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Lot 611: A Melody Maker July 22 1961 Newspaper and a Signed Pepper Stars Art Print
A collection of two pieces of entertainment ephemera. The first item is an original issue of the Melody Maker music newspaper, dated July 22, 1961. The front page features prominent headlines including Beaulieu Jazz In Your Cinema and an interview with Bing Crosby titled I give the Crosby cords a whirr now and again, accompanied by a photograph of Crosby with a young air hostess. The text details the Beaulieu Jazz Festival, naming performers such as Anita O’Day, Hans Koller, and the Chris Barber Band. The second item is a modern art print titled Pepper Stars, featuring four separate graphic panels in a retro-futuristic Space Age aesthetic, each dated 2012. The print is heavily inscribed in black marker with various messages and names. The top left panel is inscribed Thanks: great and Maia; the top right bears the name Maia and an illegible signature; the bottom left reads To the Many followed by an illegible word and Maia; the bottom right is inscribed Maia and bears a signature reading Holly G.
Melody Maker Newspaper Width: 38.7 cm.
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