Fine Books & Manuscripts
Sat, Jan 27, 2018 11:00AM EST - Sun, Jan 28, 2018 11:00AM EST
Lot 470
A collection of African American and other entertainers featured on publications, programs, postcard and photos.
Estimate: $200 - $300
Bid Increments
| Price | Bid Increment |
|---|---|
| $0 | $5 |
| $30 | $10 |
| $100 | $25 |
| $500 | $50 |
| $1,000 | $100 |
| $2,000 | $200 |
| $5,000 | $500 |
| $10,000 | $1,000 |
| $20,000 | $2,000 |
| $50,000 | $5,000 |
| $100,000 | $10,000 |
Baker, Josephine, and others. A collection of African American and other entertainers featured on publications, programs, postcard and photos. Includes several publications featuring Josephine Baker on their cover, including a 1935 Parisian issue of Hebdo, featuring Baker as a Haitian singer in the film Zouzou; a Folies Bergere 1937 oversize program with nude Josephine Baker painting on its dye cut cover; 1933 program for Prince Edward Theatre, London; a French Columbia Gramophone booklet dated 1935; a 1959 “African Jazz and Variety” program, from South Africa; a multi page “Ipi Tombi” London program; two signed and inscribed photos of McCallister and Smith, Blackpool, 1917, with unused postcard, and real photo postcard of Samuel Coleridge Taylor, an English composer dubbed “the African Mahler.” Ten (10) items. Good to very good.
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