Mar 24, 2022 - Sale 2598

Sale 2598 - Lot 285

Price Realized: $ 8,450
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000
MARTIN LUTHER KING. His signature on the jacket of the LP "March on Washington: The Official Album." Illustrated jacket, 12 1/2 x 12 1/4 inches, printed in red and black; some wear including separations at top and bottom, 1/2-inch image loss at center, and minor dampstaining; signed "Martin Luther King Jr." over the album title. With original worn plain sleeve; 12-inch album (a few light scratches, label coming detached); and "Lincoln Memorial Pledge" insert, 11 x 8 1/2 inches. New York: Riverside Radio, 1963

Additional Details

This album features the famous "I Have a Dream" speech which Dr. King delivered at the 28 August 1963 March on Washington. It also features 11 other speeches by the fellow Civil Rights leaders who collaborated with King on the march. The verso of the jacket features portraits and short biographies of the ten main leaders including King.