Jazz: 29 works - photo 1

Jazz: 29 works

Lot 572
29.09.2023 11:00UTC +00:00
Classic
Sold
£ 3 528
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
Buyer Premiumsee on Website%
Archive
The auction is completed. No bids can be placed anymore.
Archive
ID 1029223
Lot 572 | Jazz: 29 works
Estimate value
£ 1 500 – 2 500
A quantity of books with authorial or gift inscriptions to Charlie Watts, the majority jazz biographies and autobiographies, the inscriptions of varying detail and sentiment, 29 volumes, mostly octavo, comprising:

GREEN, Dave. Dave Green Discography. The Netherlands: Gerald Bielderman. Bound document. Authorial presentation inscription ‘To Charlie, You’re the first and last and lots in between. Love Dave’. [With:] KING, Peter (1940-2020). Flying High. A Jazz Life and Beyond. London: Northway Publications, 2011. Authorial presentation inscription ‘To Charlie, my dear friend, lots of love and sincere thanks! Peter’. [With:] MIURA, Kodai. Jazz in Japan. 1963-1974. Japan: Nishidashoten, 1991. Loosely inserted letter from the author. [With:] KAREWICZ, Marek. This is Jazz. Poland: Marek Karewicz, 2008. Inscription to title page. [With:] OUELLETTE, Dan (b. 1954). Ron Carter. finding the right notes. New York: ArtistShare, 2008. Authorial presentation inscription ‘To Charlie Watts – let’s have a coffee sometime! Regards! Ron Carter’. [With:] ROTHSCHILD, Hannah (b. 1962). The Baroness. London: Virago Press, 2012. Authorial presentation inscription ‘For Charlie, a musical Odyssey for a fellow jazz lover, Best, Hannah Rothschild’. [With:] SHEARING, George (1919-2011) and Alyn SHIPTON (b. 1972). Lullaby of Birdland. New York: Continuum, 2004. Authorial presentation inscription ‘To Charlie, George Shearing [signed in braille] and Alyn Shipton’. [With:] SHIPTON, Alan (b. 1953). Groovin’ High. The Life of Dizzy Gillespie. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999. Authorial presentation inscription. [With:] SIDRAN, Ben (b. 1943). Talking Jazz. An Illustrated Oral History. California: Pomegranate Books, 1992. Authorial presentation inscription ‘For my pal Charlie & jazz man down to his shoes! Best, Ben Sidran, 7. 1. 93’. Loosely inserted typed letter signed by the author. [With:] SPÖRKE, Michael (b. 1972). Big Mama Thornton. The Life and Music. North Carolina: McFarland & Company Inc., 2014. Authorial presentation inscription ‘To Charlie Watts, with my best wishes! I hope you like the book, All the best. Michael Spörke’. [With:] ZWERIN, Mike (1930-2010). Close Enough for Jazz. London: Quartet Books Limited, 1983. Authorial presentation inscription ‘11.6.96 Charlie, The idea is to stay as close as possible. You’re beautiful. Mike Zwerin’. [With:] VAIL, Ken (1939-2013). Charlie Parker & Jazz Club Memorabilia. The Norman R. Saks Collection. New York: Philip Schaap, 2007. Presentation inscription ‘For one Charlie on another. Best wishes, Ken Vail’. [With:] FALZERANO, Chet (b. 1944) Spinnin’ The Webb. Chick Webb. The Little Giant. California: Centerstream Publishing LLC, 2014. Authorial presentation inscription ‘Charlie, To the man who inspired me and countless other drummers, I hope you enjoy what I did for the other CW. Best, Chet Falzerano, 2014’. [With:] GILES, Sarah. Fred Astaire. His Friends Talk. London: Bloomsbury, 1988. Authorial presentation inscription. [With:] ZWINGENBERGER, Axel. Vom Zauber der Züge. Hamburg: Dürmeyer GmbH, 2000. Authorial presentation inscription; accompanied by three photographs of Charlie on the Torbay Express, 2009. [With:] ROTHERY, John. The Big Sid Catlett Reader. Printed privately by John Rothery, 2014. Accompanied by a typed email signed to Charlie from the author. [With:] CHRISTOPHER, Nicholas (b. 1951). Tiger Rag. New York: The Daily Press, 2013. Inscribed to Charlie on the front free endpaper, ‘Another jazz great’. [With:] MCCARTHY, Albert (1920-1987). The Dance Band Era, The Dancing Decades from Ragtime to Swing: 1910-50. Aylesbury: Spring Books, 1974. Presentation inscription ‘Christmas 1975, Charlie – with much love…, Peter x’. [With:] DAVIS, Miles (1926-1991) with Quincy TROUPE (b. 1939). Miles. The Autobiography. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1989. Inscribed to Charlie on the front free endpaper, ‘Charlie – H read that you liked Miles Davis – hope you enjoy this book. Thanks for always being so generous when you’re in town. Veronica’. [With:] DAVER, Manek, Jazz Album Covers. Japan: Books Nippan, 1994. Presentation inscription, with loosely inserted letter from Brian Lemon. [With:] HAVERS, Richard. Uncompromising Expression. London: Thames & Hudson, 2014. Loosely inserted note to Charlie. [With:] HARRISON, Max (1930-2017). King of Jazz 6. Charlie Parker. London: Cassell & Company Limited, 1960. Presentation inscription. [With:] HAYDON, Geoffrey. Quintet of the Year. Toronto: Macfarlane Walter & Ross, 2002. Loosely inserted gift card. [With:] MITCHEL, David (b. 1969). Utopia Avenue. London: Sceptre, 2020. Presentation inscription. [With:] PAGE, Christopher I. (b. 1952). Boogie Woogie Stomp. Albert Ammons & His Music. Cleveland: The Northeast Ohio Jazz Society, 1997. Presentation inscription, with loosely inserted typed letter. [With:] SHEED, Winifred (1930-2011. The House that George Built. New York: Random House, 1997. Loosely inserted letter to Charlie. [With:] SILVESTER, Peter J. The Story of Boogie-Woogie. Maryland: Scarecrow Press Inc., 2009. Loosely inserted gift card. [With:] VAN DERELSKEN, ed. Jazz. Amsterdam: De Bezige Bij Amsterdam, 1959. Presnetation inscription. [And:] JOHNSON-HODGE, Margaret (b. 1969). This Time. Georgia: Sutton Place Publishers, Inc., 2004. Authorial presentation inscription.
Address of auction CHRISTIE'S
8 King Street, St. James's
SW1Y 6QT London
United Kingdom
Preview
20.09.2023 13:00 – 17:00
21.09.2023 09:00 – 17:00
22.09.2023 09:00 – 17:00
23.09.2023 12:00 – 17:00
24.09.2023 12:00 – 17:00
25.09.2023 09:00 – 17:00
26.09.2023 09:00 – 17:00
27.09.2023 09:00 – 17:00
Phone +44 (0)20 7839 9060
Email
4FQ.AYGKAGLUQ@FO3G@
Buyer Premium see on Website
Conditions of purchaseConditions of purchase

