RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts

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With an opening section chronicling the history of science and technology, this month’s RR Auction Fine Autograph and Artifact sale boasts over 800 extraordinary lots. Among the highlights offered are an Einstein autograph letter, lunar surface–flown items, a historic letter signed by King Henry VIII, and a vast selection of animation artwork. RR Auction is a globally recognized and trusted auction house specializing in rare and remarkable documents, manuscripts, autographs, and historical artifacts. Join us as we make history selling history in December 2016.
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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Earl ‘Bud’ Powell563 - Earl ‘Bud’ Powell
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Jazz pianist (1924–1966) influential in the development of bebop. Choice vintage glossy 4.5 x 7 candid photo of Powell wearing a sharp suit on a city
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Frank Sinatra564 - Frank Sinatra
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Wonderful vintage glossy 7.5 x 9.25 MGM publicity portrait of the young crooner wearing a bow tie and plaid suit, signed in fountain pen, “Fondly—Fran
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Patsy Cline565 - Patsy Cline
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Fantastic ALS signed “Patsy,” six pages on two sheets, 4 x 5, January 20, 1962. Letter to friend Marie Flynt, in part [grammar and spelling retained]:
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Beatles566 - Beatles
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Vintage blue ballpoint signatures, “Beatle, John Lennon,” “George Harrison,” “Paul McCartney,” and “Ringo Starr,” on a light green 4 x 3 album page. I
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Estimate : 8,500.00 - 9,500.00
 
 
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Beatles567 - Beatles
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Complete set of ballpoint signatures of Paul McCartney, John Lennon, Ringo Starr, and George Harrison on the reverse of an off-white 3.75 x 6 Leeds Ci
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Estimate : 6,000.00 - 8,000.00
 
 
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Beatles568 - Beatles
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Vintage fountain pen signatures and inscriptions, “To Adam, best wishes, from The Beatles, John Lennon,” “To Adam, best wishes, from, George Harrison,
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Beatles: George Harrison569 - Beatles: George Harrison
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Apple Records business check, 8 x 3.5, filled out in another hand and signed by Harrison, payable to Burns, Burr & Co. Ltd. for £549.85, Ma...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Beatles: George Harrison570 - Beatles: George Harrison
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Appealing glossy 8 x 10 half-length photo of Harrison wearing a shirt and tie, signed and inscribed in black felt tip, “To Robie, love from, George Ha
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Estimate : 1,800.00 - 2,200.00
 
 
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Beatles: John Lennon571 - Beatles: John Lennon
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DS, one page both sides, 5 x 6, February 18, 1975. Barclays Bank of New York document by which Lennon grants David Miller power of attorney for handli
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Beatles: Paul McCartney572 - Beatles: Paul McCartney
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Anniversary card from 2009, measures 11.75 x 5.75, signed and inscribed inside in black ballpoint, “To Joan & Billy, cheers! Paul McCartney,” wh...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Beatles: Paul McCartney573 - Beatles: Paul McCartney
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Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album signed on the front cover in black felt tip, “Paul McCartney, 2011.” In fine condition. The record i...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Beatles: Starr McCartney574 - Beatles: Starr McCartney
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Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album signed on the front cover in black felt tip, “Paul McCartney,” “Ringo,” and “George Martin.” In fine...
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Beatles: Paul McCartney575 - Beatles: Paul McCartney
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Program for Rush’s 1983 world tour for the album Signals, 12 x 12, sixteen pages, signed on the front cover in blue ballpoint by McCartney. In fine co
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Estimate : 700.00 - 900.00
 
 
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Beatles: Ringo Starr576 - Beatles: Ringo Starr
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Ballpoint signature, “To David, Best wishes, Ringo Starr,” on the reverse of an off-white 2.75 x 4.25 card for The Astor Club. In fine condition, with
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Estimate : 700.00 - 900.00
 
