12th Mar, 2025 12:00

Autograph Letters, Historical Documents and Manuscripts

 
Lot 79
 

79

BURNS GEORGE: (1896-1996) (+2 nominees)

BURNS GEORGE: (1896-1996) American comedian and actor, Academy Award winner for Best Supporting Actor in 1975 for his role as Al Lewis in The Sunshine Boys. Signed 8 x 10 photograph, the original vintage Fosters´ Agency publicity portrait depicting Burns in a half-length pose and holding a pipe in one hand. Signed in black ink with his name alone to a light area at the head of the image. Some light, minor wrinkling, and a few corner creases. Together with two signed 8 x 10 photographs by two of the Academy Award nominees for Best Supporting Actor in 1975, comprising Brad Dourif (for his performance as Billy Bibbit in One Flew Over the Cuckoo´s Nest) and Chris Sarandon (for his performance as Leon Shermer in Dog Day Afternoon; the image depicting him in a close-up head and shoulders pose in costume from the film). Both are signed by the actors with their names alone to lighter areas of the images. G to VG, 3


 

BURNS GEORGE: (1896-1996) American comedian and actor, Academy Award winner for Best Supporting Actor in 1975 for his role as Al Lewis in The Sunshine Boys. Signed 8 x 10 photograph, the original vintage Fosters´ Agency publicity portrait depicting Burns in a half-length pose and holding a pipe in one hand. Signed in black ink with his name alone to a light area at the head of the image. Some light, minor wrinkling, and a few corner creases. Together with two signed 8 x 10 photographs by two of the Academy Award nominees for Best Supporting Actor in 1975, comprising Brad Dourif (for his performance as Billy Bibbit in One Flew Over the Cuckoo´s Nest) and Chris Sarandon (for his performance as Leon Shermer in Dog Day Afternoon; the image depicting him in a close-up head and shoulders pose in costume from the film). Both are signed by the actors with their names alone to lighter areas of the images. G to VG, 3