Feb 26, 2009 - Sale 2171

Sale 2171 - Lot 340

Price Realized: $ 1,440
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
(MUSIC.) HOLIDAY, BILLIE. Photograph by Harry Rossner Signed. 8x10 glossy with a long inscription across the front in pen; tiny pinholes at the corners in the blank white margins, photographer's stamps in the reverse. New York, circa 1936

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inscribed "to my namesake, buddy boy, looks [?] never missed a cue, billy smith, billie holiday." Billy Smith was a dancer in the revue at the Cotton Club. This photo came from his album.