Photographs, Autographs and Ephemera

AUTOGRAPH, STAR WARS. A Star Wars: A New Hope (1977) cast and crew photo book signed by writer/director George Lucas and producer Gary Kurtz and gifted to Gerry Gavigan, 20.5cm x 25.5cm, containing 25 black and white photograph stills from the film’s production, signed and dedicated to the reverse of the final photo, spiral-bound with the original black wrappers, the upper cover with original triangular ‘The Star Wars’ logo (minor damage to spiral binder).

AUTOGRAPH, STAR WARS. A signed black and white photograph of Alec Guinness in costume as Obi Wan Kenobi from Star Wars: A New Hope, 25.5cm x 20.5cm, signed and dedicated ‘Good Wishes, Alec Guinness’.

AUTOGRAPHS, STAR WARS. A group of four signed black and white photographs, comprising Mark Hamill in costume as Luke Skywalker, Harrison Ford in costume as Han Solo, Carrie Fisher in costume as Princess Leia Organa and Dave Prowse as Darth Vader, each 19.5cm x 24.5cm.

AUTOGRAPHS, STAR WARS. A group of 11 signed photographs of actors from Star Wars, comprising Sebastian Shaw, Anthony Daniels, Alec Guinness, Kenny Baker, Peter Cushing, Dave Prowse, Ewan McGregor, Christopher Lee, Jeremy Sinden, Samuel L. Jackson and Michael Kingma, a few in their Star Wars costume.

AUTOGRAPH. A signed black and white photograph of Clint Eastwood in costume for Pale Rider, 20cm x 25cm. Note: Clint Eastwood directed and starred in this Western.

AUTOGRAPHS, THE WIZARD OF OZ. A group of seven signed photographs of actors from The Wizard of Oz, comprising Judy Garland, Jack Haley, Ray Bolger, Bert Lahr, Margaret Hamilton, Billie Burke and one signed by various Munchkin actors, most 20cm x 25cm.

AUTOGRAPH. A signed colour photograph of Audrey Hepburn in costume as Eliza Doolittle from My Fair Lady, showing the actor wearing her iconic Ascot race dress and matching hat, 25.5cm x 20.5cm (minor smudging to signature). Provenance: Lot 742 in RR Auction on April 12, 2023.

AUTOGRAPH. A signed black and white photograph of Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy, 25.5cm x 20.5cm, showing the actors on set, possibly ‘Their First Mistake’, signed by both.

AUTOGRAPHS, JAMES BOND 007. A group of six signed photographs of actors who have played James Bond, comprising: Sean Connery, George Lazenby, Roger Moore, Timothy Dalton, Pierce Brosnan and Daniel Craig, all 26cm x 20.5cm.

AUTOGRAPHS, JAMES BOND 007. A collection of 15 signed photographs of actors who have played James Bond villains, comprising: Adolfo Celi as Emilio Largo with accompanying note, Gert Fröbe, Joseph Wiseman, Geoffrey Holder, Christopher Lee, Kabir Bedi, Honor Blackman, Jane Seymour, Richard Kiel, Grace Jones with Patrick Macnee, Curd Jürgens, Telly Salvas, Gustav Graves, Jonathan Pryce and Louis Jourdain, the majority 26cm x 20.5cm.

AUTOGRAPHS, JAMES BOND 007. A collection of approximately 73 signed photographs of actors who have appeared in James Bond and other related people, including Bernard Lee, Desmond Llewelyn, Diana Rigg, Shirley Eaton, Britt Ekland, Shirley Bassey, Judi Dench, Patrick Macnee, Alexander Bastedo, Joanna Lumley and Maud Adams.

AUTOGRAPH. A mounted colour photograph signed to the mount by Kenneth Williams, overall 30.5cm x 25.5cm, also dedicated ‘Hi Barry!’.

AUTOGRAPHS. An autograph album containing approximately 110 autographs on the recto and verso of leaves, some signed many to a page, including Wei Wei Wong, Margaret Leighton, Aimee MacDonald and Richard Todd.

AUTOGRAPHS. A black and white photograph signed by four members of the band Pink Floyd, David ‘Dave’ Gilmour, Roger Waters, Richard Wright and Nick Mason, 19cm x 24cm, the reverse with dedication ‘To Gail love from Pink Floyd’.

AUTOGRAPH. An autographed leaf, signed by three members of Queen and inscribed 'To Giles Best Wishes Freddie Mercury 1991, Roger Taylor x, Brian May', 14.8cm x 10.5cm. Note: obtained by pilot Tony Hoyle, who flew the band in the early 1990s and who gifted this to his neighbours' son Giles, his daughter’s autograph was sold by Toovey’s on 1st December 2022 (Lot 2379).

AUTOGRAPH. An autographed leaf, signed by Elton John and inscribed ‘To Giles with Best wishes Elton John', 13.8cm x 10cm. Note: obtained by pilot Tony Hoyle, who flew the band in the early 1990s and who gifted this to his neighbours' son Giles.

AVIATION. A signed postcard of Louis Arbon Strange, dated ‘Hendon, April 27th 1914’, together with a ‘Passenger flying at The London Aerodrome, Hendon, Souvenir’ certifying ‘Miss Gwen White’ was a passenger on a Graham White Biplane with Louis Arbon Strange as the pilot dated ‘25 April 1914’, 16.5cm x 11cm. Note: Strange had a distinguished military career and served with the RFC during World War I and is considered as an aerial combat and bombing pioneer, he also served with the RAF during World War II. On 25 December 1914 Strange flew to the German-held airfield at Lille and, as a Christmas Day prank, bombed it with footballs.

AVIATION. A mounted photograph with printed caption 'Henri Farman starting in the Four Hour Flight, Nov 3rd, 1909', 17.5cm x 23cm, together with a similar photograph captioned 'Winning of Michelin $20,000 Prize: Renault About to Land… 1911'.

ADVERTISING. A rare Bournville Cocoa promotional Parlour Quoits game, with pop-up peg in the form of a cocoa tin and circular cardboard quoit, 21.7cm x 9.5cm.