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Ella Jane Fitzgerald (April 25, 1917 – June 15, 1996) was an American jazz singer, sometimes referred to as the “First Lady of Song”, “Queen of Jazz”, and “Lady Ella”. She was noted for her purity of tone, impeccable diction, phrasing, timing, intonation, and a “horn-like” improvisational ability, particularly in her scat singing.
Below is a recent realized price for an Ella Fitzgerald vintage youthful signed photo. We at Nate D. Sanders Auctions can obtain up to this amount or more for you:
Ella Fitzgerald Vintage Youthful Signed Photo. Sold for over $1,000.
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A pair of framed bumper artwork used in ”The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson.” Both prints read ”More to Come”, which were shown on the television screen, encouraging viewers to stay tuned through the commercial breaks. Artistic prints are of Ella Fitzgerald and John Coltrane. Each measure 15.25” x 12.25”. Near fine. From the ”Tonight Show” itself and not a third party reproduction. Sold for $425.
Plaque Presented to ”The First Lady of Song” Ella Fitzgerald in 1968
Plaque awarded to vocal legend Ella Fitzgerald by Temple University in Pennsylvania, the first year the school held their annual music festival. Fitzgerald was one of the singers that year, with acts that included Van Cliburn, Benny Goodman, Duke Ellington and more. By this time, Fitzgerald was already a legend in her own right, traveling around the world and recording many of her famous hits still revered today. Two bronze engraved plaques are affixed to a piece of wood. First and smaller plaque reads: ”To Ella Fitzgerald / Presented at the Temple University Music Festival / July 13, 1968 By the Pioneers of Phila. Pa.” Second plaque beneath reads: ”For Your Tremendous Contribution to the Musical World From Chick Webb to Present”. Measures 9” x 11.75”. Has a few small dings and scratches, overall very good condition. Sold for $120.
Charming Beatles Autographs on a Photo With Funny Inscriptions by John, Paul, George and Ringo — “Why Don’t You Get A Job? Good heavens from John Lennon”
Charming publicity photograph of The Beatles sipping from china tea cups, with all of the Beatles autographs on verso in various inks with facetious messages by The Fab Four: “To Roy, why don’t you get a job? good heavens from John Lennon” with a hand-drawn crucifix motif; “To Roy you’re fired! you may think this is a joke, but if we come back soon, you’ll see…Paul McCartney”; “Why don’t you just piss off! George Harrison”; and, “To Roy, the best barman in L.A, Ringo Starr”. Additionally inscribed and signed “To Mother Roy it’s been fun nowing [sic] you Neil Aspinall” and further annotated in an unknown hand. Glossy photo measures 6″ x 8″. Diagonal crease across upper right of photo, some dampstaining and fingerprints on verso, else near fine. A rare, fantastic piece showing the Fab Four’s playful wit. Sold for $10,470.
Charlie Parker Rare Signed 8” x 10” Photo — With Roger Epperson COA
A very rare signature by jazz legend Charlie Parker, who here signs an 8″ x 10″ photo, writing, “To The Madcaps, The most in entertainment! Charlie Parker”. Addendum in red ink reads “Joe of”, referring to Madcaps member Joe DiFulvio; the Madcaps were a harmonica duet comprised of DiFulvio and Carl Ford, who performed with big acts of their day, including Frank Sinatra, Bob Hope and likely Charlie Parker. Glossy publicity photo has some light creasing, otherwise near fine. With Roger Epperson COA. Sold for $10,000.
The Beatles signed fan club photo measuring 5.75” x 4”, signed in green ink by all four when Pete Best drummed for the band. Signed ”John Lennon”, ”George Harrison”, ”Pete Best” and ”Paul McCartney”, who also adds the inscription ”To Hank / Best Wishes”. Upon the verso of the photo is printed, ”With Best Wishes / from / Paul Pete / John George / THE BEATLES / April 5th 1962”. Light creasing to photo and some fading to ink, overall in very good condition. Slabbed by PSA/DNA and also with their COA. Sold for $8,750.
