RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts Featuring Military

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With over 850 lots, RR Auction’s March Fine Autograph and Artifact sale offers a wide variety of material for history buffs, music lovers, sports fans, movie mavens, and more! Our highlighted military section ranges from European conflicts of the 17th century through World War II, and features everything from autographs to weapons and uniforms. Art and literature also take a leading role, with autograph letters from the likes of Monet, Matisse, Lautrec, Hemingway, Faulkner, Dickens, and Tolstoy. Marvels of classical music include a Haydn contract, Liszt letter, and Verdi note, while Gershwin, Guthrie, and Lennon round out our modern selection. RR Auction is a globally recognized and trusted auction house specializing in historical autographs and artifacts. Join us as we make history selling history in March 2018.
ALS - Autograph Letter Signed
ANS - Autograph Note Signed
AQS - Autograph Quotation Signed
AMQS - Autograph Musical Quotation Signed
DS - Document Signed
FDC - First Day Cover
Inscribed - “Personalized”
ISP - Inscribed Signed Photograph
LS - Letter Signed
SP - Signed Photograph
TLS - Typed Letter Signed
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George Gershwin669 - George Gershwin
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Signed book: George Gershwin’s Song-Book. First edition, limited issue, numbered 236/300. NY: Random House, 1932. Hardcover, 9.75 x 13, 167 pages. Bol
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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George Gershwin670 - George Gershwin
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Scarce and highly desirable cover and title page for sheet music to Porgy and Bess, measuring 17 x 11.75 open, signed and inscribed below his frontisp
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Charlie Parker671 - Charlie Parker
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Fantastic program for the 1954 Festival of Modern American Jazz presented by Stan Kenton, 9 x 12, boldly signed and inscribed inside on his image in b
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Estimate : 5,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Cole Porter672 - Cole Porter
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Desirable AMQS on an off-white 4.5 x 1.75 musically lined sheet, signed in fountain pen, "Cole Porter." Porter pens the opening bars of mu...
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Cole Porter673 - Cole Porter
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TLS signed “Cole,” one page, 7.25 x 10.5, Waldorf-Astoria letterhead, February 17, 1956. Letter to "Ernie," in part: "It was a stroke...
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Woody Guthrie674 - Woody Guthrie
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Incredible autograph lyrics for an apparently unpublished song, titled and signed at the top, "Married Prisoner, Woody Guthrie, 12–14–1949, FDH...
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Beatles675 - Beatles
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Very desirable Parlophone Records promo card, 3.5 x 5.75, showing the Beatles posing together behind their instruments, signed and inscribed on the re
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Estimate : 7,000.00 - 9,000.00
 
 
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Beatles: George Harrison676 - Beatles: George Harrison
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Business card for The Pickwick Club of Great Newport Street, London, 4.25 x 2, signed upside down in blue ballpoint by Harrison. Reverse of card featu
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Estimate : 1,200.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Beatles: George Harrison677 - Beatles: George Harrison
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Original ticket stub from the Beatles' 8:40 PM show at the Odeon Theatre in Southport on August 26, 1963, 2.25 x 2.25, signed on the reverse in ...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Beatles: John Lennon678 - Beatles: John Lennon
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Desirable DS, signed “John Lennon, President!,” one page, 8.5 x 14, no date but circa 1969–1970. Final page of an Apple Records contract, in which Len
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Beatles: John Lennon679 - Beatles: John Lennon
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Business card for The Pickwick Club of Great Newport Street, London, 4.25 x 2, signed on the reverse in blue ballpoint by Lennon. In fine condition. A
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Estimate : 2,800.00 - 3,200.00
 
 
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Beatles: John Lennon680 - Beatles: John Lennon
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Early vintage glossy 4.75 x 3 photo of Lennon in a leather jacket taken by Paul McCartney’s brother Mike in 1962, signed and inscribed on the reverse
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Beatles: John Lennon681 - Beatles: John Lennon
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Amazing single reel of 8mm color film of John Lennon performing at the One to One concert at Madison Square Garden on August 30, 1972. The reel is wit
