(MUSIC) Billie Holiday First Lady of Song on New Yorks Famed

Sale 2471 - Lot 303

Price Realized: $ 250

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Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600

(MUSIC.) Billie Holiday, First Lady of Song on New York's Famed 52nd Street. Photograph, 10 x 8 inches; minor wear in image. New York, circa 1948; printed circa 1980s

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A photographically reproduced cartoon produced by Holiday's booking agent, apparently as part of her press kit. Done in the style of "Ripley's Believe It Or Not," it offers a short biography of the singer, lauds her recent performances at New York's Town Hall and Philadelphia's Academy of Music, and is illustrated with a finely drawn portrait and two caricatures by artist George Lee. "Booked exclusively by Associated Booking Corp., Joe Glaser, Pres."