Jun 16, 2022 - Sale 2609

Sale 2609 - Lot 101

Price Realized: $ 500
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 250 - $ 350
MERMAN, ETHEL. Group of 4 programs Signed: Girl Crazy * Call Me Madam * Happy Hunting * Hello Dolly! Each inscribed on front or rear cover. Each 4to or smaller, wrappers, staple binding or loose folded sheets; abrasions and scattered staple holes affecting front cover of Call Me Madam. Vp, vd; inscriptions: Np, nd

Additional Details

Girl Crazy. 1930 Broadway production. 40 pages. [New York], 1931 • Call Me Madam. 1952 national tour production. Signed and additionally inscribed, "To Kim," on rear cover, showing bust portrait of Merman. 4 pages. [Cleveland, 1952] • Happy Hunting. 1956 Broadway production, additionally inscribed, "To / Joe Babisch / Best / Wishes." 44 pages. [New York], 1956 • Hello Dolly! 1964 Broadway production. 40 pages. [New York, 1970].
With--(Ethel Merman.) Large photograph, unsigned, half-length portrait showing her leaning against wall with hands on hips. 13 1/2x10 1/2 inches; chipping at all edges, creasing at upper right with some loss to emulsion, dings and creases overall. Circa 1930.