30th Jan, 2025 11:00
Autograph Letters, Historical Documents and Manuscripts - Timed Auction
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LEIGH & OLIVIER
LEIGH VIVIEN (1913-1967) English actress & OLIVIER LAURENCE (1907-1989) English actor, both Academy Award winners. A.N.S., Vivien & Laurence Olivier (all in the hand of Olivier, also signing on behalf of his wife), to the recto and verso of the couple's personal printed oblong 12mo Visiting Card, featuring their printed names ('Sir Laurence & Lady Olivier') to the centre, struck through with a single diagonal line, the message entirely in the hand of Leigh, in full, ´Our grateful thanks to you dear Lynn´. Together with an A.N.S. by Leigh, with the initials V & L.O. (also signing on behalf of her husband), to the recto of their personal printed oblong 12mo Visiting Card, featuring their printed names ('Sir Laurence & Lady Olivier') to the centre, struck through with a single diagonal line, the text stating, in full, ´With love & thanks dear Lynn´. Some staining and traces of former mounting to the verso of the second card, G to VG, 2
Lynn Hope was the head costume mistress at the Aldwych Theatre in London and also performed the same duties on the tours of the Royal Shakespeare Company from 1955 onwards.
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LEIGH VIVIEN (1913-1967) English actress & OLIVIER LAURENCE (1907-1989) English actor, both Academy Award winners. A.N.S., Vivien & Laurence Olivier (all in the hand of Olivier, also signing on behalf of his wife), to the recto and verso of the couple's personal printed oblong 12mo Visiting Card, featuring their printed names ('Sir Laurence & Lady Olivier') to the centre, struck through with a single diagonal line, the message entirely in the hand of Leigh, in full, ´Our grateful thanks to you dear Lynn´. Together with an A.N.S. by Leigh, with the initials V & L.O. (also signing on behalf of her husband), to the recto of their personal printed oblong 12mo Visiting Card, featuring their printed names ('Sir Laurence & Lady Olivier') to the centre, struck through with a single diagonal line, the text stating, in full, ´With love & thanks dear Lynn´. Some staining and traces of former mounting to the verso of the second card, G to VG, 2
Lynn Hope was the head costume mistress at the Aldwych Theatre in London and also performed the same duties on the tours of the Royal Shakespeare Company from 1955 onwards.
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Auction: Autograph Letters, Historical Documents and Manuscripts - Timed Auction, 30th Jan, 2025
