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Billie Holiday America’s No 1 Stylist Poster. Sold for About $40,000.
Here are some Billie Holiday items we’ve sold:
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.
Billie Holiday Signed First Edition of Her Memoirs — Scarce
Scarce signed copy of Billie Holiday’s autobiography ”Lady Sings The Blues”, signed by Holiday. Published in 1956, the book spoke candidly about her struggles with alcoholism and racial inequality. It was also the blueprint for the 1972 film of the same name, which garnered Diana Ross an Academy Award nomination for her portrayal of Holiday. Published by Doubleday: Garden City: 1956, autobiography features a variety of candid photographs of Holiday to the front and rear pastedowns. Holiday signs in blue ink to the flyleaf: ”Stay Happy Cool / Always / Billie Holiday”. 250pp. book is bound in red cloth boards with the title, author and publisher written in black and white to spine. Measures 5.75” x 8.5”. Toning to edges and slight wear to board edges. Light foxing to the flyleaf. Very good. Sold for $3,125.
Billie Holiday Twice-Signed Photo — With Epperson COA
Billie Holiday publicity photo, signed on the front by Holiday as well as the verso. She writes, ”To Dale / Billie Holiday” on the front, and ”For Dale / Stay Happy / Billie Holiday” on the verso, both penned in blue ballpoint. Publicity photo has ”Associated Booking Corp.” printed at bottom, which represented Holiday beginning in the 1940s. Photo measures approximately 7.75” x 9.75”. Light creasing and discoloration, and trimmed right and top edges. Overall in very good condition. With Roger Epperson COA for both signatures. Sold for $1,375.
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Bob Dylan Signed, Handwritten Lyrics to “Like a Rolling Stone” — The Quintessential Rock Song — With COA From Dylan’s Manager
One of the most covered and influential songs of all time, “Like a Rolling Stone” lyrics are here handwritten and signed by their creator, Bob Dylan. With this song, Dylan reinvigorated his passion for his own work and fully embraced rock music as a complement to folk. Clocking in at 6 1/2 minutes long, the song was initially thought too long to be commercially successful, until listeners in the mid-60s harassed radio stations to play it in its entirety. “Like a Rolling Stone” has been covered by Jimi Hendrix, The Rolling Stones and countless others, and inspired even more. Bruce Springsteen first heard it when he was 15 years old: “on came that snare shot that sounded like somebody’d kicked open the door to your mind…The way that Elvis freed your body, Dylan freed your mind, and showed us that because the music was physical did not mean it was anti-intellect. He had the vision and talent to make a pop song so that it contained the whole world. He invented a new way a pop singer could sound, broke through the limitations of what a recording could achieve, and he changed the face of rock’n’roll for ever and ever.” Handwritten lyrics read in full:
“Like a Rolling Stone
Once upon a time you dressed so fine threw the bums a dime in your prime didn’t you
People call say beware doll you’re bound to fall you thought they were all kiddin’ you
You used to laugh about everybody that was hanging out
Now you don’t talk so loud now you don’t act so proud
’bout having to be scrounging for your next meal
How does it feel How does it feel
To be on your own, with no direction home like a complete unknown
Like a Rolling Stone
You’ve gone to the finest school all right Miss Lonely but you know you only used to get juiced in it
Nobody ever taught you how to live out on the street and now you’re gonna have to get used to it
You said you’d never compromise with the mystery tramp but now you realize
He’s not selling any alibi and you stare into the vacuum of his eyes
And say do you want to make a deal
How does it feel how does it feel
To be on your own with no direction home like a complete unknown
Like a Rolling Stone
You’ve never turned around to see the frowns on the jugglers or the clowns when they all came down and did tricks for you
You’ve never understood it ain’t no good you should never let other people get your kicks for you
You used to ride on the chrome horse with your diplomat who carried on his shoulder a Siamese cat
Aint it hard when you discover that he really wasn’t where it’s at
After he’s taken everything he can steal
How does it feel How does it feel
To be on your own with no direction home like a complete unknown
Like a Rolling Stone
Princess on the steeple and all the pretty people drinking thinkin’ that they got it made
Exchanging all precious gifts and things, you better take your diamond rings, you better pawn ’em babe
You used to be so amused at Napoleon in rags and the language that he used
Go to him now he calls you and you can’t refuse. When you got nothing you got nothing to lose
You’re invisible you got no secrets to conceal
How does it feel how does it feel
To be on your own with no direction home like a complete unknown
Like a Rolling Stone
Bob Dylan”
Single page measures 8.5″ x 11″. In near fine condition. With COA from Jeff Rosen, Bob Dylan’s manager. Sold for $90,000.
