Oct 29, 2009 - Sale 2192

Sale 2192 - Lot 170

Price Realized: $ 7,200
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 4,000 - $ 6,000
PROFUSELY INSCRIBED SCORE OF A MAJOR MUSICAL (CAROUSEL.) Carousel. Vocal score with music Signed, or Signed and Inscribed, by over 100 principal cast members and staff of the original Carousel production and of 9 revivals, including Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II, Rouben Mamoulian, Agnes De Mille, John Raitt, Jan Clayton, Eric Mattson, Bambi Linn, Robert Pagent, and many others. Inscribed on front and rear blanks, pastedowns, preliminaries, and on program pages or blank sheets laid in. This copy belonged to Jay Velie, who performed in or attended each of the 10 productions. Large 4to, presentation cloth binding stamped in gilt on front cover with Velie's name, moderately worn; minor scattered staining or smudging. New York: Williamson Music, 1945; inscriptions: 1945-73
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Majestic Theatre, 1945: 18 Signatures or Inscriptions Signed: Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II, Rouben Mamoulian, Agnes De Mille, John Raitt, Jan Clayton, Bambi Linn, Eric Mattson, Christine Johnson, Murvyn Vye, Jean Casto, Peter Birch, Andrea Downing, Gordon Taylor, Annabelle Lyon, Robert Pagent, Iva Withers, and Joseph Litlau.
The Theatre Guild on the Air, 1950: 12 Signatures, including Jay Velie and Jimsie Somers from the original cast, and Jean Handzlik from later stage revivals.
New York City Light Opera, 1954: 14 Signatures or Inscriptions Signed: Chris Robinson, Barbara Cook, Jean Handzlik, Don Blackey, John Conte, Winifred Heidt, Boris Aplon, Stanley Carlson, Bambi Linn, Robert Pagent, Daniel Reed, Dusty Worrall, Julius Rudel, and Lucia Victor.
Oakdale Musical Theatre, 1954: 8 Signatures or Inscriptions Signed: Stephen Douglass, Rosemary Kuhlman, Lee Hauptman, Carl Nicholas, Charlie Campbell, Sybil Lamb, May Muth, and Bill Ross.
City Center, 1957: 9 Signatures or Inscriptions Signed: Howard Keel, James Mitchell, Bambi Linn, Victor Moore, Russell Nype, Robert Pagent, Robert Eckles, Jean Dalrymple and John Fearnley.
Carousel Theatre at Framingham, 1960: 3 Inscriptions Signed: Warren Brown, Donna McKechnie, Jack Harpman.
Oakdale Musical Theatre, 1960: 9 Signatures or Inscriptions Signed: John Raitt, Kathie Hull, Betty Oakes, Tom Roach, Helen Blount, Earl Hammond, Ella Gerber, Colin Romoff, Ben Segal.
City Center, 1966: 13 Inscriptions Signed: Patricia Neway, Jack de Lon, Sandy Duncan, Michael Kermoyan, Bruce Yarnell, Constance Towers, Parker Fennelly, Jenny Workman, Nancy Dussault, Louise Larufee, Alexander Clark, Darrell Notara, Paul Adams.
"Summer Season," 1966: 19 Inscriptions Signed: Howard Keel, Rosalind Hupp, Joanna Lester, Ben Segal, Willi Burke, Darrell Sandeen, Eddie Fuller, Carole Bishop, Christine Norden, Sharon Arlene, Patsy Sabline, Barbara Smith, David Gary, Cliff Scott, Herb Wilson, Tim Ramirez, Llewellyn Thomas, Marybeth Lahr, Linda Bonem.
Jones Beach, 1973: 33 Signatures or Inscriptions Signed: Guy Lombardo, John Cullum, Barbara Meister, Eileen Schauler, Bonnie Franklin, Alfred Toigo, John Stewart, Mary Ellen Ashley, Robin Hoff, Randal Harris, Paul Flores, Hal Norman, Barry Ball, Baruch Blum, David Briggs, Marcia Brushingham, Peter Clark, Doris Galiber, Mickey Gunnersen, Sherry Lambert, Gail Malmuth, Robert Monteil, Janice Petronzi, Sal Provenza, Ernie Pysher, Stanley Roberts, Dixie Stewart, Joyce M. Tomanec, Ralph Vucci, Karen Zenker, Mortimer Halpern, Elman R. Anderson, Arnold Spector.