Mar 01, 2012 - Sale 2271

Sale 2271 - Lot 431

Price Realized: $ 900
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
A WONDERFUL ASSOCIATION (MUSIC.) ARMSTRONG, LOUIS ("SATCHMO"). "Best wishes to Jackie Mably my very dear friend, from Louis 'Satchmo' Armstrong." 8 x 10 silver print photograph with signed sentiment written in green ink; very slight wrinkle to the bottom right corner, not affecting the image. Np, circa 1940s-50
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warmly inscribed to the famous comedienne, jackie "moms" mably. The photograph shows Armstrong standing in front of a fireplace over which hangs a large mirror, on which he has written his sentiment. Jackie "Moms" Mabley, born Loretta Mary Aiken (1894-1975), was an American standup comedienne and a pioneer of the so-called "Chitlin' Circuit" of African-American vaudeville. One of twenty children of a family in Brevard, North Carolina, Mably was known for her hilarious off-color routines.