Mar 19, 2015 - Sale 2376

Sale 2376 - Lot 163

Price Realized: $ 1,235
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
CARUSO IN HIS BEST ROLE CARUSO, ENRICO. Photograph Postcard Signed and Inscribed, in English: "This is my best / Rôle / Enrico Caruso / New York / 1912," 1/2-length portrait by Varischi & Artico, showing him as himself in smart suit and hat. Inscribed in the image, diagonally at lower edge; correspondence side blank. 5 1/4x3 1/4 inches; slight silvering in dark areas, scratch at right shoulder, faint staining at middle right, remnants of prior mounting overall verso. New York, 1912

Additional Details

with--Enrico Caruso. Photograph Signed and Inscribed, to Leonora Shier, full length portrait showing him in white suit. 7x3 inches; 1/4-inch hole at middle right, 2-inch tear affecting portrait, marked creasing overall, moderate silvering overall. 1914.