Price: $2,750 American jazz trumpet player. Three-quarter length Photograph of Armstrong wearing a white suit, and playing his trumpet, Signed and Inscribed in green ink in the upper right portion, “To Max Turner… Louis Armstrong.” The black and white photograph measures 8 inches wide by 10 inches high. Matted in ivory and gray, and framed … [ Read More ]
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Beatles
Price: $7,500 British rock ‘n roll singers. Large bold signatures of each Beatle on separate sheets of paper. George Harrison signs a sheet of paper measuring 4 inches wide by 2 3/8 inches high; John Lennon signs on a sheet of paper measuring 5 inches wide by 2 inches high; Ringo Starr signs and underlines … [ Read More ]
Beatles
Price: $14,500 British rock n’ roll singers. Signatures, on one page in an octavo notebook belonging to a girl named Nicola, [1967] . Inscribed “McCartney loves Nicola (true)”, the inscription annotated by McCartney’s sketch of three flowers. Ringo Starr signs “love Ringo Starr” and John Lennon signs it twice, with the second signature partly deleted. … [ Read More ]
Bernstein, Leonard
Price: $750 American composer and conductor. Typewritten Letter Signed, “Lenny Bernstein” with a three line post script in his hand, one page, quarto, New York, April 4, 1945. An early letter to a friend, Leonard, who has written from the Philippines where WWII was still going on. He thanks him for his thoughtful comments about … [ Read More ]
Bernstein, Leonard
Price: $1,500 American composer and conductor. Autograph Note Signed, Lenny, one page, octavo, 1975. On his name imprinted correspondence card measuring 4 ¾ inches wide by 3 ½ inches high. To “Dear Doris [Monteux]”. The widow of conductor Pierre Monteux. “How marvelous to receive your charming letter. It evokes so much nostalgia, and memories of … [ Read More ]
Ellington, Duke
Price: $1,500 American jazz musician. Document Signed, one page, quarto, New York, April 13, 1944. On imprinted stationery of the William Morris Agency. “In connection with my contract, dated March 24, 1944 for my engagement at the Roxy Theatre commencing between July 12 and August 16, 1944, and your option to re-engage me for a … [ Read More ]
Farrar, Geraldine
Price: $275 American operatic soprano. Signed Geraldine Farrar, portrait Photograph, full-length, of the diva in costume, wearing a crown and a richly embroidered gown with a long train. The black and white photograph measures 5 inches wide by 7 inches high. This item is associated with these categories in our inventory: Musicians / Composers Women
Farrar, Geraldine
Price: $185 American operatic soprano. Autograph Letter Signed, Geraldine Farrar, four full pages, octavo, Ridgefield, Connecticut, n.d. [December 3, 1936]. With original envelope to Mrs. Mabel Webb, mother of the actor Clifton Webb. Fine condition. “It was a most happy gathering, and I thank you for the occasion! Too bad I had to go…for Clifton … [ Read More ]
Garcia, Jerry
Price: $17,500 American Rock ‘n Roll singer; leader of the Grateful Dead. Autograph Manuscript, one page, legal folio, [1992]. Garcia handwrites the lyrics to the song, The Maker, which he played in concert with the Jerry Garcia band from 1992. On a yellow-lined sheet of paper. “Oh deep water Black and cold like the nite … [ Read More ]
Gershwin, George
Price: $9,500 American composer; wrote Rhapsody in Blue. Typewritten Document Signed George Gershwin, three pages, quarto, New York, November 27, 1931. Also signed by IRA GERSHWIN. A contract for a new song to be written by the Gershwins for the motion picture, Girl Crazy. “We entered into an agreement dated March 9, 1931, with you, … [ Read More ]
Goodman, Benny
Price: $1,250 American bandleader. Three-quarter length profile Photograph of Benny Goodman playing his clarinet, Signed and Inscribed in the middle left portion, “Best Wishes / to Joseph Shapiro / Benny Goodman.” The black and white photograph measures 8 inches wide by 10 inches high.
