(ENTERTAINMENT) Large wide ranging group of publicity photos

Mar 20 at 10:30 AM - Sale 2697 -

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Sale 2697 - Lot 188

Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900

(ENTERTAINMENT.) Large wide-ranging group of publicity photos. 51 photographs, most about 10 x 8 inches; minimal to moderate wear. Various places, circa 1930s to 1970s

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Highlights include Sidney Poitier in "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner"; Paul Robeson in the 1940 play "John Henry"; several Lena Hornes; a signed photo of Louise Beavers; and Josephine Baker. Two are inscribed by vaudeville comic teams "to Chink": Stump & Stumpy, and Conway & Parks in 1936.

The lot includes 10 Sammy Davis photos, some of them unusual: one with his first wife Loray White Davis and fellow Rat Packer Frank Sinatra; two with President Richard Nixon; one with Liberace. 6 show boxer Joe Louis outside the ring.

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