RR Auction: Marvels of Modern Music

Henry Roeland Byrd (1918–1980), better known as Professor Longhair or 'Fess,' was a New Orleans blues singer and pianist who was posthumousl...

Sought-after vintage ballpoint signature, "Otis Redding,” on an off-white 5 x 3.75 album page. Removably corner-mounted to a display sheet with...

Vintage circa 1946 pencil signatures of 12 members of the Don Redman Orchestra on four off-white notebooks sheets ranging in size from 4.5 x 2.75 to 4

Vintage ballpoint signatures of the Horace Silver Quintet, "Best wishes, Horace Silver," "Junior Cook," "Best of health, Ge...

American jazz pianist and composer (1928–2014) who pioneered the hard bop style in the 1950s and gained attention from his work with the Jazz Messenge

Singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger, and civil rights activist widely associated with jazz music (1933-2003). Red felt tip signature, "Nina S...

Glossy 6.5 x 4.75 RCA Records publicity photo of Nina Simone in a lovely full-length pose, signed in black felt tip. Removably corner-mounted to a dis

Hezekiah Leroy Gordon Smith (1909–1967) was a popular American jazz violinist during the swing era who is best remembered for the song 'If You&#...

Blues pianist (1930–1970) who was a longtime member of Muddy Waters’s band. Spann was memorably featured on Fleetwood Mac’s 1969 album Biggest Thing S

Color glossy 8 x 10 full-length photo of Barbra Streisand as Dolly Levi in the 1969 musical comedy Hello, Dolly!, signed in blue felt tip. In fine con

Glossy 9.5 x 7 cardstock photo of the Sun Rhythm Section posing with their instruments, signed in ballpoint and felt tip by Sonny Burgess, Paul Burlis

American blues and soul singer (1943–2002) whose biggest hit was 'Part Time Love,' released in 1963. DS, one page, 8.5 x 11, April 29, 1965....

Chicago blues guitarist and singer (1915–1975) who had six fingers on both hands; known for his electrified slide guitar playing, Hound Dog toured wit

Jazz trombonist and singer (1905–1964) whose career began as a sideman with Tommy Dorsey, Paul Whiteman, and Louis Armstrong before becoming a bandlea

Desirable vintage ballpoint signature, "Sister Rosetta Tharpe,” on an off-white 4 x 2 sheet. Matted with an image to an overall size of 9.5 x 1...

American Delta blues musician, gravedigger and sculptor (1926–1993). Ballpoint signature and inscription, "from James Son Thomas, to Roland,” o...

American rhythm-and-blues singer and songwriter (1926–1984) who was the first to record Leiber and Stoller's 'Hound Dog,' a song that st...

Color glossy 9.25 x 12.75 photo of Vaughan during a performance in Philadelphia, signed in black felt tip, "Sarah Vaughan (1978)." A clipp...

Vintage ballpoint signature, "T Bone Walker,” on an off-white 4 x 3.5 sheet. Matted with an image of Walker to an overall size of 15.75 x 19.75...

Jazz musician (1904-1943) known for his inimitable stride piano style and standards such as 'Ain't Misbehavin'' and 'Honeysuckle...

Ink signature, "Muddy Waters,” on an off-white 4 x 6 lightly lined sheet, with collector's notations dating the signature to July 25, 1981....

Blues, soul, and funk musician and singer-songwriter (1935–1996) remembered as a flamboyant showman. Partly-printed DS, one page, 6 x 8.75, December 1

American jazz tenor saxophonist (1909–1973) known as 'The Brute' or 'Frog,' who is considered one of the three most important 's...

Chicago blues vocalist and harmonica player (1934-1998). Two ink signatures, both signed "From Junior Wells," one on an off-white 4.75 x 3...

Booker T. Washington 'Bukka' White (1909–1977) was an African-American Delta blues guitarist and singer who became a key figure of the folk ...

Louisiana blues musician (1914–1980) whose music employed unconventional structures and guitar tunings, and lyrics inspired by his time spent in priso

American jazz and popular music composer, pianist, and singer (1889–1969) who is best known for his hit songs 'Basin Street Blues' and '...

American blues harmonica player, singer and songwriter (1912–1965) who recorded successfully in the 1950s and 1960s. He toured Europe with the America

Excellent 12 x 18 poster for the 30 Years of Music Photography exhibition held at the ArtRock Gallery in San Francisco from June 20 to August 9, 1998,

Vibrant color 22 x 28 jumbo window card for The Animals, Sam the Sham and The Pharaohs, and Brutus and The Roamin's at the Winchester Roller Rin...

Original 14 x 22 window card poster for The Association at the Charleston Civic Center on November 22, 1968, featuring a large image of the group at t

Original green 14 x 21 endorsement poster showing The Association playing on stage as "Valiant Recording Artists," with the poster promoti...

