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Miles Dewey Davis III (May 26, 1926 – September 28, 1991) was an American trumpeter, bandleader, and composer. He is among the most influential and acclaimed figures in the history of jazz and 20th-century music. Davis adopted a variety of musical directions in a five-decade career that kept him at the forefront of many major stylistic developments in jazz.
Below is a recent realized price for a Miles Davis signed photo. We at Nate D. Sanders Auctions can obtain up to this amount or more for you:
Miles Davis Signed Photo. Sold for over $1,000.
Here is a Miles Davis autograph we sold:
1959 First Ever Playboy Jazz Festival Yearbook — Signed by Hugh Hefner and Jazz Greats Including Louis Armstrong, Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis, Dave Brubeck and Oscar Peterson — Fantastic Piece of Jazz History!
Program from the first ever Playboy Jazz Festival held in Chicago in August 1959, signed by some of the all time great jazz artists, including Louis Armstrong, Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Dave Brubeck and Miles Davis. The three-day Festival was established by Hugh Hefner to celebrate jazz and to showcase jazz musicians. “Hef” signs the cover of “The 1959 Playboy Jazz Festival Yearbook”: “Best wishes Hugh Hefner”. The 44 page program features photos and biographies of the musicians in the Festival. Eighteen of the Festival musicians also sign next to their photos. They include Art Hodes, Jimmy McPartland, Earl Bostic, Georg Brunis, Red Nichols, Jimmy Rushing, Dizzy Gillespie, Pee Wee Russell, Stan Kenton, Bobby Darin, Jack Teagarden and Kai Winding. The program, measuring 8.25″ x 11″, has been folded and shows significant separation at spine, not affecting autographs. Overall in very good condition. Sold for $1,569.
Here are some other items that our auction house, Nate D. Sanders (http://www.NateDSanders.com), has sold:
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.
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.
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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.
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 ESTIMATE. To buy, auction, sell or consign your Miles Davis signed photo that is for sale, please email your description and photos to [email protected] of Nate D. Sanders Auctions (http://www.NateDSanders.com).