Very Clean, Exceptional Postcard with the Beatles Autographs — With COA by Beatles Expert Frank Caiazzo
Very attractive Fan Club photo card with The Beatles autographs; “Paul McCartney,” “George Harrison,” “John Lennon” and “Ringo Starr.” Each man signed his name in red ball point pen near his respective image. Photocard features a black and white photo of the Beatles, playfully posed circa 1963, and is in very good condition, unusually so for a card signed by all the band members. Official Fan Club signed cards are quite rare, as secretaries would often sign them them in lieu of the Fab Four themselves. Light spot of discoloration above Paul McCartney’s image and creasing to corners. The ink in Paul’s name also ran out as he was signing so the “tney” is not readily visible. Paper and tape residual to verso from being affixed to a photo album. Overall an exceptional, clean piece. Measures 5.5″ x 4.25″ With Frank Caiazzo COA certifying that the Beatles autographs are authentic. Sold for $8,400.
Bob Dylan Signed Album “Highway 61 Revisited” — With Roger Epperson, Jeff Rosen & PSA/DNA COAs
Highway 61 Revisited is the sixth studio album by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, released on August 30, 1965 by Columbia Records. Having until then recorded mostly acoustic music, Dylan used rock musicians as his backing band on every track of the album, except for the closing track, the 11-minute ballad “Desolation Row”. Critics have focused on the innovative way Dylan combined driving, blues-based music with the subtlety of poetry to create songs that captured the political and cultural chaos of contemporary America. Author Michael Gray has argued that, in an important sense, the 1960s “started” with this album.
Bob Dylan signed album, “Highway 61 Revisited”, his 1965 album that “started” the 1960s. Leading with “Like a Rolling Stone”, Highway 61 is Dylan’s homage to the blues music that deeply influenced his writing and life. Signed by the master along the bottom of the album’s cover. Near fine condition. With COAs from PSA/DNA, Jeff Rosen and Roger Epperson. Sold for $6,074.
Jerry Lee Lewis Johnny Cash & Carl Perkins Signed Photo
“Million Dollar Quartet” is a recording of an impromptu jam session involving Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, and Johnny Cash made on December 4, 1956, at the Sun Record Studios in Memphis, Tennessee. An article about the session was published in the Memphis Press-Scimitar under the title “Million Dollar Quartet”. The recording was first released in Europe in 1981 as The Million Dollar Quartet with 17 tracks. A few years later more tracks were discovered and released as The Complete Million Dollar Session. In 1990, the recordings were released in the United States as Elvis Presley – The Million Dollar Quartet. This session is considered a seminal moment in rock and roll.
The jam session seems to have happened by pure chance. Perkins, who by this time had already met success with “Blue Suede Shoes”, had come into the studios that day accompanied by his brothers Clayton and Jay and by drummer W.S. Holland, their aim being to record some new material, including a revamped version of an old blues song, “Matchbox”. Sam Phillips, the owner of Sun Records, who wanted to try to fatten this sparse rockabilly instrumentation, had brought in his latest acquisition, Jerry Lee Lewis, still unknown outside Memphis, to play piano (at the time, a Wurlitzer Spinet) on the Perkins session. Lewis’s first Sun single would be released a few days later. Sometime in the early afternoon, 21-year-old Elvis Presley, a former Sun artist now with RCA Victor, arrived to pay a casual visit accompanied by a girlfriend, Marilyn Evans. After chatting with Phillips in the control room, Presley listened to the playback of Perkins’s session, which he pronounced to be good. Then he went into the studio and some time later, the jam session began. At some point during the session, Sun artist Johnny Cash, who had recently enjoyed a few hit records on the country charts, arrived as well. (Cash wrote in his autobiography Cash that he had been first to arrive at the Sun Studio that day, wanting to listen in on the Perkins recording session.) Jack Clement was engineering that day and remembers saying to himself “I think I’d be remiss not to record this,” and so he did. After running through a number of songs, Elvis and girlfriend Evans slipped out as Jerry Lee pounded away on the piano. Cash wrote in Cash that “no one wanted to follow Jerry Lee, not even Elvis.” Whatever Elvis’s feelings may or may not have been in regard to “following” Lewis, Presley was clearly the “star” of the impromptu jam session, which consisted largely of snippets of gospel songs that the four artists had all grown up singing. The recordings show Elvis, the most nationally and internationally famous of the four at the time, to be the focal point of what was a casual, spur-of-the-moment gathering of four artists who would each go on to contribute greatly to the seismic shift in popular music in the late 1950s.
Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash and Carl Perkins signed photo of their historic jam session with Elvis Presley on 4 December 1956, an impromptu once-in-a-lifetime recording session of the four men who would shape late 1950s rock ‘n roll. Large 14″ x 11″ glossy photo is signed by Lewis in orange felt-tip and by Cash and Perkins in black felt-tip. Photo is nicely framed to a size of 21.625″ x 17.75″. Not examined out of frame, but appears near fine. With COA from Odyssey Group. Sold for $5,960.
Billie Holiday Signed 8” x 10” Photograph — ”Stay as Great as you Are / Billie Holiday”
Billie Holiday signed 8” x 10” glossy photograph. Holiday elegantly signs ”Stay as Great as you Are / Billie Holiday” in blue ink to publicity photograph. Lot also includes LP of Holiday’s 1954 release ”Volume 3” with colorful cover designed by renowned artist Burt Goldblatt. Very light creasing to photograph, overall near fine. Sold for $3,750.
Billie Holiday 8” x 10” Signed Photo — With PSA/DNA COA
Billie Holiday signed glossy photo, signed in vibrant blue ink: ”Best always / Billie Holiday”. Publicity photo has ”Associated Booking Corp.” printed at bottom, which represented Holiday beginning in the 1940s. 8” x 10” photo has some creasing, especially along lower right; overall in very good condition. With PSA/DNA COA. Billie Holiday signed photos are quite rare. Sold for $3,125.
The Who Vintage Signed Photo PSA/DNA Keith Moon
Vintage glossy black and white photo of iconic rock band The Who, signed vertically in black ballpoint by Keith Moon, John Entwistle, and Pete Townshend, and in blue ballpoint by Roger Daltrey. Inscribed “To Angelina,” likely in Daltrey’s hand, between Daltrey and Townshend’s images. Of The Who, Rolling Stone magazine aptly states, “Along with The Beatles and The Rolling Stones, The Who complete the holy trinity of British rock.” Measures 9.5″ x 7.25″. In near fine condition. Accompanied by PSA/DNA COA. Sold for $2,527.
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Swing Jazz Legends Book of Autographs — Including Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington
1940’s autograph book containing more than 40 signatures of swing and jazz greats including Louis Armstrong, Horace Henderson, Fletcher ”Smack” Henderson, Chet Kruley, Walter Harris, Eddie Durham, Lionel Hampton, Gene Krupa, Red ”Mr. Swing” Norvo, Earl Father Hines, Duke Ellington, Hal McIntyre, and more. Additional signatures on a Red Norvo concert stub include Milt ”Shorty” Rogers, Clyde Lombardi, Gordon ”Specs” Powell and more. Separate sheets filled with signatures and individually signed slips include Earl Hines, Kermit Scott, Dolores Parker, Helen Humes, Coleman Hawkins, Norma Granz, Earl Father Hines, Eugene Thomas Bass, Clifton Smalls, Dolores Parker, Druie Bess, Wallee Wood, Harris Arhl, Warden Gray, Earl Hines, Scoups Carry, Willie Cork, Kermit Scott, Clive B, John Williamson and more. Some sign twice, including Duke Ellington, who signs the book and a slip. Abundant autograph book features multicolored pages and silk moire endpapers. Bound in lime green velour boards with gilt lettering and a pictorial design. Measures 5” x 4”. Assorted slips measure the same or smaller. Some toning, sunning and ink blotch to rear board, else near fine. A delightful assortment of the greatest big band and jazz personalities. Sold for $385.
1953 Jazz Program Signed by Hawkins, McGhee, Heard, Brown & Jones
Stylish ”Norman Granz’ Jazz at the Philharmonic” 1953 program signed by jazz greats of the era: saxophone player Coleman Hawkins, trumpeter Howard McGhee, drummer J.C. Heard, bassist Ray Brown and pianist Hank Jones. A page with each musician’s photo and biographical blurb is in the program, where the musicians sign on their respective pages. 8pp. book measures 8.5” x 10.75”. Some chipping to inner pages. Overall good condition. Sold for $300.
FREE APPRAISAL. To buy, auction, sell or consign your Ella Fitzgerald vintage youthful signed photo that is for sale, please email your description and photos to [email protected] of Nate D. Sanders Auctions (http://www.NateDSanders.com).