(ENTERTAINMENT MUSIC) Signed photograph of Sylvia Robinson

Sale 2663 - Lot 221

Price Realized: $ 2,125

?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price

Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900

(ENTERTAINMENT--MUSIC.) Signed photograph of Sylvia Robinson, "The Mother of Hip Hop," part of a collection of women in entertainment. 26 items, all about 10 x 8 inches; various conditions. Various places, circa 1950s to 1980s

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Promotional photograph, 10 x 7½ inches, titled "Sylvia," by James J. Kreigsman of New York; two-inch crease in lower corner, other minor wear; signed and inscribed "To Frankie, love always, Sylvia." Englewood, NJ: Creative Management Associates / Vibration Records, circa 1973-1977.

After a long and successful career as an R&B singer, Sylvia Robinson (1935-2011) founded Sugar Hill Records in 1979, and produced "Rapper's Delight" and Grandmaster Flash's "The Message." She is known as "The Mother of Hip Hop," and was inducted posthumously into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2022. We have not traced any of her autographs at auction.

With--25 other items by other singers and actresses, including signed photographs of Helen Martin and Louise Beavers; a period 1950s photograph of singer Sallie Blair with the Johnny Otis Band; two photos of folk singer Odetta; 7 photos of Stephanie Mills as star of "The Wiz"; 2 photos of singer Miriam Makeba; photo of opera soprano Camilla Williams; program for a 1950 Negro Actors Guild performance starring Pearl Bailey and Ethel Waters; souvenir programs for performances by Ella Fitzgerald, Ethel Waters, and Lu Elliott; and six other items.