Rare and superb vintage blue fountain pen signature on a 4x6-inch light green autograph album page, given in-person to a fan at Chicago's Dearborn train station on August 8, 1939, just four days before the screen debut of The Wizard of Oz, while she was promoting the film! This is just the second example we have ever encountered dating to time of the release of that beloved classic. In good condition, with a magazine image affixed, surrounded by some ink notations by the original collector, as well as an identification label later applied to the bottom edge. Sensational, if personally troubled singer, dancer and actress Judy Garland was nominated for two Oscars, for A Star Is Born (1954) and Judgment at Nuremberg (1961), and was unforgettable in other classic films like The Wizard of Oz (1939), Strike Up the Band (1940), For Me and My Gal (1942), Girl Crazy (1943), Meet Me in St. Louis (1944), The Clock (1945), Till the Clouds Roll By (1946), Easter Parade (1948), and In the Good Old Summertime (1948). She died of an accidental barbiturate overdose at the age of 47 and her autograph is both highly scarce and heavily sought by fans.

• Tweet