Each week on Saturday, Sunday and sometimes on Fridays, I will be listing GREAT AUTOGRAPHS, HISTORICAL EPHEMERA, SIGNED BOOKS, ART AND ANTIQUES FROM MY LONG LIFE OF COLLECTING.

In fairness to all interested bidders PLEASE DO NOT ASK ME TO END THIS AUCTION EARLY. 

OFFERED HERE  

A wonderful SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH of BUTTERFLY McQUEEN looking forlorn, which captures the mood of enslaved people both yesterday and today... The photo is from the film Gone With The Wind. She has inscribed the photo to 'Jay' and added the words in her hand "'Prissy' of G.W.T.W." 

Butterfly McQueen (born Thelma McQueen; January 8, 1911 – December 22, 1995) was an American actress. Originally a dancer, McQueen first appeared in films as "Prissy" in Gone with the Wind (1939). She was unable to attend the film's premiere because it was held at a whites-only theater. She also appeared in the films Cabin in the Sky (1943), Mildred Pierce (1944), and Duel in the Sun (1946).

Often typecast as a maid, she said: "I didn't mind playing a maid the first time, because I thought that was how you got into the business. But after I did the same thing over and over, I resented it. I didn't mind being funny, but I didn't like being stupid." She continued as an actress in film in the 1940s, and then moved to television acting in the 1950s. She won a 1980 Daytime Emmy Award for her performance in the ABC Afterschool Special episode "Seven Wishes of a Rich Kid".


Measures approximately 8 x 10 inches. 


FYI: The 2009 7th edition of THE SANDERS AUTOGRAPH PRICE GUIDE values a SIGNED PHOTO of BUTTERFLY McQUEEN at a mere $92.00.


It's worth a google search to learn more about this important and talented woman's life and career!


Each item will be posted in a plastic cover between two strong, cross grained, hard to bend, pieces of cardboard.


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All autographs and historical paper that I sell are MONEY BACK GUARANTEED AUTHENTIC. I have authenticated autographs for insurance companies and collectors for more than three decades. I DO NOT SELL COPIES. I have collected historical autographs, books and ephemera since I was a kid in the late 1950's. I have had this OLD AUTOGRAPH in my own collection for a long, long time!

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