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Auction Name Entertainment & Music Memorabilia Total Sales (USD) 857,131.25
Auction Date August 08, 2020 - August 09, 2020 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 311,232.80
Sale Number #7221 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 4,466,843.20
Total Lots 792
Sold Lots 722 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 430,016.80
% of Lots Sold 91.16% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 4,645,019.20
Unsold Lots 70 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 18.45%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
89114

Buddy Holly, Chuck Berry 1958 Alan Freed "Big Beat" Rare Concert Poster.

 1958 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 118,750.00
89108

FD-26 Grateful Dead 1966 Legendary "Skeleton & Roses" Family Dog Concert Poster.

 1966 Not Available USD 38,750.00
89103

FD-2 "King Kong Memorial Dance" Rare 1966 Family Dog Fillmore Concert Poster.

1966 Not Available USD 31,250.00
89109

FD-26 Grateful Dead 1966 "Skeleton & Roses" Concert Poster w/Blue Color Only.

 1966 Not Available USD 21,875.00
89027

The Beatles-Carroll James Personal Archive (First Deejay to Play the Fab's in America) with Memo's, Notes & Correspondence from Brian Epstein, Tony Barrow, Ed Sullivan, Paul McCartney autograph, A Treasure Trove of Goodies (1963,1964).

 1963-1964 USD 1,600.00 - 2,400.00 USD 18,750.00
89119

Jimi Hendrix Experience 1968 Atlanta, Georgia Jumbo Day-Glo Concert Poster.

 1968 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 18,750.00
89284

Linda Ronstadt "Hasten Down The Wind" Original Color Cover Artwork (1976).

 1976 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 17,500.00
89102

FD-1 Jefferson Airplane "A Tribal Stomp" Rare First Family Dog Fillmore Concert Poster.

 Not Available USD 11,250.00
89160

Marilyn Monroe Owned and Worn Pearl Necklace With Photo Match.

 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 10,625.00
89120

BG-105 Jimi Hendrix Experience First Printing 1968 "Flying Eyeball" Concert Poster.

1968 USD 1,600.00 - 2,400.00 USD 10,000.00
89164

Marilyn Monroe Handwritten and Signed Two-Page Letter (1954).

 1954 USD 16,000.00 - 24,000.00 USD 10,000.00
89122

John Coltrane 1962 Chicago Concert Poster w/Sonny Rollins, Jack McDuff.

 1962 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 9,687.50
89136

Elvis Presley Spring 1956 Columbus and Dayton, Ohio Concert Handbill.

1956 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 8,750.00
89166

Star Wars Cast Signed Poster.

 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 8,750.00
89165

Marilyn Monroe Photographer's Release Signed "Norma Jeane Dougherty" (1946)

 1946 USD 2,400.00 - 3,600.00 USD 8,437.50
89021

The Beatles' Second Album Poster Matted and Framed (1964).

 1964 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 7,812.50
89255

Janis Joplin Signed and Inscribed Black and White 8" x 10" Promo Photo.

 USD 1,280.00 - 1,920.00 USD 7,500.00
89128

KISS 1973 Very Early, Pre-First-Album Queens, New York Concert Poster.

 1973 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 6,875.00
89377

The Beatles Come to Town Rare Australian Daybill Matted and Framed (Warner Brothers, 1963).

1963 USD 160.00 - 240.00 USD 6,875.00
89061

The Beatles Signed 3 ½" x 5 ¾" Parlophone Records Promo Card (1963).

 1963 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 6,562.50
89144

Ike & Tina Turner 1960 Fillmore Auditorium Boxing-Style Concert Poster.

 1960 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 6,250.00
89334

Rock Hudson Presented Photoplay 14k Medal (1959).

 1959 USD 5,600.00 - 8,400.00 USD 6,250.00
89065

The Beatles-to-The Family Dog (San Francisco) 1968 Western Union Telegram.

 1968 Not Available USD 5,750.00
89060

The Beatles 1964 Autographed Swedish Magazine w/Frank Caiazzo LOA.

 USD 5,600.00 - 8,400.00 USD 5,500.00
89231

Bob Dylan Signed Blood on the Tracks Vinyl LP (Columbia, PC 33235).