 
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Jimi Hendrix577 - Jimi Hendrix
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Exceptional DS, signed “Jimi Hendrix,” one page, 8.5 x 11 (with 8 x 5.75 showing), August 7, 1969. A typed receipt on Michael Jeffery Management, Inc.
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Estimate : 8,000.00 - 10,000.00
 
 
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Elvis Presley578 - Elvis Presley
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Full page RCA advertisement for Presley’s Speedway soundtrack, 9,75 x 13.75, removed from an issue of Cash Box magazine, dated July 6, 1968, signed in
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Elvis Presley579 - Elvis Presley
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Uncommon vintage glossy 8 x 9.75 publicity portrait of Elvis in a suit and tie with his classic pompadour haircut, signed and inscribed in green ballp
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Rolling Stones580 - Rolling Stones
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Excellent vintage Decca Records promo card of the Rolling Stones, 5.5 x 4.25, crisply signed in blue ballpoint by Mick Jagger, Brian Jones, Keith Rich
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,500.00
 
 
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Rolling Stones581 - Rolling Stones
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Full set of vintage Rolling Stones signatures on three album pages, including: a blue 3.75 x 4.5 album page signed and inscribed in blue ballpoint, “T
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Rolling Stones: Brian Jones582 - Rolling Stones: Brian Jones
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ALS, one page, 5 x 8, March 18, 1966. Letter to Gunilla Abelsson, in full: “Thank you nuts for your letter. I don’t mean you are nuts, it’s just an ex
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Queen: Freddie Mercury583 - Queen: Freddie Mercury
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Wonderfully amusing circa 1960 ‘friendship page’ removed from an autograph book, measuring 12.5 x 4.25, signed in the middle of the far left ‘Name’ co
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Estimate : 5,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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The Who584 - The Who
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Off-white 20.75 x 12.75 scrapbook page bearing two affixed magazine photos of The Who, signed across the photos in black felt tip by Roger Daltrey, Jo
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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The Yardbirds585 - The Yardbirds
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Two light green 3.75 x 2.75 album pages, one signed and inscribed in blue ballpoint by Jim McCarty, and the other signed in green ballpoint by Eric Cl
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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The Ramones586 - The Ramones
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Massive red, white, and blue 50.5 x 33 concert poster for two Ramones shows at Spain’s Valencia Auditorium on February 9 and 10, 1989, signed in black
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Prince587 - Prince
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Incredible color 27 x 41 poster for the 1987 concert film Sign o’ the Times, prominently signed in red felt tip, “Love God, Prince,” adding a cross be
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Prince588 - Prince
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Rare never-before-played U Got the Look promotional album from Prince’s personal collection. In fine condition. The record is included. Consignor note
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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1970s Rock589 - 1970s Rock
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Six albums signed by 1970s rock groups, including: Seals and Crofts (Jim Seals and Dash Crofts); Orleans (Wells Kelly, Larry Hoppen, Lance Hoppen, and
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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AC/DC590 - AC/DC
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Program for the 1980 Back in Black World Tour, 9.25 x 14, sixteen pages, signed and inscribed on the inside in blue ballpoint, “All the best from Angu
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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American Pop and Rock591 - American Pop and Rock
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Collection of six items: signatures of Jackson Browne, David Lindley, Mark Jordan, Bryan Garofalo, John Mauceri, and David Mason on an off-white 7.25
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Badfinger592 - Badfinger
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Self-titled album signed on the front cover in blue ballpoint, “Pete Ham,” “Best wishes, Mike,” “Joey,” and “Tom Evans.” In very good to fine conditio
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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The Beach Boys593 - The Beach Boys
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Souvenir handwritten lyrics to the first verse of “‘Surfer Girl,’” penned in blue felt tip by David Marks on a white 8.5 x 11 sheet of The Beach Boys
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Beatles594 - Beatles
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Three items: typed souvenir lyrics for the song ‘Layla,’ on an off-white 8.5 x 11 sheet, signed in blue felt tip, “Pattie Boyd, ‘Layla’”; a Sgt. Peppe
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Beatles: Best and White595 - Beatles: Best and White
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Off-white coated TK Percussion drum head, 14.5? in diameter, signed in blue felt tip, “Andy White, Love Me Do” and “Pete Best, The Beatles.” Center po
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Beatles: George Harrison596 - Beatles: George Harrison
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Red ink signature, “Love from, George Harrison,” on a white 5.25 x 3 slip. In fine condition.
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Beatles: Paul McCartney597 - Beatles: Paul McCartney
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The White Album prominently signed on the front cover in black felt tip, “Paul McCartney.” In very good to fine condition, with scattered light scuffi
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Beatles: Ringo Starr598 - Beatles: Ringo Starr
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The Anthology… So Far CD set signed on the reverse of the inner CD booklet in black felt tip, “Ringo.” In fine condition. The CDs are included. Accomp
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Bee Gees599 - Bee Gees
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Glossy 8 x 9.75 RSO Records publicity photo of the Bee Gees, signed in black ballpoint, “Love, Barry” and “Love, Maurice Gibb,” and in blue ballpoint,
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Eubie Blake600 - Eubie Blake
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Circa 1979 glossy 8 x 9.75 photo of Eubie Blake smoking a cigarette, vertically signed and inscribed on his collar in black felt tip. In fine conditio
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
 
