RR Auction: Marvels Modern Music

Auction Details

RR Auction’s spring Marvels of Modern Music sale brings to market 400+ lots of rare and remarkable material, highlighted by performance used gear: Dee Dee Ramone’s Fender Precision bass, Prince’s Yamaha synthesizer from the Purple Rain Tour, Sib Hashian’s drum kit from Boston’s ‘More Than a Feeling’ video, and a Fender amp used on stage by John Lennon's Plastic Ono Elephant's Memory Band. Other top items include albums signed by Led Zeppelin, The Who, Pink Floyd, and The Rolling Stones; ultra-rare Beatles ephemera; and autographs from dozens of the most popular musicians of the 20th century.
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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Professor Longhair Signature9126Professor Longhair Signature
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Scarce ballpoint signature, "Prof. Longhair,” on an off-white 3.5 x 2.25 slip, with an unidentified signature below. In very good to fine...
Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
Blues Legends Group of (9) Signatures9127Blues Legends Group of (9) Signatures
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Collection of nine vintage circa late 1970s ballpoint signatures of blues legends on individual slips, measuring from 3.5 x 1.5 to 5 x 3.5, including:
Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
Sidney Bechet9128Sidney Bechet
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Vintage glossy 7 x 9.5 close-up photo of Bechet with an affixed "Amateur Orchestra, 1949" slip to the lower right, affixed to a 10.25 x 13...
Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
Lonnie Johnson Signed 78 RPM Record9129Lonnie Johnson Signed 78 RPM Record
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Okeh Records 78 RPM record for the Lonnie Johnson and Blind Willie Dunn single 'Have to Change Keys to Play the Blues / Two Tone Stomp,' sig...
Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
Luther Vandross9130Luther Vandross
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Official ‘R’ hologram-style RIAA platinum sales award presented “to commemorate the sale of more than 1,000,000 copies of t
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Noble Sissle Signed Photograph9131Noble Sissle Signed Photograph
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Vintage semi-glossy 5 x 7 double-weight photo of Sissle wearing a tuxedo next to a microphone in a handsome half-length pose, signed and inscribed in
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Duke Ellington Signed Photograph9132Duke Ellington Signed Photograph
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Vintage glossy 10 x 8.25 publicity photo of Ellington playing his piano, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, "To Rae, Best wishes, Duke Ellin...
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Cole Porter and Ella Fitzgerald Signatures9133Cole Porter and Ella Fitzgerald Signatures
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Two items: a ballpoint signature, "Cole Porter," on an off-white 3.75 x 2 card; and a fountain pen signature, "Ella Fitzgerald,"...
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Screamin' Jay Hawkins Signed Album9134Screamin' Jay Hawkins Signed Album
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…What That Is! album by Screamin' Jay Hawkins, signed and inscribed on the back cover in black ink, "To Gary, The man with the goods,...
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Aretha Franklin Signed Photograph9135Aretha Franklin Signed Photograph
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Sharp color satin-finish 8 x 10 photo of Aretha Franklin, nicely signed in blue felt tip by the legendary soul vocalist, and dated 2010. In fine condi
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
1950s Rock Stars91361950s Rock Stars
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Pair of vintage rock and roll programs from the late 1950s, consisting of a Fall Edition 1959 program for The Dick Clark Caravan of Stars, and an Alan
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Johnny Cash 1959 Oakland Civic Auditorium Poster9137Johnny Cash 1959 Oakland Civic Auditorium Poster
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Rare original 14 x 22.25 boxing-style concert poster for Johnny Cash's show at the Oakland Civic Auditorium on March 1, 1959, as part of "T...
Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
Johnny Cash and the Tennessee Two Signed 45 RPM Records and Song Book9138Johnny Cash and the Tennessee Two Signed 45 RPM Records and Song Book
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Three items: a Sun Records 45 RPM single of 'Folsom Prison Blues / So Doggone Lonesome,' signed on the label in ink by Johnny Cash; a Sun Re...
Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
Johnny Cash and Luther Perkins Signed 1967 Poster9139Johnny Cash and Luther Perkins Signed 1967 Poster
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Original color 14 x 22 boxing-style concert poster for "The Fabulous Johnny Cash Show" at Pershing Auditorium in Lincoln on February 25, 1...
Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
Jerry Lee Lewis 'In Person' Poster9140Jerry Lee Lewis 'In Person' Poster
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Original black-and-yellow 14 x 22 boxing-style concert poster for a Jerry Lee Lewis concert, reading: "In Person: The Fabulous Jerry Lee Lewis,...
Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
Roy Orbison Signed Album9141Roy Orbison Signed Album
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For the Lonely: A Roy Orbison Anthology, 1956–1965 compilation album, signed and inscribed on the front cover in gold ink, "To Gary, Roy ...
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Elvis Presley Giclee Print by Joe Petruccio9142Elvis Presley Giclee Print by Joe Petruccio
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Highly appealing color 14 x 20.25 giclee print by rock and roll artist Joe Petruccio, entitled 'All Shook Up,' which depicts a full-length i...
Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
Ritchie Valens Signed Photograph9143Ritchie Valens Signed Photograph
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Extremely desirable vintage glossy 2.5 x 3.5 photo of Valens in a bow tie and jacket, signed in fountain pen, "Ritchie Valens." In fine co...
Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
Blind Faith 1969 US Tour Program9144Blind Faith 1969 US Tour Program
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Scarce original hardcover program for Blind Faith’s tour of the United States in 1969, 11.75 x 12, thirty-two pages, published by The Visual
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Cream Poster9145Cream Poster
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Circa 1969 Atco Records promotional poster for the British rock band Cream, 22.5 x 23, which shows the band as they're pictured on the front cov...
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00