Winchell, The Stork Club, & Other Ephemera
Updated September 16, 2026
This auction ended on September 12, 2026.
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| Date | September 12, 2026 at 1:30 PM EDT |
| Type | Online only |
| Auction house | Turner Auctions + Appraisals |
| Location | South San Francisco, California, 94080 · more auctions in South San Francisco |
| Lots | 248 |
| Estimates | $20 – $1,500 |
What's in this auction
248 lots, mostly comics & books (12), fine art & prints (10), memorabilia & autographs (9), electronics & gaming (5). 248 lots have photos and 248 have full descriptions. Pre-sale estimates $20–$1,500 across 248 priced lots. Bidding is online through the auction house's catalog.
Highest-estimated lots
- J. Edgar Hoover TLS to Walter Winchell on Lindbergh Case, with Clippings — est. $1,000–$1,500
- J. Edgar Hoover TLS to Walter Winchell [Herbert Corey; Lindbergh Case] — est. $1,000–$1,500
- Walter Winchell Estate Photo Negative Collection, with Reprints — est. $600–$800
- Box of Walter Winchell Drafts with Edits, and Misc. Ephemera — est. $500–$700
- A. A. Milne, The House At Pooh Corner, First Edition — est. $400–$600
From the auction house
Winchell, The Stork Club, & Other Ephemera Full catalog and bidding: view on liveauctioneers .
In this auction (248 lots)
Categories: Comics & Books (12) · Fine Art & Prints (10) · Memorabilia & Autographs (9) · Electronics & Gaming (5) · Coins & Currency (3) · Firearms & Militaria (3)
- Lot 0001 — The Stork Club/Sherman Billingsley Cigarette Ad, Ashtray, and Stork Vase
- Lot 0002 — The Stork Club Ashtray and Matches
- Lot 0003 — The Stork Club Speakeasy Ephemera (3), First/Second Locations
- Lot 0004 — Prohibition Hostess Texas Guinan with Walter Winchell, Vintage Photo
- Lot 0005 — Temperance Education Glass Slides (6), with Later Negatives (Underworld and Misc. 20th Century)
- Lot 0006 — The Stork Club Oversized Wine List, 1939
- Lot 0007 — The Stork Club Large Cigar Ashtray
- Lot 0008 — Stork Club Menu Signed by Ole Olsen, with Publicity Photo
- Lot 0009 — The Stork Club Blue-Glazed Cigar Ashtray
- Lot 0010 — The Stork Club Compact, Lipstick, Perfume, and Billingsley Card
- Lot 0011 — New York Nightlife, Original Illustrations by Eddie F. Stewart (2)
- Lot 0012 — The Stork Club Ashtray with Matchbooks
- Lot 0013 — The Stork Club Vintage Suspenders and Lapel Pin
- Lot 0014 — The Stork Club N.Y.C. License Plate Badge
- Lot 0015 — The Stork Club Memorabilia Assortment
- Lot 0016 — The Stork Club Menus by Albert Dorne, 1950s (2)
- Lot 0017 — The Stork Club Official Publicity Photos, Celebrities (8), Incl. Lauren Bacall, William Powell
- Lot 0018 — New York Nightclub Ephemera Group, with Toots Shor Ashtray
- Lot 0019 — Stork Club Bar Book (Reprint), and What a Time It Was! (2), with CD
- Lot 0020 — Shermane Billingsley ALS (6), Ephemera, and Stork Club/Winchell Books
- Lot 0021 — Actress Barbara Billingsley, Signed Letter Re: Relation to Sherman Billingsley
- Lot 0022 — A Night at The Stork Club, Sunny Kendis, Album Set of Four 78s
- Lot 0023 — Herb Caen Signed Note Regarding The Stork Club
- Lot 0024 — Billingsley Signed Stork Club Postcard, with Bus. Cards, Photos, Winchell Postcard
- Lot 0025 — Stork Club Photos (2), Winchell, Runyon, Todd, with ACS/Runyon Fund Receipt