Lot of exceptional Beatles items, including a ”Please Please Me” album signed by all four, without inscription. The Beatles’ first LP, ”Please Please Me” is here signed on the verso of the album cover in blue ink by Paul McCartney, John Lennon, Ringo Starr and George Harrison. Framed to a size of 35.5” x 23”. Not examined out of frame. Some wear to edges, light toning and discoloration. Overall in good condition. With Roger Epperson COA for all four signatures.
Lot also includes a John Lennon signed and handwritten Happy New Year card for 1978. Lennon writes, ”To Stan & Jan, Happy Holidays / love / John Yoko Sean”. Lennon then hand draws doodles, which appear to be little portraits of him, Yoko and Sean. Card measures 6.5” x 10” unfolded. Accompanied by original envelope postmarked 19 December 1977 from New York, all framed to a size of 25” x 22.25”. Not examined out of frame but card appears near fine. With Roger Epperson COA. Sold for $28,750.
Excellent Beatles signed concert program – without inscription, for a concert held on 25 April 1963 at Fairfield Hall in Croydon, Surrey. On the two-page spread devoted to The Beatles, each of the Fab Four sign next to their photo in blue ballpoint, ”I Love You / Yours / John Lennon / xxx”, ”Love, / Paul McCartney / xxx”, ”George Harrison / xx” and ”Love / Ringo Starr / [star sign]xx”. The event was organized by London concert promoter John Smith, and also featured John Leyton (who cancelled his appearance), The Big Three, Billy Kramer, and several more acts, with The Beatles headlining. Orange program bound by two staples runs six pages and measures 6.875” x 9.5”. Separation starting along bottom seam, and creasing throughout. Small hole to top right of cover. Overall in very good condition. With Roger Epperson COA for all four signatures. A rare uninscribed Beatles concert program, signed at the cusp of their global fame. Sold for $9,375.
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 concert poster from 29 August 1966 at Candlestick Park in San Francisco, their last performance as a touring band. Original printing bears the yellow union bug at bottom right, very rare as one of only approximately 300 printed for the event. Poster #AOR-1.115 was designed by 1960s designer Wes Wilson, featuring a yin yang inspired symbol of the Union Jack and United States flags above a stylistic photograph of the Fab Four. Printed on card stock measuring 17.125″ x 24.125″. Poster is featured in Paul Grushkin’s book “The Art of Rock Posters from Presley to Punk”, page 64. Approximate 1.5″ closed tear at right mid-low margin, and .5″ closed tear at upper left margin. Minimal creasing, and no pinholes or mounting remnants. Displays beautifully with bright colors, in very good plus condition. Sold for $6,038.
Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash & Carl Perkins Signed 14″ x 11″ Photo of the “Million Dollar Quartet” Jam Session With Elvis Presley
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.
Rolling Stones Signed Limited Edition Poster for the Licks World Tour — With Epperson COA
Rare limited edition Licks 2002-03 tour poster signed by the Rolling Stones. Limited edition is number 240/1,000, signed by Keith Richards, Mick Jagger, Charlie Watts, Ronnie Wood, and artist Jeff Koons. Vivid, colorful poster with metallic stamping measures 39.5″ x 19″. Near fine condition. With Roger Epperson COA. Sold for $5,914.
Rare Led Zeppelin Poster Measuring 12″ x 19″ for Their Show on 1 May 1969 in Irvine, California
Led Zeppelin concert poster for their 1 May 1969 show at University of California Irvine’s Crawford Hall. Psychedelic poster designed by Chris Boulton is rare in this size of 12″ x 19″, with handbills more often seen at auction. It would also be their last concert poster without the appearance of a dirigible, the first showing of which occurred the next night in a poster for their show in Pasadena, and then started to appear in all their promotional materials. Poster on glossy paper measures 12″ x 19″. A few pinholes, light creasing, edgewear along margins, and a peace sign stamped to lower right corner. Some mounting remnants to verso. Overall very good condition, one of the most desirable Led Zeppelin posters. Sold for $5,825.
Exceptionally Rare Sex Pistols & The Clash 1976 “Anarchy in the UK” Tour Poster — From Cancelled Bournemouth Show
Scarce Sex Pistols concert poster, from the 1976 “Anarchy in the UK” tour. Poster lists tour dates and supporting acts, including “The Clash,” “Damned” and “Johnny And the Heartbreakers.” Poster advertises the tour’s cancelled Bournemouth Village Bowl appearance for 7 December 1976, never performed on account of the The Sex Pistols’ profanity laden television appearance. Poster measures 19.5″ x 29″, with some minor scratches, two 1.5″ tears at bottom and one 2″ tear at top. Three of the corners are chipped from mounting. Very good. Sold for $4,967.
