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Profiles in History: Rock and Roll

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Auction Name Rock and Roll Total Sales (USD) 501,371.25
Auction Date December 18, 2013 - December 18, 2013 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 324,700.00
Sale Number #59 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 492,200.00
Total Lots 161
Sold Lots 85 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 410,600.00
% of Lots Sold 52.80% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 617,300.00
Unsold Lots 76 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 81.22%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
68

Jim Morrison important handwritten notebook containing over 100 pages of poems, philosophy and general musings.

1971 USD 200,000.00 - 300,000.00 USD 230,000.00
69

Jim Morrison of The Doors handwritten lyrics for “Riders on the Storm”.

USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 63,250.00
53

Bob Dylan handwritten lyrics for “I Want You” from his “Blonde on Blonde” album.

USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 USD 51,750.00
170

Robert Plant of Led Zeppelin handwritten signed lyrics for “Stairway to Heaven”.

USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 16,100.00
58

Jimi Hendrix handwritten signed letter to a fan.

USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 14,950.00
93

3 Handwritten letters signed “Freddie” by Freddie Mercury of Queen.

c. 1980s USD 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 USD 10,350.00
57

Jimi Hendrix signed promotional photo card.

USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 5,750.00
59

Jimi Hendrix hand signed bill for his band members who would play Woodstock 2½ weeks later.

1969 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 5,462.50
189

Roger Waters of Pink Floyd handwritten signed lyrics for “Outside the Wall” with drawing.

1988 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 5,462.50
50

John Lennon signed letter to Bhaskar Menon with hand-drawn self-portrait.

1974 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 5,175.00
30

Autograph book signed by Rock & Roll and sports personalities including The Beatles, The Searchers and others.

USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 4,887.50
17

Elvis Presley signed personal Driver’s License.

1971 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 4,600.00
221

Eddie Van Halen of Van Halen handwritten signed music notation for “Eruption”.

1988 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 4,600.00
74

The Who concert ticket signed by all four original members.

1967 USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD 3,737.50
105

Michael Jackson signed deposit check of $100,000 for Neverland Ranch accompanied by copy of the real estate agreement (1987)

 1987 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 3,450.00
113

Diana, Princess of Wales signed X-rated birthday card.

USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 3,450.00
177

Justin Hayward of The Moody Blues handwritten signed lyrics for “Nights in White Satin”.

1966 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 3,450.00
188

David Gilmour of Pink Floyd handwritten signed set list.

1988 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 3,450.00
5

Woody Guthrie lists 50 songs, presumably for a songbook.

USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,300.00
152

Robbie Kreiger of The Doors handwritten signed musical notation and lyrics for “Light My Fire”.

USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 2,300.00
190

Sting of The Police handwritten signed musical notation and lyric for “Every Breath You Take”.

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 2,300.00
198

Alex Lifeson of Rush handwritten signed greatest guitar moment.

1991 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 2,300.00
197

Geddy Lee of Rush handwritten signed music notation for “Tom Sawyer”.

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 2,185.00
75

The Who Autographed printed copy of the lyric sheet for “My Generation”.

USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 2,070.00
127

Steven Tyler of Aerosmith handwritten signed lyrics for “Walk This Way”.

1993 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 2,070.00
  • Doyle, May 1: Thomas Jefferson expresses fears of "a war of extermination" in Saint-Dominigue. $40,000 to $60,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An exceptional presentation copy of Fitzgerald's last book, in the first issue dust jacket. $25,000 to $35,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The rare first signed edition of Dorian Gray. $15,000 to $25,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The Prayer Book of Jehan Bernachier. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, May 1: Van Dyck's Icones Principum Virorum Doctorum. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The magnificent Cranach Hamlet in the deluxe binding by Dõrfner. $7,000 to $10,000.
    Doyle, May 1: A remarkable unpublished manuscript of a voyage to South America in 1759-1764. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Doyle, May 1: Bouchette's monumental and rare wall map of Lower Canada. $12,000 to $18,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An rare original 1837 abolitionist woodblock. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An important manuscript breviary in Middle Dutch. $15,000 to $25,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An extraordinary Old Testament manuscript, circa 1250. $20,000 to $30,000.
  • 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.
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