Other Miscellaneous Items (0 - $50)

Unsigned Opera News Magazine (issue April 22nd, 1972) entirely dedicated to Rudolf Bing, the General Manager of The Metropolitan Opera House for 22 years (1950-1972) with many articles and photographs. Size is 8.3 x 11 inches, 76 pages, softcovers, in very good condition.

Austrian-born British opera impresario (1902-1997), remembered notably as the General Manager of the Metropolitan Opera between 1950 and 1972. A special edition of the Opera News magazine issued in 1972 to celebrate the career of the General Manager of the Metropolitan Opera with many articles, photographs, and information about his career. Size is 8.25 x 11 inches, 76 pages plus soft covers, in excellent condition.

Original, vintage advertisements from magazines and programs featuring the star tenor, from early 20th century. Scroll down to see all the items and click on each to enlarge or see more photos if available. SOLD INDIVIDUALLY. 

Nineteenth-century American stage actress (1816-1876) and operatic contralto, unsigned CDV, shown as herself. Size is 2.5 x 4 inches, in excellent condition.

Spanish painter (1887-1972), poet, and novelist. Original cabinet-style photograph of the painter by photographer Antoni Esplugas (Barcelona). Size is 4.25 x 6.5 inches, some rust on the front, verso in excellent condition; in overall very good condition.

Ethiopian long-distance runner and businessman (b.1973). Nice color photograph signed by him, shown during a race. Size is 7.9 x 9.8 inches, in excellent condition.

Magazine "Scientific American" with an article about the new stage of the Metropolitan Opera House, New York; rebuilt for a production of Wagner's "Parsifal", issued on February 6th, 1904.  Size is 11.25 x 16.2, full magazine with all 16 pages including covers, dust on covers, otherwise in very good condition.

Set of two magazines specially issued by Opera News Magazine on June and July 1976 in the occasion of the United States of America bicentennial of Independence, with many articles commemorating the opera in America.  Part I has 54 pages, part II has 46 pages, both issues are 8.25 x 11 inches in size, minor crack on the cover of Part I, otherwise in excellent condition. SOLD TOGETHER, NOT SOLD SEPARATELY.

Original, vintage advertisements from magazines depicting opera singers. Different sizes.  SOLD INDIVIDUALLY - click on the thumbnails to see larger scans on the left, and descriptions below.

Group of photos of 6 major opera houses and concert venues including the Hollywood Bowl, Vienna State Opera, Sydney Opera House and early artist renderings of the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts. Photo sizes range from 4.75 x 6.25 inches to 7 x 9 inches, most are 7 x 9. Several of the photos are stamped on verso, all are in very good condition. Sold only as lot.

Italian actress (1822-1906), known for tragic dramas,  who was often referred to as the "Marquise". Unsigned CDV, shown in role. Photo by Disderi. Size is 2.5 x 4.1 inches, slight wear on edges, otherwise in very good condition. 

Italian actress (1822-1906), known for tragic dramas,  who was often referred to as the "Marquise". Unsigned CDV, shown in role. Photo by Pierre Petit, Paris. Size is 2.25 x 4 inches, some smudges on verso, otherwise in very good condition. 

German ice skater (1897-1960), performed in ice skating shows in both Europe and throughout the U.S. and also appeared in the 1934 film Der Springer von Pontresina. Signed postcard photograph, size is 3.25 x 5.25 inches, in excellent condition. 

German ice skater (1897-1960), performed in ice skating shows in both Europe and throughout the U.S. and also appeared in the 1934 film Der Springer von Pontresina. Signed postcard photograph, size is 3.5 x 5.25 inches, in excellent condition.

Official magazine of the Salzburger Festspiele 1950, 24 pages, complete, 6.5 x 9 inches, with photos and articles.

Russian actress (1854-1915), unsigned cabinet photo, shown possibly in role. Size is 2.4 x 4.1 inches, in excellent condition.

Program for the play "Sapho" (1938), starred and signed by the French actress (1873-1966) at Teatro Odeon, Buenos Aires.   Size is 6.1 x 9.1 inches, in very good condition.

German actress (1862-1927), signed photo postcard, shown in Minna Von Barnheim, German stage comedy by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, dated in 1906. Size is 3.5 x 5.5 inches, in excellent condition. 

TIME Magazines with Opera Artists: Ponselle, Melba, Bernstein, Flagstad & Many More Time magazines, with famous opera artists on cover, full magazine with an article about the featured artists. Complete with all pages and covers, 8.25 x 11 inches, all in very good condition. All unsigned. SOLD INDIVIDUALLY. CHOOSE FROM THE DROP-DOWN MENU BELOW. CLICK ON THE THUMBNAIL TO SEE EACH ITEM´S PHOTO

VANITY FAIR was a weekly periodic published in London between 1869 and 1914, its articles were about the current political, social, literary and financial news. Each issue featured a bound-in lithograph depicting an influential personality of the day. Lithographs were often accompanied by text which extolled or lamented the virtues or vices of the person/s being featured - and they are today highly collectible. Each original Vanity Fair lithograph is 10.5 x 15.75 inches, is original, and comes with a copy of the corresponding text. All lithographs have mounting traces (tape marks) on verso. Sold individually

German pedagogue (1890-1972), composer, conductor and pianist. A brilliant pianist and teacher, Zuckmayer had to leave Germany in 1936 and established in Turkey, where he continued his career teaching and training music teachers. Autograph note signed by him, in French, on a postcard mailed in 1924. Size is 3.5 x 5.5 inches, in excellent condition.