$192
A Christmas card sent to Oona O'Neil Chaplin in 1979 by close friends Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. and wife Mary. The bi-fold heavy card stock greeting card has a color photograph of the Fairbanks' on the front with the inscriptions from Mary, "Darling Oona Mary Fairbanks" and from Fairbanks, "With our love Douglas." Inside is the hand inscribed address, probably by Oona as a means of keeping the address on record, "575 Park Avenue N.Y. 10021" along with a raised golden seal of a key and roses. The back is printed with "Greetings for Christmas and 1979." Photograph, 5 by 3 1/2 inches PROVENANCE Lot #150, "Charlie Chaplin in His Time," Pierre-Yves Gabus, Gallery of Ancient Art, Hotel President, Geneva, February 27, 1993 Categories: Charlie Chaplin
Auctioneer:
Juliens Auctions
Date:
2012-03-31