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Auction History Result 5h090 PAUL RICHTER signed German Ross postcard '20s he was Siegfried in Fritz Lang's Die Nibelungen Date Sold 3/6/2016 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Autographed German Ross Postcard (measures 3 1/2" x 5 1/2" [9 x 14 cm]) (Learn More) Paul Richter was a German actor from the 1910s to the 1950s. He was in four of Fritz Lang's best movies: Dr. Mabuse: The Gambler, The Tiger of Eschnapur, The Indian Tomb, and Die Nibelungen: Siegfried (where he played Siegfried). He made a total of 79 movies. When sound came, his career lessened, and he shifted into character roles in the 1930s, and only made a few movies during World War II, and then made around a dozen after World War II. He passed away in 1961 at the age of 66. Important Added Info: Note that this item has been personally autographed (signed) by Paul Richter! Also note that in the 1920s and 1930s in Germany, it became a common practice to pass out 3 1/2" x 5 1/2" "Ross postcards" to the people who attended a movie. These were postcards that people could send through the mail (each had a picture of one of the movie's stars on it, and standard postcard markings on the other side). But these were also sent to theaters where the stars would make personal appearances, and members of the audience would get the stars to autograph them if they could, but of course, the cards themselves did not come autographed! Sometimes the theaters would cut four slits in the upper left of the front cover of the program for that movie and have the "Ross postcards" inserted into that area, so that the audience members would get the program and the card together! We imagine that theaters hoped that audience members would mail the postcards after they saw the movie to friends, telling them how much they enjoyed it, thus creating advertising for the movie. These are often called "Ross autograph cards" by collectors, because moviegoers did often obtain autographs on them. Ross postcards are quite collectible, signed or unsigned, but of course, they are worth far more signed. They are often quite rare, because most German paper of all kinds from before World War II was destroyed during the war, due to the massive paper shortages there at that time. Condition: very good to fine. Learn More about condition grades 
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