 
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British Invasion601 - British Invasion
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Pair of vintage autograph albums, 6.5 x 5 and 4.75 x 4, signed inside by a multitude of British Invasion groups on album pages and various slips and p
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Blue Oyster Cult602 - Blue Oyster Cult
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Cultosaurus Erectus album signed on the front cover in blue felt tip by Donald ‘Buck Dharma’ Roeser, Eric Bloom, Albert and Joe Bouchard, and Allen La
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Karen Carpenter603 - Karen Carpenter
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DS, signed “Karen A. Carpenter,” nine pages, 8.5 x 11, June 5, 1975. Letter of agreement between ARS Nova, Inc., and Jack Edge/Davenport Theatre conce
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Harry Chapin604 - Harry Chapin
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Glossy 5 x 7 Elektra publicity photo of Chapin with his guitar, signed in black felt tip. In fine condition.
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Eric Clapton605 - Eric Clapton
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Felt tip signature, “Eric Clapton,” on a light blue 4 x 2.5 card. Double-matted with a glossy photo of Clapton to an overall size of 11 x 16.5. In fin
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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The Clash606 - The Clash
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CBS Records 45 rpm single for ‘Bankrobber’ / ‘Rockers Galore…UK Tour,’ signed on the front of the album sleeve in red felt tip by Joe Strummer and Mic
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Classic Rock607 - Classic Rock
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Color glossy 11 x 14 photo of a psychedelic and tie-dyed peace sign, signed in various colored felt tip by 52 classic rock legends and counterculture
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Leonard Cohen608 - Leonard Cohen
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Uncommon personal check, 8.75 x 3.25, filled out in another hand and signed by Cohen, payable to Media One for $68.15, January 6, 1999. In fine condit
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Alice Cooper609 - Alice Cooper
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Souvenir handwritten lyrics to the hit song “‘School’s Out,’” penned in black felt tip by original band member Michael Bruce on a white 8.5 x 11 sheet
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Cream: Ginger Baker610 - Cream: Ginger Baker
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Off-white coated Attack drum head, 10.5? in diameter, signed in blue felt tip by Ginger Baker. Lower portion bears an affixed Cream sticker. In fine c
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Creed611 - Creed
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Official Billboard Music Award awarded to Creed for best rock artist in 2000, measuring 13.25? tall and weighing 5.2 pounds, with black text reading:
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Deep Purple612 - Deep Purple
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Off-white coated Remo Autograph drum head, 14.5? in diameter, signed in black felt tip by Ian Gillan, Roger Glover, Ian Paice, Don Airey, and Steve Mo
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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