Friedrich Gulda Autograph: Early Signature, 1960s

Friedrich Gulda autograph: Authentic signature on real photo, signed in the early 1960s. 5,8 x 4 inches, fine condition. The Autograph comes with a Certificate of Authenticity.
 


Friedrich Gulda (16 May 1930 - 27 January 2000) was an Austrian pianist who performed in both the classical and jazz fields. Together with Joerg Demus and Paul Badura-Skoda, Gulda formed what became known as the "Viennese troika".

 In 1982, Gulda teamed up with jazz pianist Chick Corea and wrote a Prelude and Fugue with a theme suggesting swing. ( Keith Emerson performed it on Emerson, Lake & Palmer's The Return of the Manticore ).

In addition, Gulda composed "Variations on The Doors' 'Light My Fire'". Gulda is widely regarded as one of the most outstanding piano players of the 20th century.

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Heinrich Harrer Autograph. Signed Promo Card.

Authentic autograph by Heinrich Harrer on a print, published by the Austrian Raiffeisen bank.

8,2 x 5,9 inches, very fine condition.

The autograph come with a Certificate of Authenticity. Heinrich Harrer, noted Austrian explorer and mountaineer, escaped over the Himalaya from a prisoner-of-war camp in British India with Peter Aufschnaiter and then lived and worked as a fifth-ranked nobleman in the forbidden city of Lhasa.

As confident and informal tutor to the young Tibetan leader, the Dalai Lama, Harrer was afforded access to ceremonies and customs that had been rarely witnessed by Westerners.

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La Jana Autograph. CoA

La Jana, beloved movie star of the 1920s. Ross photo postcard (photo Schneider, Berlin) of La Jana. Clear autograph with black ink.

The Autograph comes with a Certificate of Authenticity.




Signed on April 25th 1939. Fine condition.

Sexy German dancer and film actress La Jana (1905-1940) was the most popular show girl of Berlin in the 1930’s. She appeared in 25 European films, often dancing in exotic costumes. In 1940, she suddenly died of pneumonia and pleurisy.

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Peter Fonda Autograph. Handsigned Photo. CoA

Peter Fonda b/w portrait photo (Studio-Photo), hand signed.

8 x 10 inches (20,4 x 25,5 cm). Fine condition.

The Autograph comes with a Certificate of Authenticity.

Peter Henry Fonda is an American actor. He is the son of Henry Fonda, brother of Jane Fonda, and father of Bridget and Justin Fonda (by first wife Susan Brewer, stepdaughter of Noah Dietrich). Fonda is an icon of the counterculture of the 1960s.

In 1968, Fonda produced and starred in Easy Rider, the classic film for which he is best known. Easy Rider is about two long-haired bikers traveling through the southwest and southern United States in a world of intolerance and violence.

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Emmerich Kalman Autograph. CoA

Operetta Composer Emmerich Kalman: Autograph on album leaf.

4,5 x 4,5 inches (113 x 113 mm), fine condition.

The Autograph comes with a Certificate of Authenticity.

Emmerich Kalman (1882 –1953) was a Hungarian-born composer of operettas.

Kalman and Franz Lehar were the leading composers of what has been called the "Silver Age" of Viennese operetta during the first quarter of the 20th century. He became well-known for his fusion of Viennese waltz with Hungarian csardas. Even so, polyphonically and melodically, Kalman was a devoted follower of Giacomo Puccini, while in his orchestration methods he employed principles characteristic of Tchaikovsky's music.

Despite his Jewish origins he was one of Adolf Hitler's favorite composers.

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Qingdao vintage Postcard: Greetings from Laoshan

A big part of our old Qingdao postcards have been sold and we added a few more now, like:

Qingdao: Old Chinese postcard: “Greetings from Laoshan”. b/w postcard depicting a little, naked boy in front of some houses in Laoshan/Qingdao.

Unused, fine condition. Published by Max Grill Qingdao.

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Rudolf Nurejew Autograph. Early Signature on Print. CoA

Rudolf Nurejew: Magazine snippet mounted in cardboard, signed by Nurejew in app. 1970s.

Faint stain at the upper left corner, minor faults at the right margin (the autograph was in a frame).



The Autograph comes with a Certificate of Authenticity.

7,1 x 9,5 inches.

Rudolf Khametovich Nureyev (1938 –1993) was a dancer from the former Soviet Union, considered one of the most celebrated ballet dancers of the 20th century. Nureyev's artistic skills explored expressive areas of the dance, providing a new role to the male ballet dancer who once served only as support to the women.

In 1961 he defected to the West, despite KGB efforts to stop him. According to KGB archives studied by Peter Watson, Nikita Khrushchev personally signed an order to have Nureyev killed.

In 1982, he became a naturalized Austrian.

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Anna Netrebko Autograph. CoA

Anna Netrebko: Private portrait color photo from 2003 (Salzburg), signed 2004 in Wien.

5 x 7 inches (12,5 x 18 cm), very fine condition.

The Autograph comes with a Certificate of Authenticity.



Anna Yuryevna Netrebko (born 18 September 1971) is an operatic soprano. She now holds dual Russian and Austrian citizenship and currently resides in Vienna. She has been nicknamed "La Bellissima" by fans.

Under Gergiev's guidance, Netrebko made her operatic stage debut at the Mariinsky at age 22, as Susanna in Le nozze di Figaro. She went on to sing many prominent roles with the Kirov Opera, including Amina in La sonnambula, Pamina in Die Zauberflöte, Rosina in Il Barbiere di Siviglia, and Lucia in Lucia di Lammermoor.

In 1994, she sang the Queen of the Night in Die Zauberfloete with the Riga Independent Opera Avangarda Akademija under conductor David Milnes.

In March 2006, Netrebko applied to become an Austrian citizen, receiving her citizenship in late July. More autographs: HERE

Macao: Vintage Postcard Praya Grande

Old b/w postcard „Macao, view of Praya Grande“. No postcard lines at reverse.



Unused, very fine condition.

Attractive Seal by Wu He, Old Shou Shan Stone with Foo Lion. 吴核篆刻

Old Chinese seal made of Shou Shan (category 牛角冻石 Niu jiao dong – frozen buffalo horn).
As seal engraved are 4 characters 红间碧静 hong jian bi jing (amidst the red the silence of green Jade).





The well carved handle depicts a Foo lion and her kitten.

Seal by the seal carver Wu He 吴核, 1891.

34 x 34 x 110 mm, 254 gram. Fine condition. More autographs: HERE

Vim. Poster Style Advertising for Detergent

Vim detergent vintage advertising from app. 1940-50s.

Poster style design at the front side, lady cleaning a floor and advertising text at reverse.




Size: 3,9 x 6,8 inches. Glue/paper remnants at one margin at reverse, otherwise fine condition.

Austrian Art Deco Postcard with Baboon

Decorative postcard, entitled: “Ernst ist das Leben” (Life is grave).

Postcard after a painting by Otto Friedrich, published by Wiener Kunst (Vienna Arts).






Unused, fine condition.