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Charles Lee offers over 40 years of experience in collecting and authenticating autographs.

This catalogue reflects his own collecting preferences - autographs from the Golden Age of Hollywood, lovely signed vintage sepia photographs, scarce character actors, clean album pages and cards for matting with a favourite picture and unusual and difficult to find rarities.

Charles is a recognised authority on Vivien Leigh and his catalogue always offers a wonderful selection of authentically signed Vivien Leigh material.

This catalogue is updated with new stock and deletions on a daily basis (sometimes several times a day).

Using the links on the left you may browse the catalogue by category or use the search facility to quickly find the item you are looking for.

Charles is picky about quality - items generally are in very good condition indeed and any faults are carefully described in the text.

Featured Autographs

Allister, Claud

Allister, Claud  (1888-1970)

English character actor with an extensive film career in both Britain and Hollywood, where he appeared in more than 70 films between 1929 and 1955, including Bulldog Drummond (as Algy opposite Ronald Colman,1929)  Jean Harlow’s Platinum Blonde (1931), Charles Laughton’s The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933), The Private Life of Don Juan (starring Douglas Fairbanks, 1934), Dracula’s Daughter (1936), Pride and Prejudice (1940) and W.C Field’s Never Give a Sucker an Even Break (1941).

A rare vintage sepia photograph (9.5" x 7.5"), nicely signed in dark blue fountain pen ink across the image.

 

ref:13602  £125.00
Anderson, Judith

Anderson, Judith  (1898-1992)

Australian-born actress, for nearly 70 years one of the foremost Shakespearean actresses of the stage, but most famous for her role as the obsessed housekeeper Mrs. Danvers in Rebecca (1940). 

A lovely black and white photograph (8" x 10") with a rare uninscribed signature ("Good Wishes, Judith Anderson") in dark blue fountain pen ink. In mint condition.

ref:15766  £125.00
Andrews, Julie

Andrews, Julie  (1935- )

British actress and singer.

A beautiful black and white photograph (8" x 10") boldly signed in black ink across the image.

ref:15416  £225.00
Astor, Mary

Astor, Mary  (1906-1987)

American actress, perhaps most famous for her role as the homicidal and gloriously untrustworthy Brigid O'Shaughnessy opposite Humphrey Bogart’s Sam Spade in The Maltese Falcon (1941). She reprised this role with Bogart in Across The Pacific (1942).

A lovely vintage glossy sepia photograph (a little less than 9" x 7"), nicely signed and inscribed in ink in period.

ref:13842  £75.00
Baer, Max

Baer, Max  (1909-1959)

American boxer who was the World Heavyweight Champion from 14 June 1934 to 13 June 1935; he often credited working as a butcher boy, carrying heavy carcasses of meat, for developing his powerful shoulders.

A very fine vintage sepia photograph (8" x 10"), boldly signed and dated ("Very best wishes, Sincerely, Max  Baer 2/15/34") in blue ink, just four months before he became World Heavyweight Champion.

ref:15382  £250.00
Bernstein, Leonard

Bernstein, Leonard  (1918-1990)

Prodigiously talented American conductor, composer, pianist, and teacher, whose many fine classical compositions are overshadowed by his hugely successful scores for the Broadway shows On The Town (1944) and, especially, West Side Story (1957).

A stunning black and white photograph (8" x 10"), beautifully signed and inscribed ("For John Street, Best wishes, Leonard Bernstein") in dark blue fountain pen ink across the lower white margin. A PEACH!

ref:15818  £250.00
Berry, Chuck

Berry, Chuck  (1926-2017)

Legendary American guitarist, singer and songwriter, one of the pioneers of rock and roll music.

A big, bold signature in blue ink on an 8" x 6" sheet of white cartridge paper. The signature was obtained IN PERSON  on the 15th July 2004.

ref:15381  £125.00
Blanc, Mel

Blanc, Mel  (1908-1989)

Great American entertainer, the voice of Bugs Bunny and other legendary cartoon characters.

A very fine colour photograph (8" x 10") of Mel Blanc at his desk, surrounded by a montage of all the legendary cartoon characters whose voices he created over his long career. Blanc neatly signed and inscribed ("Hi Irene, Mel Blanc, 8/7/79") the photograph in blue ink, taking care to do so across clear areas of the image.

ref:15454  £125.00
Bradman, Don

Bradman, Don  (1908-2001)

Legendary Australian cricketer, unchallenged as his country’s greatest sporting hero. Bradman retired in 1948 with 6,996 runs in 52 Tests for the stunning average of 99.94, which experts say will never be equalled, let alone surpassed.

A very fine First Day Cover, celebrating the life of Don Bradman "The Australian Legend", and featuring cricketing stamps that were franked in both Australia and Britain in 1997. It has been signed ink by both Don Bradman and Britain's Colin Cowdrey (1932-2000).

ref:15442  £125.00
Brambell, Wilfred

Brambell, Wilfred  (1912-!985)

Irish character actor, most famous for his portrayal of Albert Steptoe in television’s hugely popular Steptoe & Son (1964-1973).

A very rare John Maltby black and white photograph (8.5" x 6") of a Grace Felicity Bush (1913-1991) portrait of the young and dapper Brambell, nicely signed and inscribed ("John Street - very sincerely yours, Wilfrid Brambell") in blue fountain pen ink across the lower margin. 

Brambell wasn't anything like the grubby Albert Steptoe in real life and he hated that image. This portrait was how he saw himself.

ref:15813  £125.00
Mascagni, Pietro

Mascagni, Pietro  (1863-1945)

Great Italian composer, most famous for his opera Cavalleria Rusticana, premiered in 1890.

A fine vintage sepia postcard of the young Mascagni, signed and dated (London, 9.III.1912) in black ink across the image.

ref:2309  £275.00