Original 11 x 7.25 handbill for a Joan Baez performance at the Hearst Greek Theatre at the University of California Berkeley campus on March 22, 1963,

Original 8.5 x 11 handbill for a pair of shows by the Beach Boys at the Sacramento Memorial Auditorium on September 14, 1963, with band image, ticket

Gorgeous color 15.75 x 22 poster for a Big Brother and the Holding Company concert at the Ark in Sausalito, California, on October 6, 1967, showing be

Scarce original color glossy 7.5 x 10.75 handbill for a Big Brother and the Holding Company concert at Selland Arena in Fresno, California, on April 1

Original light green 5.5 x 8.5 handbill for "Happening #5," a concert headlined by Big Brother and the Holding Company at the Community Co...

Original color 6 x 9 handbill for the "Birdland Stars of '57" musical showcase at Carnegie Hall on February 15 and 16, 1957, which lis...

Original early 1960s light yellow 8.5 x 11 handbill for "The Bobby Bland Revue," which features images of Bland, Vi Campbell, and the Mali...

Original color 17 x 22 poster for The Blues Project at The Matrix in San Francisco between August 30–September 8, 1966, billing them as "From N...

Original vintage color 8.5 x 11 handbill for "The Al T.N.T. Braggs Show," which shows images of Braggs, his brothers James and Floyd, and ...

Fantastic original 8.25 x 10.5 handbill for a series of James Brown concerts at Harlem's Apollo Theatre between October 25–31, 1974, with a larg...

Original color 13.75 x 21.75 window card for the Carter Sisters featuring Mother Maybelle at the Armory Building in Glasgow, Kentucky on November 20,

Vibrantly colored 22.25 x 34.5 screen print for the three CBGB 'Big Weekend' concerts held between January 24-26, 1980, with the scheduled p...

Original white-and-green 14.25 x 22.5 window card for a Ray Charles concert at the Mambo Club in Wichita, Kansas, on July 16, 1960, featuring a fantas

Original color 10 x 6.75 handbill for a Chubby Checker concert presented by Arthur Howes at the Odeon Theatre in Leeds, England, on September 12, 1962

Original color 14 x 22 poster for a "Grand Ole Opry In Person" concert at the KRNT Theater in Des Moines, Iowa, on September 23, 1962, fea...

Rare original 8.5 x 11 handbill for a "Breakfast Dance" showcase headlined by Sam Cooke at the Rockland Palace in New York City on Septemb...

Colorized 15 x 19 photographic print of Sam Cooke and the Soul Stirrers by the Maurice Seymour Studio of Chicago, matted to an overall size of 21 x 25

Original color 14 x 22 window card for Elvis Costello and the Attractions at the Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre in Irvine, California, on September 22, 1

Original color 22 x 28.25 poster for a "Concert & Dance" billed as "1955 Fall Edition: Top 10 Rhythm & Blues Review," fe...

Original 8.5 x 5.75 double-sided handbill for a one-week concert series performed by "Duke Ellington and His Famous Band and Revue" at Har...

Original color 15 x 22.25 window card for Emerson, Lake and Palmer, with special guest Back Door, at the Memorial Coliseum in Portland, Oregon, on Feb

Classic original color 27.75 x 21.75 first printing poster for the final concerts at the Fillmore West on June 30–July 4, 1971, featuring Grateful Dea

Vibrant original color 14 x 22 window card for a variety of acts at the Carter Barron Amphitheatre in Washington, DC, throughout a summer season, incl

Scarce original color 6 x 9 handbill for a series of Erroll Garner performances at the Village Gate in Greenwich Village, New York City, beginning on

Original color 16.75 x 22.75 poster for Grand Funk Railroad, Litter, Brian Auger & the Trinity, and Four Days and a Night at The Aragon Ballroom...

Scarce original 16 x 30 poster for the 1969 Isle of Wight Festival of Music featuring a winged King Kong designed by Dave Roe, listing the acts includ

Colorized 16 x 20 portrait print of soul and R&B singer Ben E. King by Maurice Seymour, originally displayed at Harlem's famed Apollo Theate...

Original 8.5 x 5.5 dual-sided handbill for a concert by "Nat King Cole and His Trio" at Harlem's Apollo Theatre beginning on March 14t...

Original color 13 x 19 exhibition poster for "Timothy Leary in Wonderland, An Exhibition of Blotter Acid Art" at the Artrock Gallery in Sa...

Original color 23 x 35 poster for the Richard Lloyd Quartet at famed New York City punk rock club CBGB from October 18–20, 1979, designed by "S...

Two original psychedelic color 22.5 x 31 posters of Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr as photographed by Richard Avedon for Look Magazine, published in 1

Original color 17 x 22 poster for a Monkees concert at the California State Fair in Sacramento, California, on September 4, 1968, with Alan F. Kikuchi

Original color 22 x 28 poster for a concert featuring The Impressions, Gene Chandler, Jerry Butler, Major Lance, The Three Ikettes, Barbara Mason, G.

