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Permalink Reply by Stepeanut on July 24, 2026 at 12:15am

Thanks, Rabbits. You’re a man of taste.

This postcard is an absolute showstopper. Handwritten Nico material is extremely rare, especially from the 1960s. The content here is also incredible, touching on several key elements in her life at that point in time, not least of which the European release of her most revered album, The Marble Index. The lyric quote alone makes it exceptional.

That Jimmy Page book is a fantastic bargain — well done! I’d have snapped it up at that price, even though I have one of the actual signed copies released a few months ago. Thinking about it, that’s probably what’s happened here. A Canadian Zep fan has likely upgraded to a hand-signed copy and given their old one away.

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Permalink Reply by crazyrabbits23 on July 24, 2026 at 1:19am

Mm-hmm -- any postcard signed/inscribed by an artist is generally a true rarity. Only ever been able to find one in my travels, bought as part of a larger signed collection. (I'll leave it to you to guess who it is -- but it's definitely the most off-kilter signature of hers I have.)

Like yourself, I appreciate signed items that have more of an inscription tying the signature into certain events, time periods or certain lyrics. The three signed "lyric" (or in this case, first/last sentence of a book) items I have, one of which is the signed Quincy Jones book in my photos where he quotes MJ's "Don't Stop Til You Get Enough", are meaningful to me.

The Nico piece seems like one that is very evocative of a place and feeling she had at the time she wrote it. Postcards generally seem like very "unscripted" pieces, and give you a little bit of a window into the person that wrote it, whether they're famous or not.

I was thinking the same thought you had about the Page book as well. Someone clearly loved it -- there's a bit of page separation at the title page, and the book has edgewear to the top and bottom of the spine. Methinks the individual pulled it out frequently and admired it/showed it off to friends. Personally, if it was me, I wouldn't be able to part with it. This appears to have come from the same launch event Chris Cornell moderated (at Barnes & Noble in L.A.)

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Permalink Reply by Stepeanut on July 24, 2026 at 3:08am

Is that Margaret Atwood?!

Bizarre signature, if so, but the handwritten note in French is unique and lovely.

I'm lucky enough to have a remarkable collection of postcards from Velvet Underground members. I say lucky, most of this stuff didn't come cheap, but you know what I mean.

In addition to this latest Nico card, I have:

-- 1969 postcard from Sterling Morrison to his future wife, Martha

-- Four postcards from Moe Tucker, dating from 1989 through the mid-1990s, including one to Sterling

I also have a Christmas card from John Cale to Sterling, plus a new baby card from Moe to a Warner Bros executive.

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Permalink Reply by crazyrabbits23 on July 27, 2026 at 2:01pm

I love seeing when collectors spec heavily into a single artist or celebrity. I have a friend who also loves signed Ken Dryden stuff -- he has 25-30 signed books, cut signatures and the like from the guy. I've given him a few I've found in thrift stores, but there are a couple I've held onto that I can't bear to part with (one being an association copy inscribed to fellow author Stuart McLean from him).

Upon further review, I realize the seller who sold me the set screwed up and said the postcard was also from MA. Did some research and found the postcard came from a French artist, also with the last name Atwood. Not a big deal, considering I still got 10x the value of what I paid for the set (particularly because there was a signature in there that was hidden in one of the mailing envelopes that the seller didn't account for, which is likely worth $500-1k on its own.

You should do a deep-dive series on Velvet with the signed examples you have in chronological order, with the associated acquisition stories you have with them.

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Permalink Reply by J.Seah on July 27, 2026 at 11:03am

Early Scrapbook with autographs and ticket stubs from jazz greats Thelonious Monk, Art Blakey, Sonny Stitt, Dizzy Gillespie, Oscar Peterson, Count Basie, Duke Ellington, the 4 Tops, and more.

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Permalink Reply by Gratefulphish on July 27, 2026 at 12:51pm

That is an incredibly cool score. It's pretty much a complete who's who of jazz greats

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Permalink Reply by Stepeanut on August 7, 2026 at 8:07am

John Cale (The Velvet Underground) — Sabotage/Live [Spy Records, 1979] and Honi Soit [A&M Records, 1981], original U.S. LPs.

Sabotage/Live is signed to the back cover by Cale.

Honi Soit is signed to the front cover by Cale, and to the back cover by three band members.

These LPs belonged to Tom Brown of Dearborn, MI, whose story was recently published by the Detroit Free Press.

Circumstantial evidence indicates that the autographs were most likely obtained by Brown on 11 May 1981 at the Second Chance, Ann Arbor, MI.

Tom Brown’s story is well worth the read:

https://eu.freep.com/story/entertainment/music/brian-mccollum/2026/...

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Permalink Reply by J.Seah on August 7, 2026 at 8:49am

Here is an early Barbra Streisand autograph signed at The Shubert Theater in Philadelphia on February 1962 when she was 19 years old.

“I Can Get It for You Wholesale” officially opened on Broadway on March 22, 1962 at the Shubert Theatre. The musical ran for 300 performances and is famous for marking the star-making Broadway debut of a 19-year-old Barbra Streisand in the role of Miss Marmelstein.

The Playgoer Schubert Theatre Philadelphia Theater Program was signed by the cast:

Barbara Streisand
Elliot Gould
Marilyn Cooper
Steve Curry
Ken Leroy
Jack Kruschen

Barbra Streisand had a short career on the Broadway stage, appearing in only two shows. “I Can Get it For You Wholesale ,” a musical by Jerome Weidman with music and lyrics by Harold Rome, was the show that made her a Broadway star.

This is an original vintage "The Playgoer" theater program from the Shubert Theatre in Philadelphia.

The Philadelphia tryout shows ran from Feb 12, 1962 through Feb 24, 1962.