Early Memorabilia...
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Autographs
Autographs are some of the easiest things to collect; going back a few decades many boys had an autograph book which they used to collect signatures of the famous and...
Clothing
The biggest problem you’re going to encounter if you try to collect 1950s rock memorabilia is the fact that there’s very little of it about. That’s especially true of...
Country Music Memorabilia
Country music might not be tremendously popular in Britain – it certainly doesn’t have the fan base it enjoys in the United States – and it doesn’t generate the...
Early British Pop Memorabilia
The 1950s were a seminal age for British rock’n’roll. For a couple of years skiffle, spearheaded by Lonnie Donegan, was king, a kind of acoustic music that mixed...
Early Rock 'n' Roll Memorabilia
Elvis was the biggest name of early rock’n’roll but he was hardly the only figure of the time. Jerry Lee Lewis, Gene Vincent, Little Richard, Eddie Cochran and Buddy...
Elvis Presley
Elvis was the iconic figure of rock from the 1950s, so famous that he was recognised around the globe by just a single name. His popularity never faded, through the...
Frank Sinatra and Rat Pack
Frank Sinatra became a huge star in the 1940s, attracting hordes of female fans (known as bobbysoxers). During the 1950s he became the King of Las Vegas, performing and...
Instruments
Can you find instruments that belonged to musicians from the 1950s or even earlier? In short, yes, there are a few, but you’re going to pay through the nose for them....
Is Collecting 78s Worthwhile?
Before the advent of the 45 rpm record and the long player (33 1/3 rpm) there were 78 rpm records. They were brittle, made of shellac, and broke very easily. But for...
Jazz Memorabilia
Jazz has had a rich history since it began in the late 19th or early 20th century in New Orleans, but the market for jazz memorabilia is much smaller than for rock, or...
Merchandise
When you go to a concert and see the plethora of things on offer from CDs to tee shirts to key rings and far beyond, you’d be excused for thinking it’s a fairly recent...
Merseybeat Memorabilia
The Mersey Sound was the first British regional sound to emerge in the rock’n’roll era, and certainly the most successful, bringing out the Beatles, Cilla Black,...
Posters of Rock
Posters from the 1950s are eminently desirable to collectors of rock memorabilia. Concert posters in particular, can command high prices, with those of Alan Freed’s...
