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Auction results: Vintage Jazz photographs

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The Jazz Messengers vintage photo signed by the band RR Auction

‘The Hot Club of Belgium’ Jazz Photograph Collection

RR’s January auction (519) featured some of the greatest names of the jazz age—from Louis Armstrong to Lester Young, from Ella to Miles to Basie, and many icons in between.

Highlights from the sale include:

The Jazz Messengers vintage photo, signed by the band—sold for $20,016.

The Jazz Messengers vintage photo signed by the band RR Auction
The Jazz Messengers vintage photo, signed by the band—sold by RR Auction for $20,016.

 

Johnny Hodges vintage glossy publicity photo of Hodges displaying his stunning Buescher Aristocrat saxophone—sold for $7,083.

Johnny Hodges vintage photo Buescher Aristocrat saxophone RR Auction
Johnny Hodges vintage glossy publicity photo with Buescher Aristocrat saxophone—sold by RR Auction for $7,083.

 

Sonny Stitt vintage glossy publicity photo with his saxophone—sold for $6,373.

Sonny Stitt vintage photo with saxophone RR Auction
Sonny Stitt vintage glossy publicity photo with his saxophone—sold by RR Auction for $6,373.

 

Big Bill Broonzy rare vintage glossy of the singer, songwriter and guitarist—sold for $4,963.

Big Bill Broonzy vintage photo RR Auction
Big Bill Broonzy rare vintage glossy of the singer, songwriter and guitarist—sold by RR Auction for $4,963.

 

Roy Eldridge signed vintage glossy playing his trumpet—sold for $4,788.

Roy Eldridge signed vintage photo with trumpet RR Auction

Roy Eldridge signed vintage glossy
playing his trumpet—sold by RR Auction
for $4,788.

 

Coleman Hawkins vintage signed glossy publicity photo—sold for $4,788.

Coleman Hawkins vintage signed photo RR Auction
Coleman Hawkins vintage signed glossy publicity photo—sold by RR Auction for $4,788.

 

Sarah Vaughan vintage signed glossy of the singer—sold for $3,956.

Sarah Vaughan vintage signed photo RR Auction
Sarah Vaughan vintage signed glossy of the jazz singer—sold by RR Auction for $3,956.

 

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