- Lot 0026 — Six Volumes on Walter Winchell and Damon Runyon
- Lot 0027 — Walter Winchell Photos (2), with Roy Sherwin Illus. Glass Negatives, and more
- Lot 0028 — Walter Winchell Estate Photo Negative Collection, with Reprints
- Lot 0029 — Walter Winchell by James M. Flagg (Glass Negatives)
- Lot 0030 — Talbot Studio, NY Walter Winchell Photo, with another
- Lot 0031 — Joseph Field ALS to Winchell, and Other Vaudeville Ephemera
- Lot 0032 — Winchell at the Palace Theater, Original Photo and Scrapbook
- Lot 0033 — Typewriter Art for Walter Winchell, By Harry Cohen/Parkway Theater, c. 1929
- Lot 0034 — Fay Barbara King (1889-?), Original Art [Walter Winchell]
- Lot 0035 — Atlantic City Bathing Beauties, 1925 Panoramic Photo
- Lot 0036 — Nell Brinkly (1886-1944), "Pretty Polly" Newspaper Illustration
- Lot 0037 — J. Edgar Hoover TLS to Walter Winchell on Lindbergh Case, with Clippings
- Lot 0038 — Lindbergh Case Court Scene Original Photo, with another
- Lot 0039 — Dr. Dudley D. Shoenfeld TLS [Lindbergh Case; Walter Winchell]
- Lot 0040 — Gov. Harold G. Hoffman, Photo Signed to Winchell, with Letter [Lindbergh Case]
- Lot 0041 — Gov. Harold G. Hoffman TLS, to Walter Winchell [Inauguration/"Anything Goes"]
- Lot 0042 — NJ Atty. General David T. Wilentz Signed Photo [Lindbergh Case; Walter Winchell]
- Lot 0043 — J. Edgar Hoover TLS to Walter Winchell [Herbert Corey; Lindbergh Case]
- Lot 0044 — The Stork Club Featured in Magazines (3), 1940s
- Lot 0045 — J. Edgar Hoover TLS to Walter Winchell, with Purvis Headline [Dillinger Squad] and Broun Article
- Lot 0046 — J. Edgar Hoover FBI TLS to Winchell, with Photo of Hoover, Winchell, Tolson
- Lot 0047 — A TLS to Walter Winchell, New York "Hack Bureau" Favors
- Lot 0048 — Underworld Booking Photo with Walter Winchell
- Lot 0049 — Vintage Walter Winchell Photos (2), and Large "Matchbook" Ad
- Lot 0050 — Photo of Joseph P. Kennedy, Runyon, Winchell in Miami, with Another Photo and Article
- Lot 0051 — Sec. Stephen Early, TLS to Walter Winchell [FDR New Deal]
- Lot 0052 — Winchell and the Military/Airlines, Photos and Ephemera
- Lot 0053 — C.D. Batchelor, Inscribed Cartoon Print/Clipping and ALS to Walter Winchell (3)
- Lot 0054 — American Red Cross Telegram to Winchell [Pearl Harbor]
- Lot 0055 — Winchell WWII-Era Telegrams (2), with Wartime Clippings/Ephemera
- Lot 0056 — C.D. Batchelor Original Art/ALS to Walter Winchell
- Lot 0057 — Humorous Walter Winchell Note, with Assorted Ephemera/Signatures
- Lot 0058 — Two U.S. Press Secretary TLS, 1953/1968 [Walter Winchell]
- Lot 0059 — Print of FDR Painting, by Johan Waldemar Rehling-Quistgaard (1877-1962)
- Lot 0060 — Robert Laessig (1913 - 2010), White House Christmas Greeting, 1966
- Lot 0061 — Winchell Telegram with Scoop on Romney Candidacy, and Drafts/Misc. [Politics]
- Lot 0062 — Walter Winchell and Eisenhower Inauguration, Vintage Photos (3)
- Lot 0063 — Henry O. Dormann TLS to Winchell, with Patriotic Mementos
- Lot 0064 — Walter Winchell Framed Photos/Time Cover and Clippings (7)
- Lot 0065 — Walter Winchell ABC Press Photos (4), Gruen Watch Sponsorship
- Lot 0066 — Walter Winchell Magazine Covers/Ads (3)
- Lot 0067 — The Wanamaker Fire, Winchell and NY Fire Comr. Cavanagh, Photos (3)
- Lot 0068 — Assorted Letters to Walter Winchell [Charity, Journalism, Publicity, etc.]
