RR Auction: Marvels Modern Music

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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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Jerry Lee Lewis and Clifton Chenier222 - Jerry Lee Lewis and Clifton Chenier
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Two posters: a color 11.5 x 17.5 poster for Lewis’s appearance at Antones, designed by Danny Garrett, signed in black felt tip; and 13 x 20 poster for
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Louis Armstrong223 - Louis Armstrong
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Vintage glossy 8 x 10 double-weight full-length photo of Armstrong and his trumpet, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, “Best wishes to Jimmy Bradin
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Duke Ellington224 - Duke Ellington
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Vintage pearl-finish 8 x 10 photo of a young Ellington holding his baton, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, “Lotta luck to Benny Meroff a great Sh
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Count Basie225 - Count Basie
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Scarce original color handbill for Count Basie and his Orchestra’s performance at Colston Hall on April 6, 1962. Handbill measures 9 x 7 and features
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Frank Sinatra226 - Frank Sinatra
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Original handbill for Sinatra’s July 5, 1953, concert at the Trocadero, Elephant & Castle, 5.75 x 9, stating “Only personal appearance in S. E. ...
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Frank Sinatra227 - Frank Sinatra
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Collection of seven color candid film transparencies of Sinatra, each approximately 2.25 x 2.25, four of Sinatra on stage with a large orchestra, with
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Josephine Baker228 - Josephine Baker
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African-American expatriate singer and dancer (1906–1975), nicknamed the ‘Black Venus,’ who became one of the greatest sensations of Jazz-Age Paris. T
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Sgt. Barry Sadler229 - Sgt. Barry Sadler
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Composer of ‘The Ballad of the Green Berets’ (1940–1989) who died under mysterious circumstances. Sgt. Barry Sadler of the Green Berets Sings The ‘A T
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Buddy Holly232 - Buddy Holly
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Original hardcover copy of the Westerner, the annual for Lubbock High School, Lubbock, Texas, for 1954, 8.25 x 10.75, 324 pages. Holly is pictured twi
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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J. P. ‘Big Bopper’ Richardson233 - J. P. ‘Big Bopper’ Richardson
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Disc jockey and singer (real name J. P. Richardson), best known for the song ‘Chantilly Lace,’ the Big Bopper was killed in a plane crash along with B
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Bo Diddley234 - Bo Diddley
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Diddley’s personally-owned black leather wallet, 3.5 x 4.75, featuring his custom special deputy sheriff’s badge from Bernalillo County, New Mexico, e
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Bobby Darin235 - Bobby Darin
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Versatile and popular American performer (1936–1973) who died at the age of 37 from complications following surgery for a faulty heart valve. Vintage
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Jackie Wilson236 - Jackie Wilson
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American soul and R&B singer (1934–1984) best known for such hits as ‘To Be Loved’ and ‘Lonely Teardrops.’ After suffering a heart attack while ...
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Gene Vincent237 - Gene Vincent
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Glossy 8 x 10 photo of Vincent with a guitar slung over his shoulder, signed and inscribed in black felt tip, “To Mike—‘A real person,’ Thanks &...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Johnny Kid and the Pirates238 - Johnny Kid and the Pirates
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British rock band best known for introducing theatrics to their stage act, as well as a front man that played no instrument, which influenced the Who
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Chuck Berry239 - Chuck Berry
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Two crystal-clear pearl-finish 11 x 14 photos of Berry on stage with his guitar, taken by Jon Levicke. Reverse of the photo bears Levicke’s photograph
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Sun Records Reunion240 - Sun Records Reunion
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Nine-O-One Network magazine cover, 8.5 x 11, showing the four music legends in the Sun Records studio, signed in black felt tip by Johnny Cash and in
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The Platters241 - The Platters
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I Love You 1,000 Times album signed on the front cover in blue ballpoint by David Lynch, Herb Reed, Sonny Turner, Nate Nelson, and Sandra Dawn. In fin
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Gram Parsons244 - Gram Parsons
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Handwritten lyrics to three songs, including one which appears to be an unpublished Parsons original work, on both sides of a 9.5 x 12.5 musically-lin
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Janis Joplin246 - Janis Joplin
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Two original ink design sketches for outfits worn by Janis Joplin, unsigned, drawn by her best friend, roommate, and designer Linda Gravenites. The fi
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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