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| Swann Galleries' Annual Auction For more than a decade, Swann Galleries has been offering annual February auctions devoted to Printed & Manuscript African Americana, in conjunction with Black History Month. This year, the auction will be held on Tuesday, February 28. Swann is the only major auction house to conduct regular sales of this important material. Of special note among items related to music are four 1930s autograph musical scores by Duke Ellington for Goofus, Learn to Croon, Love in Swing Time, and Sweetie ($4, 000 to $6, 000 each); a signed flier for blues great Leadbelly's 1948 "Real Hooteneny" in Washington, DC, signed by Leadbelly and Pete Seeger; and an archive of hundreds of pages of music, original and arranged by Albert "Budd" Johnson, jazz saxophonist, 1950s-80s (each $2, 000 to $3, 000). write your comments about the article :: © 2006 Jazz News :: home page |