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Beatles: Paul and Linda McCartney682 - Beatles: Paul and Linda McCartney
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Impressive signed book: Linda McCartney: Life in Photographs. Limited first edition, numbered 644/1000. Cologne, Germany: Taschen, 2011. Clothbound ha
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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Beatles: Ringo Starr683 - Beatles: Ringo Starr
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Menu for the Lister Hospital in Chelsea, London, 6.5 x 11.75, signed on the reverse in red ballpoint, "Ringo Starr" and "Barbara Bach...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Fleetwood Mac684 - Fleetwood Mac
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Sought-after DS, 24 pages, 8.5 x 13, August 28, 1980. Agreement between Warner Bros. Records Inc., and Fleetwood Mac, in which the latter agree to a s
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Led Zeppelin: Page and Plant685 - Led Zeppelin: Page and Plant
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In Through the Out Door album signed on the front cover in blue felt tip by Robert Plant and Jimmy Page. In fine condition, with some corner wear. The
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Paul McCartney and Wings686 - Paul McCartney and Wings
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Attractive vintage Paul McCartney and Wings program for their 1975 UK tour, 8.25 x 11.75, signed on the front cover in ballpoint by Paul McCartney, Li
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Rolling Stones687 - Rolling Stones
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Vintage Decca Records promo card of the Rolling Stones, 5.5 x 4.25, signed and inscribed in blue ballpoint, "Love to Bimbo, Brian Jones," ...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Rolling Stones: Keith Richards688 - Rolling Stones: Keith Richards
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Rare ALS signed “Keith, xxx,” one page, 5.25 x 7, circa December 1963. Letter to Shirley Arnold, the secretary for the Rolling Stones Fan Club, in ful
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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The Yardbirds689 - The Yardbirds
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Issue of the German magazine Musik Parade from May 1, 1965, forty-six pages, 8.5 x 11.25, signed on the back cover in felt tip by Jeff Beck, Alan Glen
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Michael Jackson690 - Michael Jackson
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Amazing color semi-glossy 7.5 x 9.5 Five Brothers Music publicity photo of The Jacksons, signed in black felt tip by Michael Jackson. Also includes an
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Estimate : 1,400.00 - 1,600.00
 
 
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Michael Jackson and John Landis691 - Michael Jackson and John Landis
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Thriller album signed and inscribed on the front cover in red ballpoint, "Love, Michael Jackson, Bruce," and in faded black ink, "Bru...
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Jackson Five692 - Jackson Five
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Destiny album signed and inscribed on the inner gatefold in blue ballpoint, "Love to Cindy, Michael Jackson," "To Cindy, Love song, M...
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Alban Berg693 - Alban Berg
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Austrian composer (1885–1935) who produced compositions that combined Mahlerian Romanticism with a personal adaptation of Schoenberg's twelve-to...
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Enrico Caruso694 - Enrico Caruso
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Vintage fountain pen signature, "Cav. Enrico Caruso, Via Velasco, Italia, Milano,” on an off-white 5.5 x 3.5 Russian postal card, postmarked Ma...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Paul Hindemith695 - Paul Hindemith
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Versatile and prolific German-born composer and performer (1895-1963) whose best-known works include 'Mathis der Maler,' 'Nobilissima Vi...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Italo Montemezzi696 - Italo Montemezzi
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Italian composer (1875–1952) best known for his opera L'amore dei tre re [The Love of the Three Kings]. Handsome matte-finish 9 x 11.75 portrait...
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Pierre Monteux697 - Pierre Monteux
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French conductor (1875-1964) who conducted the world premiere of Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring in 1913 and went on to direct orchestras around...
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Sergei Rachmaninoff698 - Sergei Rachmaninoff
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Pianist and composer (1873–1943) who takes a place among the last great figures of the Russian romantic school. Vintage fountain pen signature, &quo...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Arthur Rubinstein699 - Arthur Rubinstein
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Imposing matte-finish 10.25 x 15.25 photo of Rubinstein at his desk, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, "Paris, 19 July, 61, To lovely Jean ...
