Incredible collection of twelve items signed by the eccentric surrealist, consisting primarily of photos and booklets, each signed “Dali.” Includes a series of five different glossy photos of Dali’s ‘Bull Fight’ lithographs and ‘The Lucky Number of Dali,’ 8 x 10 and 10 x 8, each signed in black felt tip; one glossy 7.25 x 8.75 portrait used to promote Diary of a Genius, signed on the reverse in blue ballpoint, “Dali, 1968”; one color 6 x 8.25 postcard photo of Dali sitting at his easel with paintbrush in hand, signed at the top in blue felt tip; two color 4 x 5.75 postcards of Dali’s works entitled ‘The Crucifixtion’ and ‘Premonition of Civil War,’ respectively signed in blue felt tip and pencil; one card bearing an image of his ‘Falling Angel,’ measuring 6 x 8.5, prominently signed inside in pencil; one exhibition booklet entitled ‘Aliyah,’ 7 x 9, 24 pages, signed on the front cover in blue ballpoint; and one Franklin Mint advertising booklet for a limited sterling silver etching, 8.75 x 11.25, signed inside in blue ballpoint. In overall fine condition, with various slight brushing to signatures and some light areas of toning. Consignor states that the signatures were acquired in person by New York City attorney and autograph collector Jacob Bacal in the lounge of the St. Regis Hotel over the course of about a decade, beginning in the mid-1960s. Dali and his wife Gala lived at the St. Regis during the fall and winter throughout the 1960s and 1970s. An impressive and comprehensive collection of many formats. RR Auction COA.
