An interesting group of autograph signatures collected in the early twentieth century, from singers, instrumentalists, and actors of the era. The signatures include: Sergei Rachmaninoff (dated 1939); violinist Jelly D'Aranyi (dated March 2, 1931); American film actress Edith Barrett; Metropolitan Opera singers Lucrezia Bori, Maria Duchêne, and Marie Mattfeld (together on one page and dated December 1914), Melanie Kurt, and Matja von Niessen-Stone (dated June 9, 1915); Austrian-born pianist Fannie Bloomfield Zeisler (dated February 15, 1915); violin prodigy Kathleen Parlow; Polish-American pianist Antoinette Szumowska; and actor-actress couple George and Florence Arliss (dated January 4, 1921). Signatures on heavy card leaves from an album, some trimmed down, with some light staining, toning, peeling, and small losses; overall in very good condition. Ranging in size from 8 x 4 inches (20 x 11.5 cm) to 13.25 x 10.25 inches (33.7 x 26 cm).
An interesting group of autograph signatures collected in the early twentieth century, from singers, instrumentalists, and actors of the era. The signatures include: Sergei Rachmaninoff (dated 1939); violinist Jelly D'Aranyi (dated March 2, 1931); American film actress Edith Barrett; Metropolitan Opera singers Lucrezia Bori, Maria Duchêne, and Marie Mattfeld (together on one page and dated December 1914), Melanie Kurt, and Matja von Niessen-Stone (dated June 9, 1915); Austrian-born pianist Fannie Bloomfield Zeisler (dated February 15, 1915); violin prodigy Kathleen Parlow; Polish-American pianist Antoinette Szumowska; and actor-actress couple George and Florence Arliss (dated January 4, 1921). Signatures on heavy card leaves from an album, some trimmed down, with some light staining, toning, peeling, and small losses; overall in very good condition. Ranging in size from 8 x 4 inches (20 x 11.5 cm) to 13.25 x 10.25 inches (33.7 x 26 cm).