Sterling Sports Auctions #38
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 12/28/2014
Lot of 25 includes:
Hollywood landmarks and movie stars from the golden age of entertainment are featured in this lot of postcards. The lot breaks down as follows:
Grauman’s Chinese Theater (4): Mitock Plastichrome of Kirk Douglas engaged in “Footprint Ceremony”; Mitock Plastichrome #P59038 Jack Lemmon and Shirley MacLaine toasting their immortalization in concrete; Kashower #774 Grauman’s Chinese Theater; Mitock Plastichrome #P12276 showing the theater and some footprints in concrete.
Western Publishing Star Homes (7): Five show portraits of the stars and their homes: Abbott & Costello, Robert Taylor, Bob Hope, Gene Autry, Bing Crosby. Two show the homes of Bing Crosby and Will Rogers.
Mitock Plastichrome Star Homes (2): B&W portrait insets against color pictures of the homes of Cary Grant and Eddie Cantor.
Gardner-Thompson California Scenic Views (1): Bing Crosby and home.
HS Crocker Mirro-Krome Movie Stars (2): Ward Bond on Wagon Train, Henry Fonda in The Deputy
Fred MacMurray (2): The Double Indemnity star appears in two cards, one from 1941 in One Night In Lisbon, and an EKC back black and white portrait.
The Brown Derby: 1941 postal cancellation
The Ambassador Hotel (4): Site of the Academy Awards and many other Hollywood events. Two exterior views, a lobby view and the World Famous Cocoanut Grove nightclub showing the Academy Awards under way (1941 postmark).
1965 NBC Johnny Carson: reply card for fan mail
Western Publishing #888 First National Studios, Burbank, CA.
Average EX
1940s-1960s Hollywood Postcard Collection Lot of (25)
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