Historic and Military Autographs, & Militaria

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Our Fall, 2012 Auction is a two-part auction: Day One will offer important military documents and militaria; Day Two has a fine selection of historic letters, documents and manuscripts in other fields of collecting.
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HENRY OSSAWA TANNER1555 - HENRY OSSAWA TANNER
Alexander Historical Auctions
(1859-1937) Black-American artist and the first to garner international acclaim; known for his moving paintings "The Banjo Lesson" (1893) ...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to floor for (100.00) = 100.00
 
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CHARLES WARDE TRAVER1556 - CHARLES WARDE TRAVER
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(1870-1945) American artist known for his romantic portraits of stylish women which graced the covers of numerous publications of his time. Nice signe
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Start Price : 75.00 | Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
 
 
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ANDY WARHOL1557 - ANDY WARHOL
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(1928 - 1987) American artist and the founder of pop art who gained instant notoriety with his depictions of the Campbell soup can and Brillo boxes. G
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
Sold to floor for (500.00) = 500.00
 
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ANDY WARHOL1558 - ANDY WARHOL
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Excellent S.P. 3 1/2" x 5 1/2" b/w, a print of a chest, up image on a negative, signed in block letters at bottom. Fine. Althought Warhol ...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 400.00
Sold to floor for (300.00) = 300.00
 
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JAMES MCNEIL WHISTLER1559 - JAMES MCNEIL WHISTLER
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(1834 - 1903) American artist, a portrait painter with a pugnacious attitude best remembered for the portrait of his mother seated in a rocker. A supe
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Start Price : 350.00 | Estimate : 700.00 - 900.00
 
 
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SCULPTORS1560 - SCULPTORS
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A lot of 11 signatures by nineteenth century sculptors, executed on small cards, includes: EDWARD CLARK POTTER, VINNIE DEAN HOXIE, ALBERT WEINERT, FRE
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Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to floor for (140.00) = 140.00
 
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ARTISTS1561 - ARTISTS
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A group of 21 signatures of prominent artists, each accomplished on a small card. Includes: KATE GREENAWAY (with original sketch of a woman's fa...
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Start Price : 150.00 | Estimate : 300.00 - 400.00
 
 
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ARTISTS1562 - ARTISTS
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A group of 22 signatures of acclaimed artists, penned on small cards and including: DANIEL CHESTER FRENCH, AUGUSTUS ST. GAUDENS, KARL BAILLY, WILLIAM
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Start Price : 100.00 | Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
 
 
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ARTISTS1563 - ARTISTS
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A pair of A.Ls.S. of painters, the first SIR WILLIAM BEECHEY (1753-1839), English portrait painter of the royal family. A.L.S. 1p. 4to., "Georg...
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Start Price : 75.00 | Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
 
 
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ARTISTS1564 - ARTISTS
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Two pieces, the first GEORGE CRUIKSHANK, sentiment and very bold signature on an 8vo. sheet dated 1876, near fine condition; along with JAMES CARTER B
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Estimate : 75.00 - 100.00
Sold to f*****a for (37.50 + 8.44BP) = 45.94
 
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WILL CRAWFORD1565 - WILL CRAWFORD
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A grouping of four letters, one illustrated (1869 - 1944) American ink artist for newspapers and magazines, he also illustrated a number of books, of
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Start Price : 100.00 | Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
 
 
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J. N. "DING" DARLING1566 - J. N. "DING" DARLING
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(1876-1962) Pulitzer Prize-winning American cartoonist, also an important figure in the conservation movement which resulted in two national parks tha
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Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to floor for (50.00) = 50.00
 
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BOB KANE1567 - BOB KANE
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(1916 - 1998) American artist and cartoonist who created the masked crime-fighting character "Batman", later adopted to various TV and mov...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to floor for (320.00) = 320.00
 
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THOMAS NAST1568 - THOMAS NAST
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(1840 - 1902) American political cartoonist whose works in Harper's Weekly lambasted the Tweed Ring, and made the elephant and donkey recognized...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 400.00
Sold to floor for (280.00) = 280.00
 
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MARY SARG1569 - MARY SARG
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(1911-1986) American artist known for her illustrations for numerous popular women's magazines. A lot of three very early illustrations 5 1/4&qu...
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Start Price : 100.00 | Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
 
 
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ALBERTO VARGAS1570 - ALBERTO VARGAS
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"Honoring her memory by finishing some 200 pictures I conceived of 40 years ago..." Fine content A.L. (unsigned), 2pp. 4to., Switzerland,...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to floor for (70.00) = 70.00
 
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CARTOONISTS1571 - CARTOONISTS
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Two first day covers signed by cartoonists, including WALTER LANTZ, JIM DAVIS, BOB KANE, BILL HANNA, JOE BARBERA, JERRY SIEGEL and HANK KETCHUM signin
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Estimate : 300.00 - 400.00
Sold to floor for (180.00) = 180.00
 
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FRANZ LISZT1572 - FRANZ LISZT
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(1811 - 1886) Hungarian composer and piano virtuoso, inventor of the symphonic poem and composer of dozens of works including symphonies, piano compos
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Estimate : 750.00 - 1,000.00
Sold to floor for (750.00) = 750.00
 
