Autographs from people credited in 1999 The Century: America's Time
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ABBOTT & COSTELLO: BUD ABBOTT Black and white movir still from the film Abbott and Costello Meet the Munny. Photograph signed: "Bud Abbott". B/w, 10x8. Shown with Lou Costello in movie still from Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy. © 1955 Universal Pictures.Sale Price $270.00
$300.00
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BUD ABBOTT and BETTY ABBOTTTwo early photos, each inscribed by one of the Abbotts to another Betty Two items: 1)Photograph inscribed and signed: "To Betty not my Betty/but you can be my Betty/when Betty throws me down/Bud Abbott/Social Maids/1948". Vintage b/w, 8x10.Sale Price $680.00
$800.00
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Consent form authorizing the Motion Picture Relief Fund to reproduce Bud Abbott's signature and likeness for a series of stamps raising money for needy film industry veterans. The form is signed twice by Abbott, once as an autograph sample and again to grant permission. A remarkable, perfectly verified example!Sale Price $450.00
$500.00
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ABBOTT & COSTELLO: BUD ABBOTT and PATRICIA KNIGHT Bud Abbott and Patricia Knight inscribe their signature to a fan. Inscribed signature: "To John/Bud Abbott", and on verso "To John/Patricia Knight", 4x3¾.Sale Price $216.00
$240.00
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ABBOTT & COSTELLO: BUD ABBOTT Bud Abbott signs a racing form from the Garden State Park, New Jersey. Racing Form signed: "Bud Abbott" in pencil, 4x9 affixed to slightly larger sheet. Garden State Park, New Jersey. Betting form listing the seven horses running in the first race.Sale Price $216.00
$240.00
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ABBOTT and COSTELLO Comedy duo extraordinaire. Inscribed signatures: "To Roy/From Your Pals/Lou Costello" and "Bud Abbott", 5½x4½.Sale Price $722.50
$850.00
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JACK BENNY and BUD ABBOTT Comedians with very different styles sign opposite sides of an album leaf in 1950. Inscribed signature: "To Peter/from/Jack Benny." and signed on verso: "Bud Abbott", 4¾x3 album leaf. Names written (unknown hand) on both sides, which are dated: "27.6.Sale Price $270.00
$300.00
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LOU COSTELLO and KEN RICHMONDAlbum leaf signed on one side by the comic actor and by the wrestler on the other Signatures: "Lou Costello", 4¾x4 album leaf. Co-signed on verso: "Ken Richmond"Sale Price $198.00
$220.00
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ABBOTT & COSTELLO: LOU COSTELLO Inscribed vintage 8x10 photo, looking astonished Photograph inscribed and signed: "To Lee Anne/All my Love/Lou Costello". Vintage b/w, 8x10. Publicity photo signed in lower margin.Sale Price $595.00
$700.00
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LOU COSTELLO Lou Costello fills out and signs a check for cash in the amount of $25.00. Partly Printed Check filled out and signed: "Lou Costello", 6x2¾. Studio City, California, 1945 May 31. Drawn on his Bank of America account, payable to "Cash" for "$25.00Sale Price $360.00
$400.00
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ABBOTT & COSTELLO (LOU COSTELLO) The comedy great known for his partnership with Bud Abbott signs this check for $47.71 Check signed: "Lou Costello" in black ink. 7x3. December 27, 1945. Check no. 1503 drawn from the account of Lou Costello at Bank of America in Studio City, California. Payable for $47.71 to I.Sale Price $382.50
$425.00
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LOU COSTELLO USES PROCEEDS FROM THE 1955 COMEDY, ABBOTT AND COSTELLO MEET THE KEYSTONE KOPS, TO SETTLE A BANK AGREEMENT LOU COSTELLO, ANNE COSTELLO, PAT COSTELLO and OTHERS Typed Document Signed: "Lou Costello", "Anne Costello" and "Herbert L.Sale Price $552.50
$650.00
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ABBOTT & COSTELLO: LOU COSTELLOContract to borrow money for the financing of a 26 photoplay series starring him and his comedy partner Abbott, for NBC Typed Contract Signed: "Lou Costello" as Producer on page 14 and initialed:Sale Price $637.50
$750.00
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LOU COSTELLO, CO-SIGNED BY: ANNE COSTELLO Comedian Lou Costello, one-half of Abbott and Costello, signed this contract in 1952 to amend his 1950 employment agreement with Universal Pictures. Also signed bySale Price $552.50
$650.00
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Consent form authorizing the Motion Picture Relief Fund to reproduce Lou Costello's signature and likeness for a series of stamps raising money for needy film industry veterans. The form is signed twice by Costello, once as an autograph sample and again to grant permission. A remarkable, perfectly verified example!Sale Price $467.50
