letter signed by him) with some autograph handwriting and his signature. Size is 7.8 x 2.5 inches, in excellent condition.

Austrian composer (1857-1941). Star Czech soprano (1878-1930). A fine photo postcard with an image of the celebrated pianist Franz Liszt signed by the composer and the soprano. Size is 3.4 x 5.4 inches, in excellent condition.

American ballet dancer (b.1942), with a 30-year career at the New York City Ballet. Her original single pointe shoe signed and inscribed by her with a short sentiment. Size is 8.5 x 2.5 inches, fading ink but still visible, in very good condition.

American mezzo-soprano (b. 1943), signed photograph, shown as Herodias in Richard Strauss's Salome, inscribed, signed as "Sheila". Size is 8 x 10 inches, in excellent condition. 

Very rare poster announcing the season of Serge Diaghilev's Ballet Russes at the Empire Theater in London, December 1919.  Original poster, 15.75 x 23 inches, repaired cracks especially one in the center, some stains, but in overall good condition, will look beautiful if framed. This is the first of its kind we have ever seen.   

American composer (1905-1964), known for his musical directed by Orson Welles in 1937 and his brilliant adaptation of Kurt Weil' "Three Penny Opera". Autograph letter signed by him, dated April 27, 1946, about music matters. Size is 5.5 x 8.5 inches, 2 written pages (in two separate sheets), in excellent condition.