Final Auction Price
*Final prices include buyers premium
$360.00
Starting bid: $1.00
This lot represents is the FINEST QUALITY Condition of this Sam Cooke Original Handbill we have ever offered in our auction! Sam Cooke is often referred to as The King of Soul and he had a short but notable career as a singer and composer contributing to popular music. This early and historic handbill from 1961 promotes a show he performed at the Rockland Palace in Harlem.
Cooke had just signed with RCA Records a couple months prior and his new single “Cupid” had just reached the charts. “Chain Gang” also reached No. 2 on the Billboard pop chart just weeks before this performance. The circumstances around his death 3 years later are to this day still subject to speculation. This original handbill is in Superb Museum Quality Condition! In October 2018 a lower Graded Mint "95" example reached $345 in our auction. Handbills are currently one of the hottest segments of the market! See our blog dated 5/18/18 for details!
Handbill – Sam Cooke Rockland Palace 1961
Grade – PAE Mint 97
Bands/Bill – Sam "Cupid" Cooke Maxine Brown Chuck Jackson Jive Five The Olympics Bernard Byars Ted Taylor Savoy Big Blast Band More.
Venue – Rockland Palace
City – NewYork NY
Date – 9/9/61
Dimensions – 8 1/2” x 11”
Printing – OHB-A Original Pre-Concert First Printing
Condition Details - Superb Museum Quality that is un-improvable in every way. Of course there are no nicks cuts tears or pinholes! 100% Original with no restoration.
*****This Handbill is available for inspection at our gallery by appointment. *****
* A 20% Buyers Premium will be added to the final hammer price of this lot.*
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