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JOHN COLTRANE1573 - JOHN COLTRANE
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(1926 - 1967) Innovative American jazz saxophone player, his first recording was with Dizzy Gillespie, with later extensive work with Johnny Hodges, M
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
Sold to floor for (600.00) = 600.00
 
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SIDNEY BECHET1574 - SIDNEY BECHET
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(1897 - 1959) American musician, an early jazz innovator who started as a clarinestist with Clarence Williams, and later turned to the soprano saxopho
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Estimate : 300.00 - 400.00
Sold to floor for (260.00) = 260.00
 
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RUDOLF BING1575 - RUDOLF BING
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(1902 - 1997) Austrian-born opera impresario who managed the Metropolitan Opera from 1950 to 1972. T.L.S. 1p. 4to. on Metropolitan Opera letterhead, N
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Estimate : 60.00 - 80.00
Sold to floor for (30.00) = 30.00
 
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ENRICO CARUSO1576 - ENRICO CARUSO
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(1873 - 1921) Italian tenor, very possibly the greatest of all time. His repertoire included over 40 operas such as I Pagliacci and La Boheme. Postcar
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Start Price : 200.00 | Estimate : 400.00 - 500.00
 
 
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AARON COPLAND1577 - AARON COPLAND
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(1900 - 1990) American composer and winner of the Pulitzer Prize for his works, including "Billy the Kid" and "Appalachian Spring&quo...
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Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
Sold to floor for (90.00) = 90.00
 
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GEORGE GERSHWIN1578 - GEORGE GERSHWIN
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(1898 - 1937) American composer and songwriter in collaboration with his brother Ira, his works include "Porgy and Bess", "Rhapsody i...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 500.00
Sold to floor for (200.00) = 200.00
 
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MARIA JERITZA1579 - MARIA JERITZA
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(1887-1982) Czech opera singer who achieved international fame as a prima donna soprano, especially in Tosca. S.P. 7" x 12" sepia by Setze...
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Estimate : 50.00 - 60.00
Sold to floor for (25.00) = 25.00
 
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JULES MASSENET1580 - JULES MASSENET
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(1842 - 1912) French composer of operas, concertos and ballets whose works include Manon, Sapho, and Don Quichotte. A.D.S. 1p. 12mo., [n.p., n.d.], in
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Start Price : 37.50 | Estimate : 75.00 - 100.00
 
 
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JEROME KERN1581 - JEROME KERN
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(1889 - 1945) American composer best known for his scores for musical comedies (Showboat), and songs such as "Old Man River" and "Smo...
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Start Price : 150.00 | Estimate : 300.00 - 400.00
 
 
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PHILLIP LAMBRO1582 - PHILLIP LAMBRO
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(b. 1935) American conductor-composer best known for his film scores and percussion-oriented music. Celebrated as a unique American voice, blending tr
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Estimate : 75.00 - 100.00
Sold to floor for (20.00) = 20.00
 
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GIAN CARLO MENOTTI1583 - GIAN CARLO MENOTTI
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(1911 - 2007) Italian operatic composer and librettist whose works derive from Puccini and Mascagni. Fine and unusual A.M.Q.S. penned on a 7" x...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 400.00
Sold to floor for (380.00) = 380.00
 
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IGNACE J. PADEREWSKI1584 - IGNACE J. PADEREWSKI
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An important association - Steinway, Grover Cleveland, and the World Columbia Exposition of 1893 Fine association signed etching, 6 1/2" x 9 1...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 400.00
Sold to floor for (200.00) = 200.00
 
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COLE PORTER1585 - COLE PORTER
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(1891 - 1964) American composer and lyricist of the classic musicals Anything Goes, Kiss Me Kate, and Can-Can. T.L.S. 1p. 8vo., Boston, Oct. 11, 1940,
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Estimate : 300.00 - 400.00
Sold to floor for (260.00) = 260.00
 
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SIGMUND ROMBERG1586 - SIGMUND ROMBERG
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(1887 - 1951) American composer of music for operettas, as well as his famous "Desert Song". I.S.P. 3 1/2" x 5 1/2" b/w, a nice ...
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Estimate : 75.00 - 100.00
Sold to floor for (30.00) = 30.00
 
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JEAN SIBELIUS1587 - JEAN SIBELIUS
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(1865-1957) Finnish composer in the Classical style, he wrote seven symphonies, piano music and over one hundred songs. Bold signature on a card, hand
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to floor for (320.00) = 320.00
 
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JOHN PHILIP SOUSA1588 - JOHN PHILIP SOUSA
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(1854 -1932) "The March King", American bandmaster and composer of over 140 military marches. Signed printed 1927 program "Sousa and ...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to floor for (160.00) = 160.00
 
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JOHN PHILIP SOUSA1589 - JOHN PHILIP SOUSA
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(1854-1932) "The March King", American bandmaster and composer of over 140 military marches. Bols signature adding 1902, penned on a small...
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Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
Sold to floor for (460.00) = 460.00
 