Guthrie, Woody
Price: $17,500 American singer-songwriter and folk musician; the “Dust Bowl Balladeer.” Typewritten Letter Signed, one page, Signed vertically, Woody Guthrie, on lightly-lined beige paper measuring 7 1/2 inches wide by 9 3/4 inches high, March 19, 1946. To the legendary record producer Moe Asch who a year later founded Folkways Records. In the upper left … [ Read More ]
Handy, W C
Price: $7,500 African American blues composer. Autograph Musical Quotation Signed and Inscribed, “The Memphis Blues / to Lionel A Aucoin by W. C. Handy”, on a one-page sheet with three staves, narrow oblong quarto, February 13, 1946. Below his inscription, Handy has written two measures from his song with the lyrics, “They had a fiddler … [ Read More ]
Holiday, Billie
Price: $3,750 American jazz singer. Autograph Sentiment Signed, “For Kayo / Sincerely / Billie Holiday,” in black pen on a card measuring 4 1/4 inches wide by 3 inches high. “Lady Day” (a nickname given to her by her friend and musical partner Lester Young) had a seminal influence on jazz and pop singing. Her … [ Read More ]
Holly, Buddy
Price: $8,750 Buddy Holly and The Crickets. American Rock ‘n Roll singers. Album cover for The Chirping Crickets, signed in blue ink on the front by Buddy Holly (who adds, Best of luck to you), his drummer Jerry Allison, and bassist Joe Maudlin. A notation on the back states, “March 21, 1958, Walthamstow, the Crickets.” … [ Read More ]
Lennon, John
Price: $12,500 Member of the Beatles. Full-length octavo-size printed photograph of Lennon with Paul, George and Ringo, boldly signed by John Lennon above his image. Framed in sand, charcoal and gilt measuring 10 ½ inches wide by 13 inches high.
Perkins, Carl
Price: $8,500 American singer, songwriter, and guitarist; wrote “Blue Suede Shoes.” Autograph Manuscript Signed, one page, quarto, 1991. On Perkins’ personal letterhead. Carl Perkins has transcribed six lines of lyrics from his 1956 hit “Blue Suede Shoes”. “‘Blue Suede Shoes’ / Well it’s one for the money / Two for the show / Three to … [ Read More ]
Piaf, Edith
Price: $4,750 French singer and actress whose interpretation of the Chanson, or French ballad, made her internationally famous. A vintage “real photo” portrait postcard of the legendary chanteuse in a wistful gaze, inscribed in the dark lower portion, Pour Mademoiselle Yvette Pichou en toute sympathie, Edith Piaf, undated [1944]. The postcard measures 3 1/2 inches … [ Read More ]
Piaf, Edith
Price: $3,750 French singer and actress whose interpretation of the Chanson, or French ballad, made her internationally famous. A close-up, head-shot Photograph of the legendary chanteuse in a wistful gaze, her hand on her cheek, Signed Edith Piaf and Inscribed in the dark upper portion, “Pour Monsieur Maurice Croifer / Sympathique… / Edith Piaf”. The black … [ Read More ]
Presley, Elvis
Price: $12,500 American rock ‘n roll singer. Record Album Signed and Inscribed on the front cover, “To Kevin / Best Wishes / Elvis Presley,” in the clear lower right portion of the album. The 1956 RCA Victor Album, “Elvis,” includes the songs, “Rip It Up,” “Love Me,” “When My Blue Moon Turns to Gold Again,” … [ Read More ]
Seeger, Pete
Price: $20,000 American folk singer. Autograph Musical Quotation Singed, four measures and the lyrics from his song “Where Have All the Flowers Gone,” in red ink on a mustard-colored sheet, measuring 17 inches wide by 8 ½ inches high, with a dried red/brown leaf in the lower right corner. “Where Have All the Flowers Gone?” … [ Read More ]
Sinatra, Frank
Price: $4,750 American singer and actor. Early Signed Photograph, “For Prince Francis Hohenlohe / With All Good Wishes / Frank Sinatra,” of the “idol of the bobby-soxers” (as teenage girls were called then), leaning to his left, a charming smile on his face, his hands crossed in front of him, and wearing a pin striped … [ Read More ]