Mar 18, 2026 10:00 EST
Stage & Screen Featuring The Estate of Charles Strouse & Barbara Siman
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Jack Cosgrove's scrapbook with Selznick notes, Gone with the Wind material, and three Academy Award nominations
JACK COSGROVE
The remarkable scrapbook assembled by Golden Age of Hollywood Special Effects Artist Jack Cosgrove. A worn leather album, 15 x 11 inches (38 x 29 cm), containing various notes, photographs, clippings, programs, a script, and ephemera relating to the career of Jack Cosgrove in the 1930s and 1940s. Wear to some items from the heft of the album, wear to the covers, edgewear and soiling within and with some torn items, several items detached.
An excellent scapbook containing three Academy Award nomination certificates including Gone with the Wind and Rebecca; a fine large format photograph inscribed by Vivien Leigh; an original script for A Star is Born; notes from David O. Selznick; and interesting photographs and career ephemera. Highlights include: a vintage gelatin silver print portrait of Cosgrove and many other photographs depicting him and others behind the camera and on set; a telegram congratulating him on Gone with the Wind; a program for Little Lord Flauntleroy inscribed to Cosgrove by David O. Selznick; materials related to Selznick's The Garden of Allah including a telegram from the producer; materials related to Selznick's A Star is Born including a signd 8 x 10 photograph of Frederic March; Cosgrove's Academy Award nomination certificates for Special Photographic Effects for Gone with the Wind, Rebecca and for Since You Went Away; various correspondence from the Academy; materials related to Selznick's Tom Sawyer including a signed photograph of the star (worn); remarkable materials from Gone with the Wind including three signed notes from David O. Selznick, a large format promotional booklet, a 14 x 10 inch inscribed portrait of Vivien Leigh; a large format booklet for Chaplin's The Great Dictator; an Oscar night matchbook; and much more.
Jack Cosgrove is one of the most notable and respected effects artists of the early days of color film. Nominated for five Academy Awards, including for Gone with the Wind (1939), Rebecca (1940), The Pride of the Yankees (1942), Since You Went Away (1944), and Spellbound (1945).
Provenance: this scrapbook was bequeathed to its current owner from her mother, who was a close personal friend of Babe Cosgrove, wife of Jack Cosgrove. See also two specially bound screenplays and a stage-used console from Gone with the Wind in this auction.
Sold for $5,760
Estimated at $2,000 - $3,000
Includes Buyer's Premium
JACK COSGROVE
The remarkable scrapbook assembled by Golden Age of Hollywood Special Effects Artist Jack Cosgrove. A worn leather album, 15 x 11 inches (38 x 29 cm), containing various notes, photographs, clippings, programs, a script, and ephemera relating to the career of Jack Cosgrove in the 1930s and 1940s. Wear to some items from the heft of the album, wear to the covers, edgewear and soiling within and with some torn items, several items detached.
An excellent scapbook containing three Academy Award nomination certificates including Gone with the Wind and Rebecca; a fine large format photograph inscribed by Vivien Leigh; an original script for A Star is Born; notes from David O. Selznick; and interesting photographs and career ephemera. Highlights include: a vintage gelatin silver print portrait of Cosgrove and many other photographs depicting him and others behind the camera and on set; a telegram congratulating him on Gone with the Wind; a program for Little Lord Flauntleroy inscribed to Cosgrove by David O. Selznick; materials related to Selznick's The Garden of Allah including a telegram from the producer; materials related to Selznick's A Star is Born including a signd 8 x 10 photograph of Frederic March; Cosgrove's Academy Award nomination certificates for Special Photographic Effects for Gone with the Wind, Rebecca and for Since You Went Away; various correspondence from the Academy; materials related to Selznick's Tom Sawyer including a signed photograph of the star (worn); remarkable materials from Gone with the Wind including three signed notes from David O. Selznick, a large format promotional booklet, a 14 x 10 inch inscribed portrait of Vivien Leigh; a large format booklet for Chaplin's The Great Dictator; an Oscar night matchbook; and much more.
Jack Cosgrove is one of the most notable and respected effects artists of the early days of color film. Nominated for five Academy Awards, including for Gone with the Wind (1939), Rebecca (1940), The Pride of the Yankees (1942), Since You Went Away (1944), and Spellbound (1945).
Provenance: this scrapbook was bequeathed to its current owner from her mother, who was a close personal friend of Babe Cosgrove, wife of Jack Cosgrove. See also two specially bound screenplays and a stage-used console from Gone with the Wind in this auction.
Auction: Stage & Screen Featuring The Estate of Charles Strouse & Barbara Siman, Mar 18, 2026
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Auction of the Estate of Composer Charles Strouse & Choreographer Barbara Siman on March 18, 2026
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Memorabilia, Artwork, Furniture, Decorations, Books and More from Their Manhattan Apartment
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Featured Section of the March 18 Stage & Screen Auction
NEW YORK, NY -- Fans and collectors from across the nation and beyond gathered in Doyle's saleroom and online for the auction the Estate of the legendary Tony, Grammy and Emmy Award-winning composer Charles Strouse and his wife choreographer Barbara Siman. Showcased were memorabilia, artwork, furniture, decorations, books and more from the couple's Manhattan apartment. The landmark sale was a featured section of the Stage & Screen auction on March 18, 2026.
Over his 50-year career Charles Strouse wrote the music for such iconic musical theater hits as Bye Bye Birdie, Applause and Annie, as well as the theme song for the classic sitcom All in the Family ("Those Were the Days"). Charles Strouse and Martin Charnin's partnership on Annie produced one of Broadway's most successful scores ever. "Tomorrow" and other songs from the production have since become enduring American musical standards admired by generations. Read More
Highlighting the sale was Charles Strouse's antique Steinway Model A Grand Piano that achieved $11,520, surpassing its $7,000-10,000 estimate. Manufactured in 1897, the piano was acquired by Strouse in the late 1960s and used throughout the composition Applause (1970), Annie (1977), and other celebrated works.
Among the memorabilia offerings that realized strong results were signed sheet music for the iconic song “Tomorrow” from Annie that sold for $1,280, many times its $300-400 estimate, and signed sheet music for “Those Were the Days,” the opening theme from the television series All in the Family, estimated at $300-500, which achieved $1,216. Also drawing interest at the sale was Charles Strouse’s director’s chair, printed on the front with “Charles Strouse” and on the back with “Annie,” which more than doubled its $300-500 estimate, selling for $1,152.
Stage & Screen
Property from the Estate of Charles Stouse & Barbara Siman was offered as a featured section of the Stage & Screen auction celebrating Theater, Hollywood, Music and Dance. Read More
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