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RICHARD STRAUSS1591 - RICHARD STRAUSS
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(1864 - 1949) German composer of fifteen operas, including Salome, Der Rosenkavalier and Also sprach Zarathustra. A.M.Q.S., one measure of an unidenti
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Estimate : 300.00 - 400.00
Sold to floor for (460.00) = 460.00
 
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ARTURO TOSCANINI1592 - ARTURO TOSCANINI
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(1867 - 1957) Italian conductor known for his dynamic interpretations of Beethoven, Verdi and Wagner. Bold, full signature "Arturo Toscanini Ne...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to floor for (80.00) = 80.00
 
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CLASSICAL MUSIC, OPERA AND BALLET1593 - CLASSICAL MUSIC, OPERA AND BALLET
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Mixed lot includes: six contracts, each 1p,. 4to, 1927-29, employing NINA MORGANA, who toured with Enrico Caruso, in various engagements throughout th
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Estimate : 75.00 - 100.00
Sold to floor for (60.00) = 60.00
 
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COMPOSERS1594 - COMPOSERS
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A nice lot of five items by some of the most important songwriters of the last century, includes: RICHARD RODGERS, fine vintage I.S.P. 8" x 10&...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to floor for (100.00) = 100.00
 
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COMPOSERS AND MUSICIANS1595 - COMPOSERS AND MUSICIANS
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A lot of 13 signatures of acclaimed nineteenth and early twentieth-century musicians, most on small cards and mounted, includes: IGNACE J. PADEREWSKI,
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to floor for (200.00) = 200.00
 
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FRANK SINATRA'S PERSONAL STAGE PERFORMANCE BAR STOOL1596 - FRANK SINATRA'S PERSONAL STAGE PERFORMANCE BAR STOOL
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A prop Sinatra insisted was on stage with him for every show of his ast twelve years...and at his last performance! One of the greatest Frank Sinatra
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Start Price : 4,000.00 | Estimate : 8,000.00 - 10,000.00
 
 
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FRANK SINATRA'S CONCERT-USED GOLD-PLATED MICROPHONE1597 - FRANK SINATRA'S CONCERT-USED GOLD-PLATED MICROPHONE
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Sinatra's stage-used gold-plated microphone, from concerts in Europe and the U.S. A very special relic of the great Frank Sinatra's histori...
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Estimate : 5,000.00 - 7,000.00
 
 
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THE ONLY EXISTING POSTER FROM THE BEATLES 1964 AUSTRALIA CONCERT TOUR1598 - THE ONLY EXISTING POSTER FROM THE BEATLES 1964 AUSTRALIA CONCERT TOUR
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One-of-a-kind 52" x 61" hand-painted poster advertising The Beatles debut appearance in Australia on June 12, 1964. Thought to be the only...
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Start Price : 2,000.00 | Estimate : 4,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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BEATLES 1964 AUSTRALIAN TOUR PHOTOGRAPH1599 - BEATLES 1964 AUSTRALIAN TOUR PHOTOGRAPH
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In this photograph of John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and substitute drummer Jimmy Nicol, the group is seen as they greet four thousand a
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Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to floor for (60.00) = 60.00
 
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(THE BEATLES)1600 - (THE BEATLES)
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A large lot of ephemera from an avid Beatles collector, 8 reel-to-reel tapes (not played by us), 20+ fan magazines from the 1960s such as Songs and St
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Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to floor for (220.00) = 220.00
 
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THE BEATLES "SOMETHING NEW" MONO ALBUM1601 - THE BEATLES "SOMETHING NEW" MONO ALBUM
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Capitol T-2108, later East Coast pressing with correct spelling of "Nicolas" on the writing credit for "Kom Gib Mir Deine Hand,"...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to floor for (30.00) = 30.00
 
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THE BEATLES ALBUM COLLECTION (4)1602 - THE BEATLES ALBUM COLLECTION (4)
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Four scarcer Beatles albums, includes: 1) Capitol ST-2442 "Rubber Soul" green label with purple 'C' logo, Disc MT-, Jacket VG++ , ...
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Start Price : 30.00 | Estimate : 60.00 - 80.00
 
 
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THE BEATLES DRESS MATERIAL SAMPLE DISPLAY, 19641603 - THE BEATLES DRESS MATERIAL SAMPLE DISPLAY, 1964
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From Holland comes this rarely seen salesman's sample touting "THE BEATLES, populaire stof" that was used to promote Beatles dresses i...
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Start Price : 250.00 | Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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THE BEATLES DRESS MATERIAL SAMPLE DISPLAY, 19641604 - THE BEATLES DRESS MATERIAL SAMPLE DISPLAY, 1964
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The Beatles UK national fan club secretary, Freda Kelly, who held that position from 1962 until the club's dissolution in 1970, explains in her ...
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Start Price : 100.00 | Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
 
 
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THE BEATLES/PAUL MCCARTNEY'S HAIR1605 - THE BEATLES/PAUL MCCARTNEY'S HAIR
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Culled from a British fan's autograph book, who writes that the hair was given to her by longtime national fan club secretary Freda Kelly on Jul...
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Start Price : 100.00 | Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
 
 
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