$550.00
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LOU COSTELLO and ANNE COSTELLO Lou Costello and Anne Costello sign a tax form for the 1953 tax year. Carbon Partly Printed Document Signed: "Lou Costello" and "Anne Costello" in ink as Taxpayers, 1p, 8x10½. Los Angeles, California, 1954 January 2.Sale Price $552.50
$650.00
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ABBOTT & COSTELLO: LOU COSTELLO Lou Costello signs a document along with a check paying his taxes. Carbon Typed Document Signed: "Lou Costello" under "The above action is approved.", 1p, 8½x11. Los Angeles, California, 1953 January 26.Sale Price $467.50
$550.00
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ABBOTT & COSTELLO: LOU COSTELLO Lou Costello signs a promissory note to pay Universal Pictures Company $20,000.00. Typed Document Signed: "Lou Costello", 1p, 8½x11. Universal City, California, 1946 January 29. Headed: "Promissory Note".Sale Price $637.50
$750.00
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IRS form listing tax deficiencies from 1950 and 1951, signed and dated by Costello in 1955. Both Costello and his partner Bud Abbott would wind up virtually broke over tax problems two years after this form was signed.Sale Price $552.50
$650.00
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ABBOTT & COSTELLO: LOU COSTELLO and ANNE "MS. LOU" COSTELLOThe comedy legend and his wife sign a U.S. Treasury Department form listing four years of their tax deficiencies Document signed: "Lou Costello" and "Anne Costello" in ink, 1p, 8x10½.Sale Price $552.50
$650.00
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ABBOTT & COSTELLO: LOU COSTELLO Lou Costello signs a document along with a check paying for a loan. Carbon Typed Document Signed: "Lou Costello" under "The foregoing action is approved.", 1p, 8½x11. Los Angeles, California, 1953 February 24.Sale Price $467.50
$550.00
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ABBOTT and COSTELLO: LOU COSTELLO Costello signs a document, probably for a feature film, for which he would be paid 50 percent of the net proceeds and his partner, Bud Abbott, would also receive 50 percent. Carbon Typed Document Signed: "Lou Costello" in ink under "Approved and Accepted", 1p, 8½x11.Sale Price $450.00
$500.00
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ABBOTT and COSTELLO: LOU COSTELLO The comic actor receives an advance from Universal Pictures. Carbon Document signed in ink: "Lou Costello", 8½x11. Universal City, California, 1949 March 28. Costello acknowledges receipt of an advance from the studio of $12,857.Sale Price $552.50
$650.00
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Costello, on behalf of himself and his partner, Bud Abbott, signs an agreement with NBC regarding their use of "Bud Abbott and myself on the live television shows referred to".Sale Price $510.00
$600.00
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Comedian Lou Costello, one-half of Abbott and Costello, signed this document in 1952 to declare that his betting losses from 1946 exceeded his betting wins. This document is probably related to his tax problems with the IRS, which left him broke by the mid-1950s.Sale Price $552.50
$650.00
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Comedian Lou Costello, one-half of Abbott and Costello, signed this Community Property Affidavit for the state of California in 1954. It gives interesting details about his finances since 1934, when he married his wife Anne.Sale Price $467.50
$550.00
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Comedian Lou Costello, one-half of Abbott and Costello, signed this $1 bill of sale in 1955 to divide the assets of his production company Cosman Productions between himself and three members of his family to pay back taxes to the IRS.Sale Price $467.50
$550.00
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Comedian Lou Costello, one-half of Abbott and Costello, signed this $1 bill of sale in 1955 to have five members of his family, including his wife Anne, sell their stakes in his production company Cosman Productions to pay back taxes.Sale Price $467.50
$550.00
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LOU COSTELLO'S WIFE, MOTHER, BROTHER, SISTER AND SISTER-IN-LAW TRANSFER THEIR INTEREST IN HIS PRODUCTION COMPANY TO HIM TO ENABLE COSTELLO TO SETTLE HIS TAX BILL WITH THE I.R.S. LOU COSTELLO, ANNESale Price $552.50
$650.00
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LOU COSTELLO AGREES TO USE PROCEEDS FROM A TELEVISION PROGRAM CO-EXECUTIVE PRODUCED WITH HIS BROTHER TO SETTLE HIS TAX BILL WITH THE I.R.S. LOU COSTELLO and ANNE COSTELLO Carbon Typed Document Signed: "Lou Costello" and "Anne Costello" in ink on page 3, 3p, 8½x13, separate sheets.Sale Price $552.50
$650.00
