Mar 01, 2012 - Sale 2271

Sale 2271 - Lot 458

Unsold
Estimate: $ 600 - $ 800
(MUSIC.) MINGUS, CHARLES. Partially printed "Claim" sheet against a night club, accomplished by hand. 4to page, filled out, dated and signed by Mingus with three additional lines in pencil explaining his claim. Los Angeles, 1947

Additional Details

Mingus explains that he showed up for a gig at the Catlon Club, "Appeared to work on job in bass player's place, Willis Price. Management ordered no one to work." Beneath the above, someone at the Union has written "Board Denied Claim."