Ephemera Auction - October 10th, 2004
    
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A collection of letters belonging to Grant Mills from the 1930s & 1940s before Lakewood this very interesting account of his life through letters from (Herbert Swett founder of Lakewood), Elizabeth Libby Swett, Elizabeth Swett to grant, letters from Agents, including: Moss Hart, Elliott Nugent, Owen Davis, etc. Love letters and telegram from Sally Rand (fan dancer), letter and telegram from G.W. Payne, Rudy Vallee, Violet Heming w/divorce papers, Paul Kelly while in prison, collection of letters from Mary (Betsy) Rogers (daughter of Will), also many celebrity telegrams, actor contracts, Playbills, and clippings. Large lot of scripts & plays by Frank Morgan aka Grant Mills, some published, some not. Large photograph collection to be sold as one lot. Early 1900s to 1950s of stage & screen actors and actresses. Some of the identified photos are: Grant Mills, Jean Davis, Sally Rand, Vincent Price, Frank Morgan, Mary Betsy Rogers, Owen Davis Jr., Keenan Wynn, Hume Croyn, Clark Gable, Ed Wynn, Humphrey Bogart, Gloria Wood, Helen Hayes, Edward G. Robinson, Violet Hemming, Basil Rathbone and more! Also cast photos from "Once in a Lifetime", "Crime", and "Under Fire", along with others unidentified at this time.

   
Atlantic city trolley
Advertising fans, etc.

Calendars, etc.
Early advertising box

Early documents
Great Victorian scrapbook

Lots of postcards
Misc. Ephemera

Misc. items of interest
Misc.

Piles of misc.
Postcards
 

Bruce Gamage, Jr.
Antique Estate Auctioneer, Maine License #AR480
467 Main Street, Rockland, ME 04841
Tel: 207-594-4963 Fax: 207-594-0674
email: bgamage@midcoast.com