(ENTERTAINMENT MUSIC) Group of autographs of Duke Ellington

Mar 20 at 10:30 AM - Sale 2697 -

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Sale 2697 - Lot 223

Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900

(ENTERTAINMENT--MUSIC.) Group of autographs of Duke Ellington, Cab Calloway, and Clark Terry. 3 items, various sizes and conditions. Various places, 1971 and undated

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Photo postcard of Duke Ellington, 5½ x 3½ inches, signed "Duke" in image; wear including tack holes in corners and mount remnants on verso. Undated.

Cocktail napkin from Toots Shor's Restaurant, 5 inches square, signed "Hi Di Ho, Cab Calloway." [New York], undated.

Engraved invitation to "A Musical Tribute to Louis Armstrong, Bessie Smith, Ma Rainey" at the National Portrait Gallery, 3 x 5 inches, signed by Clark Terry with his small sketch of a trumpet. [Washington], 27 September 1971.

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