Ivar Andresen: Autograph on Photo. CoA, 1926. Great Wagner Bass

collect.at Antiques and unique Collectibles Ivar Andresen: Autograph on Photo. CoA, 1926:

"Ivar Andresen, Norwegian Bass. Autograph from 1926.

b/w photo, size: 3.5 x 5.5, signed “ Ivar Andersen, Dresden 1926 “

The autograph comes with a Certificate of Authenticity.

During the last century many Scandinavian singers have achieved international fame. The most famous were the Norwegian opera singers Ivar Andresen and Kirsten Flagstad, the Finns Tom Krause und Martti Talvela, the Danish singers Peter Cornelius and Lauritz Melchior, the Swedish singer Birgit Nilsson, Joel Berglund, Kerstin Thorborg….."

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Japanese Art Deco Postcard. Litho. Lantern Seller.

collect.at Antiques and unique Collectibles Japanese Art Deco Postcard. Litho. Lantern Seller.

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Old Korea Postcard: South Gate Chosen with Tramway

collect.at Antiques and unique Collectibles Old Korea Postcard: South Gate Chosen with Tramway: "Imperial Korea: Postcard with view of “ The South Gate, Chosen”. A tram, passengers and a western soldier at front. ( Chosen is Seoul now ) Printed in Japan. Unused, fine condition"

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Autographs of important singers of classic music genre

Autographs of important singers of classic music genre collect.at Antiques and unique Collectibles Autographs Singers: Opera Lieder: "Autographs Singers: Opera, Lieder - Important singers of classic music genre".

6 Autographs have been added today.

Qing Dynasty: Toggle, Fish-shape, Lacquer. Erotic

collect.at Antiques and unique Collectibles Qing Dynasty: Toggle, Fish-shape, Lacquer. Erotic: "Chinese toggle / pendant in shape of a carp from the Qing Dynasty.
The head of the fish can be moved and gives view to 2 erotic scenes.

Size: 4.7 x 2.7 x 1.4 inches"

Gwyneth Jones, great Soprano Autograph, 1978, Wien

collect.at Antiques and unique Collectibles Gwyneth Jones, great Soprano Autograph, 1978, Wien: "Gwyneth Jones, born in Wales, living near Zurich now, studied in Siena and Zurich.

She made her breakthough in 1964 when she stood in for Leontyn Price ( Il Trovatore, Royal Opera House production ).
But it was her Wagner roles ( Bayreuth Festivals in the late 1960s, early 70s ) which made her that famous. She is a darling in Vienna and this autograph is from 1978 there.

She was made a Dame of the British Empire in 1986."

Art Nouveau Bronze Plaque: Grandmother's Devotion

collect.at Antiques and unique Collectibles Art Nouveau Plaque: Grandmother's Devotion: "Decorative bronze plaque showing an old lady, praying.
Artist signed: A. Hartig, Wien 1910.

Fine Art Nouveau / Jugendstil object, fine details, decorative wording at top.

1.8 x 2.5 inches. 84 grams. Fine patina, no scratching."

Vaclav Havel Autograph. Signed Photo from 1989 - col8394

Vaclav Havel Autograph. Signed Photo from 1989 - col8394: "Václav Havel photo, 4 x 7 in. Signed with green pen in 1989.

Vaclav Havel, born 1936 in Prague was always very close to the intellectual and artist community in Czechoslovakia.
As an outcome of the Second World War Czechoslovakia fell under Soviet Russian and Communist domination in 1948 with serious effects on Havel's family. Vaclav Havel worked as a laboratory technician and took night classes to finish high school. As he grew into manhood he showed signs of dissent against the Czech Communist authorities' ongoing suppression of artistic and literary freedoms.

Havel was somewhat involved in the Prague Spring of 1968, an episode where Czech intellectuals enthusiastically supported moves, then being sponsored by Alexander Dubcek, for a liberalizing reform of the Czech Communist system.

A Soviet invasion of August 1968 suppressed the Prague Spring. Havel protested with the result that the authorities banned his works. The authorities offered him several opportunities to leave the country but he declined as he had decided to remain in Czechoslovakia and work for change holding the view that 'the solution of this human situation does not lie in leaving it.'

In 1977 he helped orchestrate and produce Charter 77, a document supported by hundreds of Czech intellectuals, that demanding that Czech citizens be afforded basic human rights such as had seemed to be promised in the Helsinki Agreements.......