chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez Posted May 10, 2016 Report Share Posted May 10, 2016 http://www.invaluable.com/catalog/searchLots.cfm?scp=c&catalogRef=FIDEWZ8DKB um, arent they supposed to be preserving this stuff- why are the selling it all off to private people? is this okay? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted May 10, 2016 Report Share Posted May 10, 2016 If I could wear red and had the large, that jacket would be mine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul secor Posted May 10, 2016 Report Share Posted May 10, 2016 (edited) From the NY Times: http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2016/04/28/us/ap-us-duke-ellington-auction.html It would be a good thing if much of this were sold to a museum, but the reality is that museums probably aren't interested in spending that much money for it - a sad situation - and the family probably isn't interested in holding onto and storing things indefinitely, so they're going up for auction. Edited May 10, 2016 by paul secor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez Posted May 10, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 10, 2016 i mean if it was ringos jacket it was be 6 million- maybe you really have a chance jsngry! place a bid dawg! well i guess besides the jacket theyre not gettin rid of anything -too- insane- mostly documents. i guess if you really like one of those songs, it would be rad to have the copywright renewal docs.....cottontail: ready for the 70s! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted May 10, 2016 Report Share Posted May 10, 2016 You think that jacket still has life-smells in it? I mean, if so, how much am I able to pay to smell the life of Ellington? I mean, is my nose ready for THAT, never mind my bank account. But dig it, you wear that thing and people subliminally pick up, hey, you smell like ELLINGTON, oh, the possibilities that arise from that... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miles65 Posted May 20, 2016 Report Share Posted May 20, 2016 (edited) I was at the auction. The National Jazz Museum was only the venue for the auction. The lots came from Stephen James Duke's nephew. the piano didn't sell.at the asking price of 300,000 not even when it went down to 50,000. A lot of the contracts went in the region of 300-500. Music manuscripts went mostly for more. Edited May 24, 2016 by miles65 typo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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