RR Auction: Marvels of Modern Music

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"Summertime, and the bidding is easy"—with over 400 items spanning the history of popular music, RR Auction's summer installment of our Marvels of Modern Music series is sure to be a hit. From the Beatles and Bob Dylan to Prince, Kurt Cobain, and Lady Gaga, icons of the past and present are represented in this sale. Among the many chart-topping items are a fully signed Meet the Beatles promo album, Prince's stage-worn lace shirt from the Purple Rain Tour and handwritten lyrics for 'Nothing Compares 2 U,' autograph lyrics for 'Like a Rolling Stone' by Bob Dylan, and Eddie Van Halen's stage-used Charvel guitar. Join us as we make history selling music history in June 2021.
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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Beatles Signatures with Jimmie Nicol5011Beatles Signatures with Jimmie Nicol
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Vintage circa 1964 hardcover autograph album, 4 x 3, signed inside on three different pages in ballpoint, "Paul McCartney," "John Len...
Estimate : 4,000.00 - 6,000.00
Beatles Signatures5012Beatles Signatures
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Vintage 1960s autograph book, 5 x 3.25, signed inside in blue ballpoint on the same page by the Beatles—John Lennon, Georg
Estimate : 6,000.00 - 8,000.00
Beatles (2) Contact Sheets from the Recording of A Hard Day’s Night5013Beatles (2) Contact Sheets from the Recording of A Hard Day’s Night
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Two vintage original glossy 12 x 10.25 contact sheets containing a total of 74 different images of the Beatles recording tracks for the 1964 album A H
Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
Beatles 1963 Gaumont Theatre Handbill5014Beatles 1963 Gaumont Theatre Handbill
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Scarce original color 5.75 x 10.25 handbill for a series of concerts by the Beatles at the Gaumont Theatre in Bournemouth, England, starting on August
Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
Beatles Signed 45 RPM Record Sleeve5015Beatles Signed 45 RPM Record Sleeve
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Parlophone/EMI Records 45 RPM record sleeve, signed on the reverse in black ballpoint by Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr; the Lennon
Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
Beatles 'Third State' Stereo Butcher Album5016Beatles 'Third State' Stereo Butcher Album
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The Beatles Yesterday and Today stereo 'third state' butcher cover (Capitol, 1966). This 'third state' version features the 'but...
Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,000.00
Beatles (6) TWA Photographs from 19655017Beatles (6) TWA Photographs from 1965
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Set of six vintage glossy 10 x 8 TWA Airlines photos of the Beatles on flight 703 on August 13, 1965, showing the famous passengers en route to New Yo
Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
Beatles 1963 Swedish 'Pop Festival' Handbill5018Beatles 1963 Swedish 'Pop Festival' Handbill
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Original vintage 6.25 x 11.25 handbill for the ‘Pop Festival,’ the Beatlesâ€
Estimate : 1,200.00 - 1,500.00
Beatles 1963 Original Photograph5019Beatles 1963 Original Photograph
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Original vintage glossy 3.5 x 3.5 photo of the Beatles performing live at the Majestic Ballroom in Birkenhead in the fall of 1962, depicting the hands
Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
Beatles 1964 Stock Certificate5020Beatles 1964 Stock Certificate
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Blank original stock certificate for "Beatles (U.S.A.) Limited," one page, 11 x 7.75, no date but circa 1964, marked as "Number 11.&q...
Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00