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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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Julian ‘Cannonball’ Adderley Signed Document7241 - Julian ‘Cannonball’ Adderley Signed Document
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DS, signed “Julian Adderley,” one page both sides, 8.5 x 11, March 15, 1972. Agreement for the Cannonball Adderley Quintet to perform at the Astrodome
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Billie Holiday Signed Document7242 - Billie Holiday Signed Document
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DS, one page, 8.5 x 11, April 7, 1952. American Federation of Musicians contract between Holiday and her pianist and musical director Buster Harding,
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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B. B. King Signed Photograph7243 - B. B. King Signed Photograph
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Excellent satin-finish 8 x 10 close-up photo of King performing, nicely signed in black felt tip. In very fine condition. The Larry Rafferty Collectio
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B. B. King Signed Guitar7244 - B. B. King Signed Guitar
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Beautiful right-handed antique sunburst semi-hollowbody Epiphone Sheraton II electric guitar, serial No. S5096284, signed on the body in silver ink by
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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B. B. King Signed Document7245 - B. B. King Signed Document
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DS, signed “Riley B. King, 4437 Guardia Ave,” one page both sides, 8.5 x 13.5, March 1, 1962. An agreement between Macadell Music Publishing Co. and R
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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B. B. King Signed Book7246 - B. B. King Signed Book
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Signed book: Blues All Around Me. First edition. NY: Avon Books, 1996. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.5 x 9.5, 336 pages. Signed on the half-title page
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B. B. King Signed Album7247 - B. B. King Signed Album
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20 Greatest Hits album signed on the front cover in blue felt tip. In fine condition. The record is included.
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Dave Brubeck Signed Program7248 - Dave Brubeck Signed Program
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Program for Dave Brubeck and his Australian Jazz Quartet, sixteen pages, 9 x 12, signed inside in fountain pen by Dave Brubeck, Carmen McRae, Paul Des
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Albert Collins Signed Photograph7249 - Albert Collins Signed Photograph
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Color glossy 8 x 10 photo of Collins wailing on a Telecaster, signed in person in blue felt tip. In fine condition. Originally obtained by in-person s
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Bo Diddley Signed Album7250 - Bo Diddley Signed Album
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I’m a Man album signed on the front cover in blue felt tip, “Bo Diddley, 88.” In fine condition. The records are included.
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Stan Getz Signed Photograph7251 - Stan Getz Signed Photograph
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Renowned jazz saxophonist (1927–1991) known by the sobriquet ‘The Sound.’ Color glossy 8 x 10 publicity photo of Getz wailing on his sax, signed and i
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Dizzy Gillespie and Coleman Hawkins Signed Book Photograph7252 - Dizzy Gillespie and Coleman Hawkins Signed Book Photograph
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Double-sided vintage 10.5 x 13.5 program photo of a smoking Dizzy Gillespie on one side and a handsome Coleman Hawkins in a suit and tie on the other,
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W. C. Handy Signed Photograph7253 - W. C. Handy Signed Photograph
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Vintage glossy 8 x 10 portrait of Handy in profile, boldly signed and inscribed in fountain pen, “To my esteemed friend, W. C. Handy, 3-10-39.” In fin
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Screamin’ Jay Hawkins Signed Album7254 - Screamin’ Jay Hawkins Signed Album
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Screamin’ Jay Hawkins & Lillian Briggs album signed and inscribed on the back cover in blue ballpoint, “To Jimbo, The very best always, Screamin...
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Jeff Healey Signed Album7255 - Jeff Healey Signed Album
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Blind jazz and blues-rock vocalist and guitarist (1966–2008). See the Light album signed in person on the front cover in blue felt tip by Healey. In f
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John Lee Hooker Signed Photograph7256 - John Lee Hooker Signed Photograph
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Glossy 8 x 10 close-up photo of Hooker, neatly signed in person in blue felt tip vertically along the right edge. In fine condition. Originally obtain
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Jazz Legends Signed Program7257 - Jazz Legends Signed Program
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Program for Norman Granz’ Jazz at the Philharmonic in 1952, twenty pages, 8.25 x 11, signed inside in blue ballpoint by Ella Fitzgerald, Buddy Rich, G
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Jazz Musicians Collection of Forty Signed Documents7258 - Jazz Musicians Collection of Forty Signed Documents
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Collection of forty standard American Federation of Musicians of the United States of America performing agreements from the late 1970s, each signed b
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Earl ‘Bud’ Powell Signed Document7259 - Earl ‘Bud’ Powell Signed Document
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Jazz pianist (1924–1966) influential in the development of bebop. DS, signed “Earl Powell,” four pages on two adjoining sheets, 8.25 x 11, October 25,
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Horace Silver Collection of Three Items7261 - Horace Silver Collection of Three Items
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Jazz pianist and composer (1928–2014) known for his work in the hard bop style. Three items sent to photographer and record store owner Ray Avery: an
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
 
 
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