Janis Joplin First Printing Concert Poster — For Show on 25 October 1969 in Oklahoma City
Rare first printing concert poster for Janis Joplin for a show on 25 October 1969 at the Fairgrounds Arena in Oklahoma City. Johnny Dark Productions concert had the James Cotton Blues Band opening for Joplin and her band (the Kozmik Blues), promoted here in the poster designed by R. McIntosh and B.G. Vesper. Attractive poster in orange-brown is coolly accented in metallic blue-grey. Measures 17.5″ x 22.5″. A few small chips to edges and light creasing. Overall in very good plus condition. Sold for $4,400.
One of the Rarest of 1960s Rock Posters — Janis Joplin & Big Brother and the Holding Company Poster From April 1968 — Featured in “Art of Rock”
Extremely rare poster for a 19 April 1968 Fresno concert by Janis Joplin, and Big Brother and the Holding Company, with The Mint Tattoo opening. In this psychedelic explosion of colors, font and visuals, designer Dale Oftedal uses a rainbow of colors to convey his aesthetic, including the depiction of Janis Joplin as a free spirited bird perched upon a branch. This poster was printed in a very limited run, and thus scarce, especially in the condition found here. It was chosen for its uniqueness and scarcity by Paul Grushkin for his reference book, “The Art of Rock from Presley to Punk”, found on plate 3.30 and thus identified as AOR-3.30. Measures 17″ x 24.25″. A well preserved poster with light creasing and edge wear, and a few small scuffs. Overall in very good plus condition. Sold for $4,000.
Very Rare Doors Poster From a 1967 Performance at the Kaleidoscope Club in Hollywood
Original circular hand-pulled silkscreen poster, promoting a three day performance by the up-and-coming band The Doors, at the Kaleidoscope Club in Hollywood on 21-23 April 1967. A series of 20 posters were issued by Kaleidoscope in 1967, one for each concert that year. This dayglo fluorescent poster is considered to be the most rare in the Kaleidoscope series because of the type of ink used by artist John Douglas Kline in production. Posters in this series are almost non-existent because they were issued for promotion only, and the silkscreens used to produce the posters were burned in a fire. The Kaleidoscope was a psychedelic rock venue run by the management of the band Canned Heat. It was only open for roughly six months in 1967, with many memorable bands performing in that brief time. The venue was housed at the Earl Carroll Theater, which was then located at 6230 Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood, and featured two concentrically rotating stages at the center of the venue. For The Doors performance, the show was moved to a club called Ciros, at 8433 W. Sunset Boulevard in West Hollywood, (which is now the Comedy Store) since the original location of the club at the Earl Carroll Theatre had yet to be finalized. Circular poster depicts a silhouette of the faces of The Doors, with the band names in psychedelic 60’s font, and is printed in bright shades in a color combination meant to play tricks on the eye, as if looking through a psychedelic kaleidoscope. Previously owned by Alan Brackett, the original bass player in the Peanut Butter Conspiracy, who played with The Doors at this venue, along with The UFO. Poster measures 18.75″ in diameter, with some pinholes around the edge and very minor creasing. Near fine condition. Sold for $3,936.
Lovely lot by American composer Cole Porter. Includes an autograph manuscript quotation signed of ”Night and Day” where Porter draws a stanza in bass clef under which he writes, ”Night + day, you are the one!” Porter also signs a matte photo portrait of himself, ”Sincerely / Cole Porter”. Porter wrote ”Night and Day” for the stage production of the musical ”Gay Divorce” starring Fred Astaire, and it gained widespread popularity with its inclusion in the film version. Some of the most acclaimed musicians in the world have covered the jazz standard, including Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra, U2, Ringo Starr, Etta James, and many more. Lore surrounds Porter’s inspiration for writing the atypically-structured piece, with one legend holding that he was moved by the Islamic prayer ritual in Morocco. Lot includes original envelope, from the Waldorf-Astoria in New York to a Miss Suzanna Lovett. Envelope is postmarked New York, 6 January 1953. Photo measures 2.75” x 3.75” and AMQS measures 3.5” x 2.5”. Discoloration from tape residue to the top of each, else fine condition. Sold for $2,772.
Charlie Parker Rare Signed Photo — With Epperson COA
A very rare signature by jazz legend Charlie Parker, who here signs a 5” x 3.5” photo in black fountain pen, writing, ”To Dorothy & Bob / Good Luck / Charlie Parker”. Satin finish photo has light wear and creasing, overall in very good condition. With Roger Epperson COA. Sold for $2,500.
John Coltrane Musical Score Entirely in Coltrane’s Hand — Unpublished Composition ”Broadway”
Exceedingly rare original musical manuscript written entirely in the hand of jazz legend John Coltrane. Entitled ”Broadway” at top, this composition appears to be unpublished and represents an opportunity to explore new jazz beats by the unique and innovative Coltrane. Written in bold pencil on one page of lined 10.5” x 13.5” paper. Moderate soiling and ragged edges which could be matted out. Content itself remains dark and easily readable. From the estate of John Coltrane and with Guernsey’s provenance. Sold for $1,452.
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