- Lot 0069 — Ray Fisher (1924-2020), Walter Winchell Original Photos (5)
- Lot 0070 — Ernest Cuneo TLS to Rose Bigman, with Walter Winchell Notations
- Lot 0071 — Ray Fisher (1924-2020), Walter Winchell Original Photos (4)
- Lot 0072 — ABC/Robert Kintner Telegram and Letters (6), with Photo
- Lot 0073 — Ray Fisher (1924-2020), Walter Winchell Original Photos (4)
- Lot 0074 — Jergens Company Winchell/NBC Contract/Sponsor Ephemera Group
- Lot 0075 — Ray Fisher (1924-2020), Walter Winchell Original Photos (5)
- Lot 0076 — Box of Walter Winchell Drafts with Edits, and Misc. Ephemera
- Lot 0077 — Ray Fisher (1924-2020), Original Walter Winchell Photos (4)
- Lot 0078 — File of Walter Winchell Drafts with Edits
- Lot 0079 — Ray Fisher (1924-2020), Winchell's Hands Original Photos (14)
- Lot 0080 — Winchell Sheet Music, "Things I Never Knew Till Now," with Stork Club Photos
- Lot 0081 — Walter Winchell Inspired Movie Treatment, by Reynolds & Broun
- Lot 0082 — Winchell Radio and Hollywood Ephemera Group
- Lot 0083 — Walter Winchell Stage/Film, Music Ephemera Group (5)
- Lot 0084 — Al Hirschfeld (1903-2003), Print
- Lot 0085 — Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Telegrams (2) and TLS to Winchell
- Lot 0086 — Douglas Fairbanks Jr. TLS to Walter Winchell [Blackstone Hotel, Chicago]
- Lot 0087 — Three 1960 Hollywood/Theater Photographs
- Lot 0088 — Walter Winchell Autograph, with Burt Richman ALS
- Lot 0089 — Walter Winchell Film/Music Ephemera Group (6)
- Lot 0090 — Will Rogers and Walter Winchell Publicity Photos (3)
- Lot 0091 — Walter Winchell Narrates The Story of Murder Inc., and Two Other Records
- Lot 0092 — Walter Winchell on the Golf Course (3 Photos)
- Lot 0093 — Two Vintage Horserace Photos: Top Pilot (1949), and Sir Tribal (1955)
- Lot 0094 — Group of Walter Winchell Theme Cartoons (5), incl. 2 Original
- Lot 0095 — Eddie F. Stewart (20th Century), Original Illustrations (2)
- Lot 0096 — Eddie F. Stewart (20th Century), Original Illustrations (3)
- Lot 0097 — Eddie F. Stewart (20th Century), Original Illustrations (3)
- Lot 0098 — Eddie F. Stewart (20th Century), Original Illustrations (3)
- Lot 0099 — Eddie F. Stewart (20th Century), Original Illustrations (3)
- Lot 0100 — Eddie F. Stewart (20th Century), Original Illustrations (3)
- Lot 0101 — Bill Freyse (1898-1969), "Our Boarding House" Original Art
- Lot 0102 — H. M. Talburt WWII/Political Cartoon Portfolio
- Lot 0103 — Horse Racing and Sporting Pursuits Ephemera Group
- Lot 0104 — World War I War Bonds Poster
- Lot 0105 — Marybelle S. Bigelow (1923-2003), New York East River Watercolor
- Lot 0106 — Mildred Howard (b. 1945), Lithograph
- Lot 0107 — Art Deco Style Watercolor of a Flapper in Cloche Hat
- Lot 0108 — David Stone Martin (1913-1992), Print
- Lot 0109 — Pair of Jazz Session Sketches, 1961
- Lot 0110 — Clark Worswick (b. 1940), 315 Bowery, New York, Large Photo
- Lot 0111 — Douglas Sandberg (20th/21st Century), Central Park Photo
- Lot 0112 — Richard Stacks (1930-2015), Chesapeake Sailboats Photograph
- Lot 0113 — Richard Stacks (1930-2015), Ghostly House Photograph
- Lot 0114 — Prohibition Punches (1930), with Coffee and Waffles (1926), First Editions
- Lot 0115 — Robert Benchley, Four Vintage VolUMES, incl. First Editions
- Lot 0116 — Armour's Almanac (Signed First Edition) with Campbell Grant Illustrations, and Another
- Lot 0117 — George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four, First American Edition
- Lot 0118 — Alice A. Bailey, Theosophy/Esoterica (14 Lucis Paperback Vols.)
