CALLAS MARIA Signature Maria Meneghini Callas in pencil on a

Sale 2413 - Lot 227

Price Realized: $ 292

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Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600

CALLAS, MARIA. Signature, "Maria Meneghini Callas," in pencil, on a menu for a dinner party held in her honor on January 11, 1959, in St. Louis, MO, hosted by David Stickelber. Signed on the front page, near upper edge. 4 pages, folio, velveteen covered boards with gilt foil onlay to front cover, bound together with string; faint mildew aroma, minor damage to backstrip. [St. Louis, circa 11 January 1959]

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David A. Stickelber (1928-2011) was a Kansas City manufacturer who helped to establish the Performing Arts Foundation there; the Foundation arranged to bring world-class performers to Missouri, including Callas.