OPERA SINGER SIGNED PHOTO TRIO.
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Starting Bid:
$172.50
(Includes 15% Buyer's Premium)
Bidding Ended:
Thursday, March 26, 2009 1:00:00 PM (20 Minute Clock Begins At Thursday, March 26, 2009 1:00:00 PM)
Auction:
Auction #197 - Part II
Item numbers 992 through 2667 in auction 197
Item Description
8.5x10-5/8" satin finish bw photo of Metropolitan Opera singer Lily Pons. Signed in black ink "To Mme. & Mr. Mariano Lucca...illegible French inscription...Lily Pons 'Lucia' 1931." Studio Lorelle-Paris label in lower right-hand corner. Lightly aged. .25" chip off upper right-hand corner. Fine. Pair of 8x9-7/8" sepia toned photos show Metropolitan Opera tenor Nino Martini in 2 slightly different poses, each inscribed in black ink, one in English "To Mrs. Clara Lucca With My Best Wishes. Nino Martini - 1924." The other is inscribed in Italian to Mariano Lucca and dated "Buffalo 1924." Both photos curled with age. If framed, would display Exc. Comes with 6 unsigned publicity photos, 5 featuring Nino Martini and one of Marion Talley. Lt. handling wear with curling due to age. Fine-VF overall. Comes with Hake's COA. From the Mariano Lucca Collection.
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