Frequently asked questions

First of all, you should register to be able to purchase at auction. After confirming your email address, enter your personal information in your user profile, such as your first name, last name, and mail address. Choose a lot from the upcoming auction and the maximum amount you want to place on it. After confirmation of your choice, we will send your application by e-mail to the appropriate auction house. If the auction house accepts a request, it will participate in the auction. You can view the current status of a bid at any time in your personal account in the "Bids" section.
Auctions are performed by auction houses and each of the auction houses describes their terms of auction. You can see the texts in the section "Auction information".
The results of the auction are published within a few days after the end of the auction. In the top menu of the site, find the tab "Auctions". Click on it and you will be on the auction catalog page, where you can easily find the category "Results". After opening it, select the desired auction from the list, enter and view the current status of the interested lot.
The information about the auction winners is confidential. The auction winner will receive a direct notification from the auction house responsible with instructions for further action: an invoice for payment and the manner in which the goods will be received.
Each of the auction houses has its own payment policy for the won lots. All auction houses accept bank transfers, most of them accept credit card payments. In the near future you will find detailed information for each case in the section "Auction information" on the page of the auction catalog and the lot.
Shipment of the won lot depends on its size. Small items can be delivered by post. Larger lots are sent by courier. Employees of the auction houses will offer you a wide range to choose from.
No. The archive serves as a reference for the study of auction prices, photographs and descriptions of works of art.