1st Jun, 2023 12:30

Summer Specialist Sale

 
Lot 384
 

Earl's Court Visitor's book, 1950s

Autographs – Earl’s Court Visitors’ Book, hand signed by VIP guests and visitors, 1949-58, including Queen Mary, Earl Mountbatten of Burma, Margaret Lockwood, Julie Andrews, Wells Coates, the Duke of Bedford, Cecil Madden, Stanley Holloway, Vera Lynn, Max Bygraves, Petula Clark, Harry Corbett and Sooty, J Arthur Rank, Richard Attenborough, Sid James, Arthur C. Clark, Joyce Grenfell, Charlie Drake, and others, in blue binding gilt bordered edging and title, 26cm x 20cm

This fascinating collection is particularly notable for the names associated with early television and radio, encompassing events including The National Radio Show, 1951 and ‘57, as well as many leading figures in 1950s light entertainment. It was retrieved from a skip with the permission of the owners, during refurbishment of the Earl’s Court offices in the early 1960s

Estimated at £500 - £700

 

Autographs – Earl’s Court Visitors’ Book, hand signed by VIP guests and visitors, 1949-58, including Queen Mary, Earl Mountbatten of Burma, Margaret Lockwood, Julie Andrews, Wells Coates, the Duke of Bedford, Cecil Madden, Stanley Holloway, Vera Lynn, Max Bygraves, Petula Clark, Harry Corbett and Sooty, J Arthur Rank, Richard Attenborough, Sid James, Arthur C. Clark, Joyce Grenfell, Charlie Drake, and others, in blue binding gilt bordered edging and title, 26cm x 20cm

This fascinating collection is particularly notable for the names associated with early television and radio, encompassing events including The National Radio Show, 1951 and ‘57, as well as many leading figures in 1950s light entertainment. It was retrieved from a skip with the permission of the owners, during refurbishment of the Earl’s Court offices in the early 1960s

Auction: Summer Specialist Sale, 1st Jun, 2023

The sale of the contents from Barrow Court, the former home of the late technology entrepreneur Iann Barron C.B.E. 

In Focus: The Barrow Court Sale

Summer Specialist Sale of Fine Furniture, Modern Design, Paintings, Prints, Silver, Jewellery, Watches, Ceramics, Glassware & other Collectors Items

The Wine Auction, from the cellars of Barrow Court, and a major consignment, which has until recently been professionally stored at LCB Dinton.

In Focus: The Wine Auction

 

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