May 22, 2014 - Sale 2351

Sale 2351 - Lot 168

Price Realized: $ 281
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 300 - $ 400
HANDY, W.C. Sheet music for his "Saint Louis Blues," Signed and Inscribed on the front cover: "To Ben Davis / with pleasant memories / of a most delightful California / and many courtesies / WC Handy." 6 pages, 4to; moderate dampstaining along bottom edge throughout, short closed separation at center vertical fold. With the original mailing envelope, addressed in his hand to Davis in care of the ASCAP in New York. New York: Handy Bros., 1914; inscription: Np, 15 November 1940