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Lot # 520: Buddy Holly Home Movie, Christmas Eve 1958

Category: Sports Autographs

Starting Bid: $1,000.00

Bids: 0 (Bid History)

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Item was in Auction "December 2001",
which ran from 12/1/2001 12:00 AM to
12/31/2001 9:00 PM



The last known film of Holly is contained on one of these two 8mm, three minute color reels. A smiling Buddy is seen for twelve seconds sitting next to his mother at home in Lubbock, Texas. His wife, Maria Elena, and other family members are seen throughout the reel. These segments have never been commercially seen, broadcast, or licensed by the Holly estate. Also seen is backstage footage featuring Buddy, the Crickets, the Everly Brothers, and Carl Perkins licensed by the family for a Holly documentary and Paul McCartney's Holly tribute. Some of the handwriting on the boxes is in his mother's hand. Originally sold by Sotheby's New York as Lot #386 at the Holly Estate auction in 1990. Comes with a COA signed by Maria Elena Holly and a copy of the Holly segment of the catalog.

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