Hollywood Auction 40
All 1,847 lots of Profiles in History: Hollywood Auction 40 (Jun 12, 2010). 1,558 sold, 86% sell-through. Top lot $310,000. Prices and results of every lot.
Auction facts
- Auction house
- Profiles in History
- Date
- 2010-06-12
- Location
- Calabasas, CA
- Lots offered
- 1,847
Lots
- Lot 1: Pair of Henry “Red” Allen signed portraits
- Lot 2: Sheet music for Stormy Weather signed by Harold Arlen, Rube Bloom and Ted Koehler
- Lot 3: Pair of Bop City souvenir photographs signed by Louis Armstrong, Count Basie, Sarah Vaughan and Earl “Fatha” Hines
- Lot 4: Louis Armstrong signed photograph, Milton “Mezz” Mezzrow signed portrait and tax return
- Lot 5: Josephine Baker and The Nicholas Brothers signed portraits
- Lot 6: Three issues of Down Beat magazine signed by Chet Baker, Anita O’Day and Buddy Rich
- Lot 7: Collection of Count Basie and Basie Band autographs and signed portraits
- Lot 8: Sidney Bechet signed portrait and handwritten letter to his wife
- Lot 9: Irving Berlin signed sheet music for Always
- Lot 10: Birdland Stars of ’57 program signed by Bud Powell, Count Basie, Sarah Vaughan and others
- Lot 11: Eubie Blake three handwritten music scores, signed photo and letter
- Lot 12: Big Bill Broonzy signed card and Lightning Hopkins signed photo
- Lot 13: Cab Calloway signed portrait and Cab Calloway Band signed album page featuring the rare autograph of Leon Brown “Chu” Berry
- Lot 14: Hoagy Carmichael and Johnny Mercer signed portraits
- Lot 15: Benny Carter, Paul Desmond, Art Pepper signed portraits
- Lot 16: Charlie Christian bold signature
- Lot 17: Nat King Cole and Glenn Miller signed portraits. Gelatin silver glossy 8 x 10 in. photograph of the Nat King Cole Trio inscribed twice by Nat King Cole in blue ink, “Sincerely, King Cole Trio”, and again, “Nat King Cole”. In addition, a gelatin silver 6 ½ x 10 in
- Lot 18: John Coltrane bold signature
- Lot 19: John Coltrane funeral program, Alice Coltrane signed portrait, Terry Gibbs signed portrait
- Lot 20: Eddie Condon vintage signed portrait and poster
- Lot 21: Ida Cox and Jesse Crump royalty agreement for Cherry Picking Blues
- Lot 22: Eddie “Lock-Jaw” Davis and Johnny Griffin signed letter and portraits
- Lot 23: Miles Davis signed portrait
- Lot 24: Jimmy Dorsey, Tommy Dorsey and Paul Whiteman signed portraits