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Auction: 16043 - Autographs, Historical Documents, Ephemera and Postal History
Lot: 153

Documents
Collections and Ranges
Opera
A selection of signed photographs with 1890 (c.) Eleonora Duse (Italian actress) on large mounted photograph 5¼ x 11¼ inches with bold signature in purple at top; 1900 (c.) Matilde Serao (Italian journalist and novelist) mounted photograph 6 x 8 inches by Rossi, signed on the mount; 1905 Francesco Tamagno (Italian opera tenor) signed postcard picture; 1903 Lina Cavalieri (Italian opera soprano) on signed cabinet photograph by Reuthinger; 1903 Hariclea Darclée (Romanian opera soprano signed postcard picture; 1904 Pietro Mascagni (Italian composer most noted for his operas) cabinet photograph by Rossi, signed at foot; 1920 (c.) Rudolph Valentino (Italian-born American actor) printed signed photograph in cossack uniform (some age spotting); 1936 Benaimino Gigli (Italian opera tenor) signed photograph by Grazioli; 1950 Jerome Hines (American operatic bass) and Lucia Evangelista (Italian soprano) on a joint signed photograph; 1952 Nicola Rossi-Lemeni (opera bass); 1961 Ferriccio Tagiavini (Italian operatic tenor); 1970 (c.) Cornell MacNeil (American operatic baritone) as Rigoletto; 1970 (c.) Luciano Pavarotti in Rigoletto; 1973 Maria Callas (American soprano); 1990 (c.) Donna Summer with printed signature. A good collection. Photo

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£850