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Heritage Auctions: Entertainment and Music Memorabilia

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Auction Name Entertainment and Music Memorabilia Total Sales (USD) 1,864,357.00
Auction Date May 01, 2021 - May 02, 2021 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 925,967.20
Sale Number #7238 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 9,391,138.80
Total Lots 1368
Sold Lots 1329 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 962,991.20
% of Lots Sold 97.15% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 9,446,674.80
Unsold Lots 39 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 19.74%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
89203

Hank Williams 1953 Canton, OH Genuine Original Concert Poster for the Show He Died En Route To.

 USD 60,000.00 - 90,000.00 USD 150,000.00
89213

Grateful Dead 1966 "Skeleton & Roses" Concert Poster FD-26 Graded 9.6 and Signed by Stanley Mouse.

 USD 60,000.00 - 90,000.00 USD 84,375.00
89219

BG-74 Grateful Dead / Jefferson Airplane 1967 Toronto Concert Poster CGC-Graded 9.8.

 USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 USD 45,000.00
89304

The Beatles Yesterday and Today First State Butcher Cover Stereo LP in Original Shrink Wrap (Capitol ST-2553, 1966).

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 38,750.00
89217

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

USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 USD 30,000.00
89256

Elvis Presley 1955 "Memphis's Own" Sun Records-Era Concert Poster (AOR-1.1).

 USD 798.40 - 1,197.60 USD 27,500.00
89104

Trini Lopez Personally Owned and Played Deluxe Model Gibson Electric Guitar.

 USD 6,400.00 - 9,600.00 USD 22,500.00
89321

Elvis Presley Worn Army Suit.

 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 21,250.00
89103

Trini Lopez Gibson ES 335 Reissue Prototype Electric Guitar.

 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 17,500.00
89320

Elvis Presley Owned and Fired Universal Enforcer Model Semi-Automatic Carbine Pistol with Sonny West Letter.

 USD 1,600.00 - 2,400.00 USD 17,500.00
89190

The Beatles 1963 U.K. "From Me to You" / Please Please Me Promo Poster.

 Not Available USD 16,250.00
89269

Velvet Underground / Andy Warhol 1966 The Trip, Los Angeles Concert Poster.

Not Available USD 15,625.00
89059

Robocop Prop Gun.

 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 14,375.00
89189

The Beatles 1966 Dodger Stadium Second-to-Last-Ever Concert Poster.

 Not Available USD 12,500.00
89247

Jimi Hendrix / Janis Joplin / The Who - 1967 LARGE Monterey Pop Festival Poster (AOR-3.5).

USD 798.40 - 1,197.60 USD 12,500.00
89249

Little Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, Miracles, Mary Wells 1963 Motortown Revue Concert Poster.

 USD 798.40 - 1,197.60 USD 10,000.00
89315

John Lennon Handwritten Note, Doodle, and Initials On Rock ‘N' Roll Book Layout.

 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 9,687.50
89040

Hollywood Stars Collection of Signatures in Two Autograph Books.

 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 9,375.00
89178

Trini Lopez Personally Owned and Played Gibson TL-335 Reissue Prototype Electric Guitar.

 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 9,375.00
89432

Jimi Hendrix Large Stage Worn Scarf.

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 9,375.00
89929

The Beatles Original Assortment of Sheet Music from the Movie Help! (15) (USA, 1960s).

USD 240.00 - 360.00 USD 9,375.00
89226

Jimi Hendrix, The Doors (Hidden Opening Acts) 1967 Forest Hills Concert Poster.

 USD 798.40 - 1,197.60 USD 8,750.00
89461

Mötley Crüe/Nikki Sixx Signed Rainbow Bar & Grill Menu With Handwritten Band Name and Stage Name Ideas.

 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 8,750.00
89018

Dances With Wolves Kevin Costner Screen Used Rifle (1990).

 USD 1,280.00 - 1,920.00 USD 8,125.00
89460

Jim Morrison Very Rare Self-Published Book of Poetry The New Creatures (1969).

USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 8,125.00
  • 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.
  • 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:
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    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
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    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.
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