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Previous|1|Next Lot #6 Significant letter from Lenny Bruce to attorney Melvin Belli regarding both personal and legal matters Heading(Belli, Melvin)AuthorBruce, LennyHeadlineLenny Bruce writes to Melvin BelliDate PublishedDecember 4, 1962 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #8 Five pieces of correspondence between Bruce and attorney Melvin Bell concerning his Los Angeles trial for obscenity and possession of narcotics Heading(Belli, Melvin)HeadlineMelvin Belli & Lenny Bruce's 1962 L.A. trialDate Published1962-1966 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Lot #10 "Kennedy" - typescript (or transcript) of Bruce's performance on September 29, 1960 AuthorBruce, LennyHeadlineLenny Bruce's Kennedy routine during election campaignDate Published1960 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #12 Typed transcripts of Bruce’s 1958 appearances at the Club 440 in North Beach, San Francisco AuthorBruce, LennyHeadlineTranscripts for Lenny Bruce breakout performances, 1958Date Published1958 View details Estimate$7,000 - $10,000StatusUnsold Lot #16 Check signed by Lenny Bruce that was cancelled due to insufficient funds Heading(Checks)AuthorBruce, LennyHeadlineLenny Bruce check returned for insufficient fundsDate PublishedJune 25, 1962 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #20 Letter to Lenny Bruce from Lynn Mendez, recounting her visit to Bruce when he was a patient at Cedars of Lebanon hospital in Los Angeles, and expressing her love for Bruce Heading(Correspondence)AuthorMendez, LynnHeadlineLove letter to Lenny BruceDate PublishedApril 25, 1965 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #23 "The Libretto of Lennie the Libra" - handwritten birthday poem to Lenny Bruce Heading(Correspondence)Author"Sheila"HeadlineBirthday poem to Lenny BruceDate PublishedNo date View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #24 Letter to Lenny Bruce (Leonardo Cardinal Bruce, a.k.a. Lord Byron), signed Todd Heading(Correspondence)Author"Todd"HeadlineLetter to Lenny Bruce c.1961Date Published[c.1961] View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #25 Rough draft of a letter from Lenny Bruce to private investigator Jack Dolan, about errors in a trial Heading(Dolan, Jack)AuthorBruce, LennyHeadlineLenny Bruce writes about error in trial, 1964Date PublishedApril 1, 1964 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,375StatusSold Lot #26 Letter from Lenny Bruce to investigator John Dolan, regarding possible improper reporting of record sales Heading(Dolan, John)AuthorBruce, LennyHeadlineLenny Bruce tries to get out of record contractDate Publishedc.1962 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$593.75StatusSold Lot #30 Letter from Lenny Bruce to Seymour, referring to Judy Garland Heading(Garland, Judy)AuthorBruce, LennyHeadlineJudy Garland attends Lenny Bruce act in ChicagoDate PublishedSeptember 1958 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #31 Letter from Lenny Bruce to the two Los Angeles police officers who arrested him for narcotics in 1962 Heading(Heroin arrest)AuthorBruce, LennyHeadlineLenny Bruce writes to heroin-bust copsDate Publishedc.1962 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Lot #32 Letter from Lenny Bruce to his attorney Godfrey Isaac concerning trial strategy for two of his heroin busts Heading(Heroin trials)AuthorBruce, LennyHeadlineLenny Bruce writes to his Heroin trial lawyerDate Published1962 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #34 Letter from Lenny Bruce to Isabella Frankau, a British expert in addiction, about the manufacture of heroin Heading(Heroin)AuthorBruce, LennyHeadlineLenny Bruce describes manufacture of HeroinDate PublishedOctober 17, 1962 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #35 Photograph of Lenny Bruce at the "hungry i" night club in San Francisco, with Max Weiss (co-owner of Fantasy Records) who poses as Toulouse Lautrec Heading("hungry i" night club)HeadlineLenny Bruce & Max Weiss at "hungry i"Date Published1957 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #37 Draft letter from Lenny Bruce to President Lyndon Johnson regarding U.S. Senate legislation to regulate amphetamines and other diet pills Heading(Johnson, Lyndon B.)AuthorBruce, LennyHeadlineLetter from Lenny Bruce to LBJ about amphetamines.Date PublishedMarch 6, 1965 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Lot #42 Counter check, written and signed by Bruce to his mother Sally Marr, for repayment of loan for legal bills