Fine Books & Manuscripts
Description:
Musicians and Performers, Nine Autographed Photographs. Including signed photos of Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943); Ferruccio Busoni (1866-1924); William Henry Humiston (1869-1923); Maud Powell (1867-1920); Dorothee Manski (1895-1967); Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) with a musical phrase, dated 1921; Tossy Spivakovsky (1906-1998); Arthur Hartmann (1881-1956); and actress Ilse Marvenga, who starred on Broadway as "Naughty Marietta," various sizes, some framed. (9)
Estimate $500-700
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Keywords
Ilse Marvenga, Maud Powell, Maurice Ravel, Arthur Hartmann, Dorothee Manski, William Henry Humiston
Christopher D. Fox
Associate Deputy Director, American Furniture & Decorative Arts
Director, Historic Arms & Militaria
508-970-3200
Fine Books & Manuscripts
The Fine Books & Manuscripts department delivers scholarship, expertise, and attention to detail in appraisals, evaluations and auctions of rare and historically important material ranging from medieval manuscripts to presidential documents.