The Estates of Lorraine and John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie

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Dizzy Gillespie: The Life of a Jazz Legend
Own a piece of American music history

A very special sale of the Estate of Lorraine and John Birks Gillespie

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The famous trumpeter was born in Cheraw, South Carolina on October 21, 1917 and died in Englewood, New Jersey in January 6, 1993. He married Lorraine Willis on May 9, 1940. They lived in their Englewood, NJ home from 1965 until their deaths. Lorraine died in June, 2004.
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A LARGE GROUP OF DIZZY GILLESPIE PHOTOGRAPHS BY VARIOUS PHOTOGRAPHERS Including Ted Leyson, Marc Pok161A LARGE GROUP OF DIZZY GILLESPIE PHOTOGRAPHS BY VARIOUS PHOTOGRAPHERS Including Ted Leyson, Marc Pok
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A LARGE GROUP OF DIZZY GILLESPIE PHOTOGRAPHS BY VARIOUS PHOTOGRAPHERS Including Ted Leyson, Marc Pokempner, Paul Slaughter, Dany Gignoux, and Giuseppe
A GROUP OF EARLY DIZZY GILLESPIE PHOTOGRAPHS A GROUP OF EARLY DIZZY GILLESPIE PHOTOGRAPHS162A GROUP OF EARLY DIZZY GILLESPIE PHOTOGRAPHS A GROUP OF EARLY DIZZY GILLESPIE PHOTOGRAPHS
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A GROUP OF EARLY DIZZY GILLESPIE PHOTOGRAPHS A GROUP OF EARLY DIZZY GILLESPIE PHOTOGRAPHS
A LARGE GROUP OF EARLY DIZZY GILLESPIE PHOTOGRAPHS A LARGE GROUP OF EARLY DIZZY GILLESPIE PHOTOGRAPH163A LARGE GROUP OF EARLY DIZZY GILLESPIE PHOTOGRAPHS A LARGE GROUP OF EARLY DIZZY GILLESPIE PHOTOGRAPH
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A LARGE GROUP OF EARLY DIZZY GILLESPIE PHOTOGRAPHS A LARGE GROUP OF EARLY DIZZY GILLESPIE PHOTOGRAPHS
A LARGE GROUP OF EARLY DIZZY GILLESPIE PHOTOGRAPHS A LARGE GROUP OF EARLY DIZZY GILLESPIE PHOTOGRAPH164A LARGE GROUP OF EARLY DIZZY GILLESPIE PHOTOGRAPHS A LARGE GROUP OF EARLY DIZZY GILLESPIE PHOTOGRAPH
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A LARGE GROUP OF EARLY DIZZY GILLESPIE PHOTOGRAPHS A LARGE GROUP OF EARLY DIZZY GILLESPIE PHOTOGRAPHS
FIVE LARGE COLOR PHOTOGRAPHS OF DIZZY GILLESPIE One signed "B. Thomson '88165FIVE LARGE COLOR PHOTOGRAPHS OF DIZZY GILLESPIE One signed "B. Thomson '88
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FIVE LARGE COLOR PHOTOGRAPHS OF DIZZY GILLESPIE One signed "B. Thomson '88
A BALDWIN NEOCLASSICAL STYLE VENEERED UPRIGHT PIANO WITH MATCHING BENCH Losses, wear, and imperfecti166A BALDWIN NEOCLASSICAL STYLE VENEERED UPRIGHT PIANO WITH MATCHING BENCH Losses, wear, and imperfecti
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A BALDWIN NEOCLASSICAL STYLE VENEERED UPRIGHT PIANO WITH MATCHING BENCH Losses, wear, and imperfections to surface, 45"h x 4'10 1/2"w ...
A PENCIL SKETCH OF DIZZY GILLESPIE Signed LR Denn167A PENCIL SKETCH OF DIZZY GILLESPIE Signed LR Denn
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A PENCIL SKETCH OF DIZZY GILLESPIE Signed LR Dennis Mario (Rivera) Puerto Rico, 1990, together with an abstract painting of Dizzy, signed LL (Mark) Sy
A CUT OUT PAINTED SCULPTURE OF A TRUMPET PLAYER S168A CUT OUT PAINTED SCULPTURE OF A TRUMPET PLAYER S
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A CUT OUT PAINTED SCULPTURE OF A TRUMPET PLAYER Signed Claudine Bush, together with a Ferdie Pacheco colored lithograph of trumpet man, inscribed &q...
A MARBLE TOP WOOD CABINET One drawer above two doors opening to two shelves, worn condition, 32"h x 169A MARBLE TOP WOOD CABINET One drawer above two doors opening to two shelves, worn condition, 32"h x
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A MARBLE TOP WOOD CABINET One drawer above two doors opening to two shelves, worn condition, 32"h x 14"w x 30"d
A MARBLEIZED ONE-DRAWER ROLLING DRINKS CART 27"h x 17 1/4"w x 35 1/2"d170A MARBLEIZED ONE-DRAWER ROLLING DRINKS CART 27"h x 17 1/4"w x 35 1/2"d
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A MARBLEIZED ONE-DRAWER ROLLING DRINKS CART 27"h x 17 1/4"w x 35 1/2"d