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Auction History Result 3d699 BEN CARTER signed 5x6 album page 1940s important black actor, singer & talent agent! Date Sold 1/13/2019 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Autographed 4 1/2" x 6" [11 x 15 cm] Album Page (Learn More) Ben Carter was a black African American singer from the 1930s to the 1940s. He performed with the Ben Carter Choir. He also was the straight man to Mantan Moreland in a vaudeville act and had a very few solo dramatic movies, usually in stereotyped parts, typical of that era. However, he did all he could to break the barriers in show business that black performers faced in the 1930s and 1940s! He started a casting agency for black African American actors in Hollywood in the 1930s, and he claimed that he represented all the black actors in Gone with the Wind! He was one of the first black performers to be signed to a 7 year contract by a major Hollywood studio, in his case 20th Century-Fox. Sadly, he contracted diptheria, and he passed away in 1946 at the age of 35, or no doubt he would have had many more accomplishments. Important Added Info: This album page has been personally autographed (signed) by Ben Carter! There is another autograph on the other side, but we can't read it (but we did picture the other side so that bidders can see what is there). It could be matted with a vintage or repro still and framed together to make a cool display! Our consignor is a longtime dealer who acquired this signed item among many other purchases in his inventory, and he does not have a certificate of authenticity, but we believe the signature to likely be authentic. As is true of all the signed items we are currently auctioning, we give every buyer 30 days in which to review what they purchased and they can return any item as long as it is within 30 days of the end of the auction. On non-signed items, we give a "lifetime guarantee" on everything we auction, but on signed items, we give the above modified guarantee of 30 days after the auction closes. Condition: very good. Learn More about condition grades 
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