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Leopold Stokowski700 - Leopold Stokowski
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Four TLSs, each one page, ranging in size from 5.25 x 8.25 to 8.5 x 11, dated between 1942 and 1946, all addressed to the Hungarian-born conductor Zol
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Leopold Stokowski701 - Leopold Stokowski
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Vintage matte-finish 7.5 x 9.5 photo of Stokowski, signed and inscribed in maroon grease pencil, "Jean, Leopold." Matted and framed to an ...
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Bruno Walter702 - Bruno Walter
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Five TLSs, each one page, ranging in size from 7.25 x 7.25 to 8.5 x 11, dated between 1941 and 1946, all addressed to the Hungarian-born conductor Zol
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Count Basie703 - Count Basie
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Glossy 8.25 x 10 publicity photo of Basie at his piano by James J. Kriegsmann, signed in black felt tip, "Best wishes, Count Basie." In fi...
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Hoagy Carmichael704 - Hoagy Carmichael
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Glossy 8 x 10.25 close-up photo of the great composer, signed and inscribed in blue ballpoint, "To Jim Larson, Sincerely—Hoagy Carmichael.” In ...
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Mary Lou Williams705 - Mary Lou Williams
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American jazz pianist, composer, and arranger (1910-1981), who wrote and arranged for Duke Ellington and Benny Goodman, and was a friend, mentor, and
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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John Denver706 - John Denver
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Color semi-glossy 8 x 10 RCA Records publicity photo of Denver on a sunny day, signed in black felt tip, "Peace! John Denver." In fine con...
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1950s Rock and Roll707 - 1950s Rock and Roll
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Group of three signed items from 1950s rock 'n' roll icons: a paperstock 5.25 x 8.25 photo of Little Richard at the piano, signed in blue ba...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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AC/DC708 - AC/DC
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Excellent glossy 11.5 x 8 band photo of AC/DC posing side-by-side, signed in blue felt tip by Angus and Malcolm Young, Brian Johnson, Cliff Williams,
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Badfinger709 - Badfinger
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Group of five petty cash voucher receipts, ranging in size from 3 x 5 to 5.5 x 3.5, dated between 1972 and 1973, each filled out in another hand and s
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Beach Boys: Dennis Wilson710 - Beach Boys: Dennis Wilson
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Color 20.5 x 39.5 promotional poster for Pacific Ocean Blue, the debut album from Dennis Wilson, signed vertically in black felt tip. Poster is affixe
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Beatles711 - Beatles
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Unassembled Beatles CD record store display from 1992. The two-piece display features a 30.5? high base with a 26? upper section which features a die-
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Beatles Friends712 - Beatles Friends
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Five signed photos: an 11 x 8.5 laserprint photo of George Martin in the studio with the Beatles, signed and inscribed in black ballpoint, "For...
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Chuck Berry and Jerry Lee Lewis713 - Chuck Berry and Jerry Lee Lewis
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Attractive 16.25 x 25 poster for a Rock & Roll Supershow featuring Chuck Berry. Little Richard, and Jerry Lee Lewis at the Blaisdell Arena in Ho...
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Bono and Milla Jovovich714 - Bono and Milla Jovovich
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Color glossy 11.75 x 8 photo of Bono and Milla Jovovich playfully arm-wrestling during a promotion for the 2000 film The Million Dollar Hotel, signed
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Boomtown Rats715 - Boomtown Rats
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Glossy 7 x 5 promotional photo of the Boomtown Rats from 1980, signed in red felt tip by Johnnie Fingers, Pete Briquette, Gerry Cott, Simon Crowe, Bob
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Bread716 - Bread
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Color 20 x 30 poster for a series of Bread concerts in October and November of 1996, showing a large image of the band, with bold text reading: &quo...
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James Brown717 - James Brown
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DS, one page, 8.5 x 11, September 10, 1976. Standard Independent Contractor Agreement between Top Notch No. Two and Burt Sugarman, Inc., in which the
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Chris Cornell718 - Chris Cornell
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Color 18 x 18 poster showing the front cover for Soundgarden's sixth studio album, King Animal, signed in black felt tip by Cornell. Rolled and ...
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