FILM STARS DANISH COMPLETE CARD ALBUM.
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Auction #199 - Part II
Item numbers 973 through 2378 in auction 199
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Item Description
9x12” hardcover c. 1948. Issued by Danish drink mix product company. Has 26 numbered pages and contains complete set of 200 cards all neatly mounted at appropriate spots. Cards are 1.5x2.5” with photos of mostly single stars, some multiple star cards are included and a mix of both Hollywood and foreign stars. Stars include – Ingrid Bergman, Lauren Bacall, Charles Chaplin, Claudette Colbert, Gary Cooper, Bette Davis, Marlene Dietrich, Deanna Durbin, Henry Fonda, Clark Gable, Katharine Hepburn, Gene Kelly, Lassie, Fred MacMurray, Lawrence Olivier, Donna Reed, Frank Sinatra, Red Skelton, Elizabeth Taylor and many others. Album’s cover features classic Al Hirschfeld portraits on front, inside and back covers as well as title pages. These are of Clark Gable, Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon, Esther Williams, Robert Taylor and Van Johnson. Portraits on inside have bit of coloring done in crayon. Moderate cover wear and aging, Fine. Pages lightly aged but clean and VF. As mounted, some of the cards have some surface paper wear/loss while others have some staining/discoloration. This affects about 60 cards. Overall these are about VG, others Exc. Additional photos online. From the Richard Merkin Collection and comes with Hake’s COA.
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