Feb 26, 2004 - Sale 1998

Sale 1998 - Lot 263

Price Realized: $ 3,220
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 4,000 - $ 6,000
Holiday, Billie. Archive of over 1000 pages of documents, letters, contracts, some music, and a few photographs. Size and condition vary. should be seen. Vp, 1936-70s

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Includes: financial statements, income tax returns, letters, notes, correspondence from her agent, court and legal documents, contracts, royalty receipts, song sheets, application for membership in ASCAP, receipts for recording sessions, a receipt for flowers for her funeral, etc. Among the more interesting items is a three page testimony by her husband about her dying moments, her autobiography, and the making of the film "Lady Sings the Blues."