Heading(Marr. Sally)AuthorBruce, LennyHeadlineLenny Bruce repays mother for legal expensesDate PublishedFebruary 17, 1965 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$593.75StatusSold Lot #48 Binder of manuscript notes by Lenny Bruce, apparently made while conducting legal research for his 1964 New York obscenity trial Heading(Obscenity trials)AuthorBruce, LennyHeadlineLenny Bruce's notes for obscenity trialDate Published[1964] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #54 Note on Olympia Press letterhead to Lenny Bruce, with notations and an ink doodle by Bruce Heading(Olympia Press)HeadlineLenny Bruce doodle on note from Olympia PressDate Published1962 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #56 Photograph of the marque of the Strand Theatre in New York City, likely 1949, announcing Lenny Bruce in performance Heading(Photographs)HeadlineLenny Bruce at the Strand Theatre 1948Date Published[c.1949] View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #58 Seven candid black & white family photographs of or by Lenny Bruce and his daughter Kitty Heading(Photographs)HeadlineFamily photos of Lenny Bruce & daughterDate Published1940's-'50's View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #61 Two photographs of Lenny Bruce with Sammy Davis Jr., one also with musician Eric Miller Heading(Photographs)HeadlineLenny Bruce & Sammy Davis Jr.Date PublishedNo date View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #64 Letter from Lenny Bruce to his partner/manager Frankie Ray [Perilli], relating that another comic accused Bruce of stealing his act Heading(Ray, Frank)AuthorBruce, LennyHeadlineLenny Bruce steals another comedian's act - Not!Date Published[c.1961] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$593.75StatusSold Lot #73 Three items signed by Lenny Bruce Heading(Signed items)AuthorBruce, LennyHeadlineThree items signed by Lenny BruceDate Published1962 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$593.75StatusSold Lot #74 Binder of business records and correspondence from Bruce to Jack Sobel, Jan-March 1962 Heading(Sobel, Jack)AuthorBruce, LennyHeadlineLenny Bruce writes to his agent Jack SobelDate Published1962 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Lot #75 Letter from Lenny Bruce to agent Jack Sobel regarding financial arrangements for his daughter Heading(Sobel, Jack)AuthorBruce, LennyHeadlineLenny Bruce plans daughter's financial securityDate PublishedMay 4, 1962 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #76 Letter from Lenny Bruce to his agent Jack Sobel asking him to work out better financial arrangements for a return engagement in London Heading(Sobel, Jack)AuthorBruce, LennyHeadlineLenny Bruce negotiates appearance in LondonDate PublishedNovember, 1962 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #119 Four titles from the Pocket Poets series - all signed by publisher Lawrence Ferlinghetti Heading(Ferlinghetti, Lawrence)Headline4 volumes from the Pocket Poets Series signed by FerlinghettiPublisherCity Lights BooksDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #122 Five signed works by Lawrence Ferlinghetti AuthorFerlinghetti, LawrenceHeadlineFive signed works by Lawrence FerlinghettiDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #123 Four works by Lawrence Ferlinghetti - signed AuthorFerlinghetti, LawrenceHeadlineFour signed works by Lawrence FerlinghettiDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #125 Howl: Original Draft Facsimile, Transcript & Variant Versions, Fully Annotated by Author, with Contemporaneous Correspondence, Account of First Public Reading, Legal Skirmishes, Precursor Texts & Bibliography - signed by Lawrence Ferlinghetti Heading(Ginsberg, Allen)AuthorMiles, Barry, editorHeadlineHowl, edited by Barry Miles 1986 signed by FerlinghettiPublisherHarper & RowDate Published[1986] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$162.50StatusSold Lot #128 Signed, handwritten postcard from Allen Ginsberg AuthorGinsberg, AllenHeadlineSigned, handwritten postcard from Allen Ginsberg 1991Date Published1991 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #130 Iconic photograph of Jerry Garcia on Haight Street, March 1968 Heading(Grateful Dead)AuthorBrown, SteveHeadlineIconic Steve Brown photo of Jerry Garcia, signed by BrownDate Published1968 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #147 Collection of photographs by Robert Altman Heading(Photographs)AuthorAltman, RobertHeadline1960s photographs by Robert Altman, some signedDate Publishedc.1969 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next