Original color 13.75 x 21.75 window card poster for Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys, presented by WSM Grand Ole Opry at Atwood Stadium in Flint, M

Original circa 1970s window card poster, 14 x 22, for The River City Blues Festival at the Ellis Auditorium in Memphis, featuring acts including Thoma

Attractive trio of exhibition posters from the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum in Cleveland, Ohio, measuring 18 x 24 and 19.75 x 27.5, with exhi

Color 39 x 27.25 poster showing Jamie Reid's cover art for the Sex Pistols' 1977 single 'God Save the Queen' against a background of...

Original color 38.25 x 26.5 poster for the Sex Pistols at Electric Circus in Manchester, England, on December 19, 1976, featuring the iconic Jamie Rei

Original gold-tone 8.5 x 11 handbill for a Sopwith Camel concert presented by Rocky's Mag at the Marigold Ballroom in Fresno, California, on Apr...

Original color 5.25 x 11.25 handbill for The Supremes, Stevie Wonder, Martha and the Vandellas, Smokey Robinson and the Miracles, the Earl Van Dyke Si

Brightly colored 20 x 15 poster for a pair of Talking Heads concerts at Wembley Arena in London, England, on July 12 and 13, 1982, showing a variety o

Original mid-1960s light green 8.25 x 12.5 handbill for a "Dance & Show" musical showcase headlined by The Tams at Charlotte's Par...

Large red-white-and-blue 23.5 x 33 poster for a series of four U2 concerts in Germany between October 8 and 12, 1984, listing venue cities like Hambur

Original light blue 8.25 x 12.5 handbill for a "Dance & Show" headlined by Dionne Warwick at Park Center in Charlotte, North Carolina,...

Original color 14 x 22 window card for a Mary Wells concert at Esther's Orbit Room in Oakland, California, on March 13, 1965, showing an image o...

Original color 14 x 22 poster for Jackie Wilson, Little Joseph, and J. C. Davis at the Sweets Ballroom in Oakland on Thursday, October 17, [no year].

Original 15.5 x 20.5 poster for the Edgar Winter Group and Dr. John at the Mid-South Coliseum in Memphis, Tennessee, on September 1, 1973. In fine con

Trio of original 8.75 x 11.75 handbills promoting a pair of Jimmy Witherspoon and Joe Liggins concerts at the Oakland Auditorium and Richmond Auditori

Original circa late 1960s color 14 x 20.5 advertising poster for Jordan 'Boss' Amplifiers featuring imagery of the Yardbirds and the Union J...

Original color 11 x 17 poster for Neil Young, Booker T. & the MG's, and Blind Melon at the Fiddler's Green Amphitheatre in Denver, Color...

Chuck Berry: The Legends of Rock album signed on the front cover in blue felt tip by Chuck Berry and Johnnie Johnson. In fine condition. The record is

The London Chuck Berry Sessions album signed on the front cover in blue felt tip by Berry. In fine condition. The record is included.

Ballpoint signatures, "C. Berry," "God bless, Little Richard," and "Sincerely yours, Jerry Lee Lewis," on individual o...

EB 84 album signed on the front cover in blue felt tip by Don Everly and Phil Everly. In fine condition, with light scuffing, and a small area of pric

Influential American rockabilly group that formed in Memphis, Tennessee, during the 1950s. Vintage ballpoint signatures, "Sincerely, Johnny Bur...

Desirable vintage ballpoint signature, "Sam Cooke,” on an off-white 3.25 x 1.75 slip. Matted with two images of Cooke to an overall size of 15....

Satin-finish 8 x 10 photo of the Everly brothers posing with a Gibson guitar, signed in blue felt tip by Phil and Don Everly. In very fine condition.

Original 1958 program for "The Big Beat" concert tour presented by Alan Freed, 24 pages, 9 x 12, which features portraits and biographies ...

Scarce vintage circa 1958 Coral Records promo card featuring "The Crickets," 3.5 x 5.75, signed in black ballpoint by Buddy Holly, Joe Mau...

Etta James Sings album signed on the front cover in blue felt tip. In very good to fine condition, with light scuffing, and partial spine separation.

Color glossy 8 x 10 photo of 'The Killer' leaning over a piano, signed in black felt tip, "Thanks, Jerry Lee Lewis." In fine condi...

Popular American singer (1932–1972) of the 1950s and early 1960s who was a key figure in the shaping of doo-wop and R&B and is remembered for hi...

Two items: an ink signature, "Gene Vincent," on a pink 3 x 2.25 sheet matted with an image of Vincent to an overall size of 9.5 x 11.75; a...

Original March 1966 program for London's famed Marquee Club music venue, one page, both sides, 8.5 x 11, with front featuring an article headed ...

Natural-finish Laurel stratocaster-style right-handed electric guitar, signed on the body in blue felt tip, "Expecting to fly, Dewey Martin, B–...

Michael Clarke's personally-owned and stage-used single wooden Regal Tip 3A drumstick, measuring 15.5? long. In fine condition, with expected si...

Wheels of Fire album signed on the gatefold by the full band, including vintage ballpoint signatures of Eric Clapton and Jack Bruce and a felt tip sig

Best of Cream album signed on the front cover in blue felt tip by Eric Clapton, in red felt tip Ginger Baker, and in purple paint pen by Jack Bruce. I