Final Auction Price
*Final prices include buyers premium
$316.00
Starting bid: $1.00
This handbill is signed in black ink by the legendary Cab Calloway!
Probably one of the OLDEST Original Handbills we have ever offered and this is also the FIRST TIME we have offered a Cab Calloway SIGNED piece in our auction! The Savoy Ballroom was a legendary music venue in Harlem which was opened by Jay Faggen and Moe Gale in 1926. During the 1930’s it became known for early Swing Music and the “Lindy Hop” dance and therefore earned the nickname “The Home of Happy Feet”. Count Basie The Chick Webb Big Band and Ella Fitzgerald are among some of the regular artists who performed there.
This vintage DOUBLE SIDED handbill features the jazz legend Cab Calloway at the Savoy Ballroom on Easter weekend in 1938. Calloway was one of the most popular American jazz artists of the 1930s recording prolifically for Brunswick Records and Decca’s Vocalion Records. The topping on the cake is this original handbill is SIGNED by Cab Calloway himself! Read our blog dated 1/20/18 where we discuss the skyrocketing demand for signed material such as this lot.
Handbill – Cab Calloway Savory Ballroom 1938
Grade – PAE Fine 55
Bands/Bill – Cab Calloway
Venue – Savoy Ballroom
City – New York NY
Date – 4/15/38
Dimensions – 5 5/8” x 8 1/4”
Printing – OHB-A Original Pre-Concert First Printing
Condition Details - 100% Original with no restoration. Toning creases paper loss. View the detailed high res photo of this lot. Click on the thumbnail photo to see an enlarged photo. Click a second time on the magnifying glass in the upper right corner of the enlarged photo. A super high res image with every millimeter will now be clearly displayed. For a personalized eyewitness examination call 410-464-6180 11:00 am to 6:00pm eastern.
*****This Handbill is available for inspection at our gallery by appointment. *****
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