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 5,500.00
  • Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    Starting 10AM CST
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [RUTH, George Herman “Babe” (1895-1948)]. Signed photograph. Circa 1930s. 191 x 248 mm. $1,500 to $2,500.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: HARRISON, Benjamin. Document signed (“Benj Harrison”) as governor of Virginia, certifying the service of Daniel Cumbo, a Black Revolutionary soldier. $6,000 to $9,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: ONE OF THE FIRST PRINTED ANNOUNCEMENTS OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    Starting 10AM CST
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: FIRST PRINTING OF LINCOLN’S IMMORTAL GETTYSBURG ADDRESS. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: HIGHLY IMPORTANT MORMON ARCHIVE. ALLEY, George. Archive of 23 Autograph Letters Signed by Mormon Convert George Alley to His Brother Joseph Alley. $10,000 to $20,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [AVIATION]. [ARMSTRONG, Neil A.] Aviation Hall of Fame Gold Medal MS64 NGC, Awarded to Neil Armstrong in 1979. $2,000 to $3,000.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    Starting 10AM CST
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: NEWLY DISCOVERED FIRST PRINTING OF "WITH MALICE TOWARDS NONE... " FROM THE ONLY NEWSPAPER ACTUALLY ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE IN LINCOLN’S SECOND INAUGURAL PROCESSION. $4,000 to $8,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: THE MOST IMPORTANT GEORGE WASHINGTON DOCUMENT IN PRIVATE HANDS; GEORGE WASHINGTON’S COMMISSION AS COMMANDER IN CHIEF, 1775, ONE OF ONLY TWO ORIGINALS. $150,000 to $250,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: A VERY RARE ACCOUNT OF BLACKBEARD’S DEATH AND ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PIRATE ITEMS EXTANT. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    Starting 10AM CST
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: EDISON, Thomas. Patent for Edison’s Improvements on the Electric-Light, No. 219,628. [Washington, D.C.: U.S. Patent Office], 16 September 1879. $2,000 to $3,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [VIETNAM WAR]. The original pen used by Secretary of State William P. Rogers to sign the Vietnam Peace Agreement, Paris, 27 January 1973. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: SONS OF LIBERTY FOUNDER COLONEL BARRÉ ANNOTATED TITLE-PAGE, “WHICH OUGHT TO ROUSE UP BRITISH ATTENTION”. $4,000 to $6,000.
  • Sotheby’s
    Modern First Editions
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Winston Churchill. The Second World War. Set of First-Edition Volumes. 6,000 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: A.A. Milne, Ernest H. Shepard. A Collection of The Pooh Books. Set of First-Editions. 18,600 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Salvador Dalí, Lewis Carroll. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Finely Bound and Signed Limited Edition. 15,000 USD
    Sotheby’s
    Modern First Editions
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ian Fleming. Live and Let Die. First Edition. 9,500 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter Series. Finely Bound First Printing Set of Complete Series. 5,650 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell to Arms. First Edition, First Printing. 4,200 USD
  • Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Piccolomini's De La Sfera del Mondo (The Sphere of the World), 1540.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Vellutello's Commentary on Petrarch, With Map, 1525.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Finely Bound Definitive, Illustrated Edition of I Promessi Sposi, 1840.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Rare First Edition of John Milton's Latin Correspondence, 1674.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Giolito's Edition of Boccaccio's The Decamerone, with Bedford Binding, 1542.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of the First Biography of Marie of the Incarnation, with Rare Portrait, 1677.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Aldine Edition of Volume One of Cicero's Orationes, 1540.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Bonanni's Illustrated Costume Catalogue, with Complete Plates, 1711.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: An Important Incunable, the First Italian Edition of Josephus's De Bello Judaico, 1480.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Jacques Philippe d'Orville's Illustrated Book of the Ruins of Sicily, 1764.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: An Incunable from 1487, The Contemplative Life, with Early Manuscript.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Ignatius of Loyola's Exercitia Spiritualia, 1563.
  • Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 546. Christoph Jacob Trew. Plantae selectae, 1750-1773.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 70. Thomas Murner. Die Narren beschwerung. 1558.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 621. Michael Bernhard Valentini. Museum Museorum, 1714.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 545. Sander Reichenbachia. Orchids illustrated and described, 1888-1894.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1018. Marinetti, Boccioni, Pratella Futurism - Comprehensive collection of 35 Futurist manifestos, some of them exceptionally rare. 1909-1933.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 634. August Johann Rösel von Rosenhof. 3 Original Drawings, around 1740.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 671. Jacob / Picasso. Chronique des Temps, 1956.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1260. Mary Webb. Sarn. 1948. Lucie Weill Art Deco Binding.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 508. Felix Bonfils. 108 large-format photographs of Syria and Palestine.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 967. Dante Aligheri and Salvador Dali. Divina Commedia, 1963.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1316. Tolouse-Lautrec. Dessinateur. Duhayon binding, 1948.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1303. Regards sur Paris. Braque, Picasso, Masson, 1962.
  • Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: McCarthy (Cormac). Cities of the Plain, N.Y., 1998, First Edn., signed on hf. title; together with Uncorrected Proof and Uncorrected Advance Reading Copies, both signed by the Author. €800 to €1,000.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Stanihurst (Richard). De Rebus in Hibernia Gestis, Libri Quattuor, sm. 4to Antwerp (Christi. Plantium) 1584. First Edn. €525 to €750.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Fleischer (Nat.) Jack Dempsey The Idol of Fistiana, An Intimate Narrative, N.Y., 1929, First Edn. Signed on f.e.p. by Rocky Marciano. €400 to €600.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Smith - Classical Atlas, Lond., 1820. Bound with, Smiths New General Atlas .. Principal Empires, Kingdoms, & States throughout the World, Lond. 1822. €350 to €500.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Rare Auction Catalogues – 1856: Bindon Blood, of Ennis, Co. Clare: Sotheby & Wilkinson. €320 to €450.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: [Mavor (Wm.)] A General Collection of Voyages and Travels from the Discovery of America to the Commencement of the Nineteenth Century, 28 vols. (complete) Lond., 1810. €300 to €400.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Mc Carthy (Cormac). Outer Dark, N.Y. (Random House)1968, Signed by Mc Carthy. €250 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Three signed works by Ted Huges - Wodwo, 1967; Crow from the Life and Songs of the Crow, 1970; and Tales from Ovid, 1997. €200 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: The Garden. An Illustrated Weekly Journal of Horticulture in all its Branches, 7 vols. lg. 4to Lond. 1877-1880. With 127 colored plates. €200 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Procter (Richard A.) Saturn and its System: Containing Discussions of The Motion (Real and Apparent)…, Lond. 1865. First Edn. €160 to €220.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: [Ashe] St. George, Lord Bishop of Clogher, A Sermon Preached to the Protestants of Ireland, now in London,... Oct. 23, 1712, London 1712. Second Edn. €130 to €180.
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