Fantastic lot of thirty-nine vintage photos, ranging in size from approximately 3.25 x 5.25 to 4 x 6, each signed in ink or fountain pen by the singer pictured. Most of the photos, which feature mainly German and Wagnerian singers, are postcard style and feature the subject in a characteristic role. The signers are: Giuseppe DiStefano (inscribed and dated 1956), Fritzi Jokl (two), Franz Völker (two, one dated “Bayreuth 1934–1941”), Cesare Siepi, Käte Heidersbach, Marcel Wittrisch (dated 1942), Marta Fuchs, Max Pallenberg, Fritzi Massary, Mizzi Günther, Margarete Teschemacher, Hermann Jadlowker, Heinrich Schlusnus, Gitta Alpar, Annelies Kupper, Helena Braun, Frida Leider, Margarethe Slezak, Maria Müller, Helge Roswaenge, Wilhelm Guttmann, Sigrid Onégin (dated 1938), Fritz Schrödter (dated 1910), Lotte Lehmann, Margarete Klose (inscribed), Richard Mayr, Willi Domgraf (two, inscribed, one dated 1948), Berta Morena, Maria Reining, Edith de Lys (inscribed), Jarmila Novotna (dated 1934), Michael Bohnen (pencil, dated 1921), Antonio Scotti (dated 1914), Joseph Schmidt, Anny Konetzni (inscribed), and Johanna Gadski (dated 1914). In fine condition overall, with scattered toning, mild silvering, and light soiling, a few corner bends, dings, and surface impressions, and a few signatures with minor brushes. R&R COA.
