Vtg BILLIE HOLIDAY Swing Jazz Singer Music 1950s Press Booking Photo
Item History & Price
| Reference Number: Avaluer:7109526 |
This auction is for a vintage 1950s booking/press photo of singer Billie Holiday. Photographer was Schaeffer Hollywood. Booking company was Associated Booking Corp. Note that her first name is misspelled in the front margin. DEC 31 1956 is rubber-stamped on the back side, along with some typewritten info and newspaper clipping pasted there. I was told that this photo was from the Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle P-I) newspaper’s press photo archive, but there is NO newspaper ident...ified on the back side. Whole photo measures approx. 8” x 10” with the actual image less due to the margins.
Please read this description and review the close-up scans carefully as this photo has EXTENSIVE condition issues. Please check out the last image above to see the condition of this well-worn photo. Photo corners are bumped and bent. Edges have some nicks and a missing piece torn from the left edge. Margins have some dirty smudges. There areas of waviness at the top and bottom edges that extend a bit into the photo. Photo surface has large areas of white paint (like white-out) along with other markings from the newspaper production department. There are notations written the margin areas and a number scraped into that white paint. Upper right corner has a gray streak. Back side has the rubber stamping, newspaper clipping, and typewritten info as noted above along with gray ink spots and smudges (and a few more newspaper production markings). Photo is NOT SMOOTH due to lots of handling as you can see. NO weird or musty odors. The red “moonchildbooks” blurb does not appear on the actual photo.
I have other photos up for auction this week and I am happy to combine orders to save on shipping costs. I will take great care in packaging your photo using a reinforced cardboard photo mailer. As always, feel free to send me a message if you have any questions. I prefer to offer this photo in an auction format and NOT with a Buy-It-Now price.
MOONCHILD'S LOW-STRESS PAYMENT/SHIPPING INFORMATION: Highest U.S. bidder pays additional $3.50 for first-class mail. Highest Canadian bidder pays an additional $12.00 for international first-class shipping. Highest bidder in other countries pays additional $14.00 for international first-class shipping. These are fixed-rate charges regardless of the actual weight or zip code. If you are in Washington state, as of January 2019, be aware that eBay automatically adds the state sales tax to the total amount due. Item is as described or your money refunded without a fuss. :) Thanks for stopping by!
Please read this description and review the close-up scans carefully as this photo has EXTENSIVE condition issues. Please check out the last image above to see the condition of this well-worn photo. Photo corners are bumped and bent. Edges have some nicks and a missing piece torn from the left edge. Margins have some dirty smudges. There areas of waviness at the top and bottom edges that extend a bit into the photo. Photo surface has large areas of white paint (like white-out) along with other markings from the newspaper production department. There are notations written the margin areas and a number scraped into that white paint. Upper right corner has a gray streak. Back side has the rubber stamping, newspaper clipping, and typewritten info as noted above along with gray ink spots and smudges (and a few more newspaper production markings). Photo is NOT SMOOTH due to lots of handling as you can see. NO weird or musty odors. The red “moonchildbooks” blurb does not appear on the actual photo.
I have other photos up for auction this week and I am happy to combine orders to save on shipping costs. I will take great care in packaging your photo using a reinforced cardboard photo mailer. As always, feel free to send me a message if you have any questions. I prefer to offer this photo in an auction format and NOT with a Buy-It-Now price.
MOONCHILD'S LOW-STRESS PAYMENT/SHIPPING INFORMATION: Highest U.S. bidder pays additional $3.50 for first-class mail. Highest Canadian bidder pays an additional $12.00 for international first-class shipping. Highest bidder in other countries pays additional $14.00 for international first-class shipping. These are fixed-rate charges regardless of the actual weight or zip code. If you are in Washington state, as of January 2019, be aware that eBay automatically adds the state sales tax to the total amount due. Item is as described or your money refunded without a fuss. :) Thanks for stopping by!
