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Bell sold his then current Stradivarius, the Tom Taylor, for a little more than two million dollars and purchased the Gibson ex-Huberman for a little under the four million dollar asking price. His first recording with it was Romance of the Violin (on Sony Classical) in 2003. In 2019, the instrument's value increased to an estimated $14 million ...
Camilla Antoinette Clifford (29 June 1885 – 28 June 1971), known professionally as Camille Clifford, was a Belgian-born stage actress whose short theatrical career was highlighted by her performance as "Miss New York" in the Henry W. Savage production of The Prince of Pilsen, a role in which she impersonated a "Gibson Girl"-like woman.
An iconic Gibson Girl portrait by its creator, Charles Dana Gibson, circa 1891 The Gibson Girl was the personification of the feminine ideal of physical attractiveness as portrayed by the pen-and-ink illustrations of artist Charles Dana Gibson during a 20-year period that spanned the late 19th and early 20th centuries in the United States. [1]
Gibson died of a heart ailment in 1944, aged 77, at 127 East 73rd Street, his home in New York City. [1] After a private funeral service at the Gibson home in New York, he was interred at Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, Massachusetts. [22] His widow died at her home in Greenwood, Virginia in April 1956 at the age of 83. [12]
The Gibson Goddess (1909) “Oh! Why do they call me the Gibson Girl?” These lines of a popular song were uttered with a sigh by the heroine of this Biograph comedy, for beauty is sometimes an annoying possession. Nanette Renfrae, after an arduous season of society’s whirl, decides to spend a quiet Summer at a secluded seaside resort.
Emil Hermann (1888 – 1968) was a prominent dealer and restorer of violins in New York City. Nearly all of the most famous instruments passed through his hands at one time or another in his career, including literally hundreds made by Antonio Stradivari, Jacob Stainer, and the Amati and Guarneri families.
A lengthy caption details Celine's dedication to haute couture: "The clothes follow me; I do not follow the clothes," Celine told Vogue. The image was snapped at Paris Couture Week -- and yes ...
Evelyn Kaye as featured on the cover of Radio Life magazine's September 7, 1949, issue.. When Klein was 14 years old, she debuted at The Town Hall in New York City. Among the members of the audience was Spitalny, who at the time was conductor of the orchestra at the Capitol Theater.