- Lot 0119 — E. Phillips Oppenheim, 1910s/1920s Novels (7)
- Lot 0120 — E. Phillips Oppenheim, First Edition Novels (3)
- Lot 0121 — E. Phillips Oppenheim, 1920s-1940s Novels (14)
- Lot 0122 — Ralph Ginzberg's Eros Magazine, Complete Set, 1962
- Lot 0123 — MOMA "The Machine" Catalog, 1968
- Lot 0124 — Group of Five Modern Literature First/Early Editions
- Lot 0125 — The Tin Flute, Gabrielle Roy, First Edition, with another
- Lot 0126 — The Lord of the Rings 3-Vol. Boxed Set, 1965, Second Edition, 7th/8th Printings
- Lot 0127 — A. A. Milne, The House At Pooh Corner, First Edition
- Lot 0128 — Toto of Oz, by Gina Wickwar, Signed Limited Edition, with Original Artwork
- Lot 0129 — The Bears' famous Invasion of Sicily, by Dino Buzzati
- Lot 0130 — Sibylle Von Olfers Layout Artwork for The Princess in the Forest
- Lot 0131 — Vintage Children's Books, Fairy Tales and Shakespeare (7)
- Lot 0132 — Set of Four Art Nouveau Gilt Volumes
- Lot 0133 — The Spendthrift, Londoniana, and The Dickensian Magazine
- Lot 0134 — Collection of Samuel Johnson Books, Prints, Catalogs
- Lot 0135 — The Rambler, Original Edition, by Samuel Johnson
- Lot 0136 — Sturm's Reflections, 1810 [Bookplates]; with Other Vols.
- Lot 0137 — The Novels of Charles Lever (24), Joseph Harrison Brazier Bookplates
- Lot 0138 — English Royalty, 18th-20th Century Engravings/Prints
- Lot 0139 — Revolutionary War Navy Commodore Hopkins Engraving
- Lot 0140 — Pennsylvania Packet, and Daily Advertiser Newspaper, 1789
- Lot 0141 — Copper Plaque of Lincoln by A. Frechinger, with 3 Miniature Prints
- Lot 0142 — Demane-Demartrais, Views of Russia (3). Property of Alton F. Irby III
- Lot 0143 — Vintage French Design Lithograph, Christofle & Co.
- Lot 0144 — Vintage French "La Mere Michel" Series Hand-Colored Print
- Lot 0145 — Vintage French Advertising Poster, L'Ours Gourmand
- Lot 0146 — Vintage J. C. Leyendecker Poster for Self Culture Magazine, November
- Lot 0147 — Vintage German Litho, Hotel-Restaurant Freiburger Hof
- Lot 0148 — Tres Parisien Fashion Plate, 1922
- Lot 0149 — Louis Siegriest (1899 - 1989), Small Flamenco Dancer Painting
- Lot 0150 — Female Impersonator Robert Bertin Postcards, and Other Performers (20)
- … and 98 more lots
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