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Iconic British actress and singer.

This is a very early signature and inscription ("To Brenda, All the best for the future, Sincerely, Julie Andrews") in blue ink on a 3.5" x 2.75" card. From a 1940s autograph collection. Some small marks but in good overall condition. (Shown loosely mounted with photo corners on a 5.5" x 3.5" white card.)

British actress and singer.

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

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!

British singer, songwriter and film actress; enduring icon of the 1960s.

A lovely early black and white photograph (7" x 5"), nicely signed in black ink across the image.

Internationally successful British pop singer from the late 1950s to the early 1960s, real name Ron Wycherley.

This is a very rare page (6.5" x 5") cut from a Christmas Card sent by Billy to a fan. The inner page carries a cheery greeting ("To John. A Very Happy New Year with lots of Health and Good Luck from Billy Fury") in pencil. Condition is very good.

Internationally successful British pop singer from the late 1950s to the early 1960s, real name Ron Wycherley.

This is a very fine page (4.5"x 4.2.5) cut from a vintage album. nicely signed in blue fountain pen ink. In excellent condition.

American actress., in some outstanding films, including the Christmas perennial It's a Wonderful Life (1946) and In a Lonely Place (1950).

This is a very fine black and white photograph (6.5" x 4.75"), nicely signed and inscribed ("John, Love, Gloria Grahame") in black ink across the image.(Increasingly difficult to find.)

American rock and roll musician, one of the first.

A very fine black and white photograph (5.5" x 3.25"), boldly signed ("Best wishes, Bill Haley, England 1969") in red ink.

South African-born comedy actor, most famous for his appearances in most of the Carry On films, from 1958.

This is a very cheery black and white photograph (5.5" x 3.5"), nicely signed and inscribed ("Be happy, Joyce, Sid James") in blue ink across the image. In excellent condition.

English-born actor, real name William Pratt, who emigrated to Canada in 1909.

Karloff is best remembered for his roles in Universal horror films and his portrayal of Frankenstein's monster in Frankenstein (1931), Bride of Frankenstein (1935), and Son of Frankenstein (1939).

This is a great Karloff rarity (and probably unique). In their March 15th issue in 1968, Life magazine ran an article entitled The Truth About Frankenstein, about how Mary Shelley created the monster 150 years earlier. They coupled this with the fact that the wonderful Boris Karloff was now 80 and ran a colour front cover of his face illuminated by innumerable birth candles.  The copy alongside his face read "Boris Karloff at 80 celebrates an old friend's birthday." (of the Monster. Karloff famously said "My dear old monster. I owe everything to him. He's my best friend." I suspect the article carried this quote.)

This is a very fine example of that Time cover, from the collection of the great John Street. The Time banner has been neatly trimmed off to leave an 8" x 10" image in very good condition, without tears, stains, folds or creases . Most important, there's a superb Boris Karloff signature in black ink across the glowing stems of the candles. (John Street was a wonderful writer of fan letters and developed a pen-pal friendship with Boris Karloff, who lived In Britain from the mid-1950s)

One of the greatest film and stage actors Britain has produced; he also proved an excellent director in Night of the Hunter (1955).

A very fine early vintage FILMSHOTS  photograph (5.5" x 3.5"), showing Laughton with Elsa Lanchester in a scene from The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933). There's an excellent, clear signature in dark blue ink (not across the dark area of an image he normally decides to use!) RARE.

Double Oscar-winning actress, immortalised by her portrayal of Scarlett O'Hara in Gone With The Wind (1939).

An extraordinary show business collectable - a part page cut from a wonderful visitors' book (8.5" x 8"), signed in ink on both sides by some of the biggest stars of film and television at the time, including Vivien Leigh,  Claire Bloom, Laurence Olivier, Richard Burton, Denholm Elliott, Paul Massie, Tommy Cooper and Geoffrey Keen.

British character actor, most famous for his work for Hammer Studios.

 A very fine candid colour photograph  (8" x 11"), neatly signed and inscribed ("To John from Michael Ripper") in black ink across the lower white panel. RARE.

Much-loved British comedy actress with a wonderfully dotty screen persona.

This is a very rare letter, handwritten and signed on two sides of an 8" x 6" sheet of headed notepaper (5 The Old Hall, Highgate Village, N.6, May 19th '60) to a fan. Interesting content about two of her roles.

English actor and writer, remembered for his performances in The Sting, From Russia with Love, A Man for All Seasons and as Quint in Jaws.

An exceptionally rare original black and white publicity photograph (8" x 10"), showing Shaw as the pirate captain Ned Lynch, with Benevieve Bujold, in Scarlet Buccaneer (1976), the film he made immediately after Jaws. There's a big. bold signature (his name alone) in dark blue ink, down from the top left corner.

All Robert Shaw signed material is scarce. Signed 8" x 10" photographs are rarer than hens' teeth.

American country-influenced rock and roll duo, known for steel-string acoustic guitar playing and close harmony singing.

An amazing Everly Brothers collectable - an original vintage copy of the sheet music for All I Have To Do Is Dream (12" x 9"), beautifully signed in ink by both brothers to the cover.

Great Austrian-born film star and director of the silent era.

 This is a very fine signature and inscription ("To Louis, most cordially, Erich von Stroheim") in blue ink on a 5" x 3.5" album page. To the reverse is a bold signature in blue ink of the America humorist George Ade (1866-1944), who became nationally famous for his stories of Chicago which used street language and slang. In addition to his signature, Ade added the date, 1923, which gives us  a good idea of when von Stroheim also obliged with a signature. RARE.