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August 29 Rock & Roll Artifacts and Autographs

Tue, Aug 25, 2026 10:20AM EDT - Sat, Aug 29, 2026 04:00PM EDT
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Welcome to Rockhurst Auctions August 29 Rock & Roll Artifacts and Autographs event, featuring Carl Perkins Stage Played 1962 Epiphone "Emperor" Hollow-Body Electric Guitar - Heavily Documented with Photos and Perkins Family Provenance. The auction also offers 100s of autographed items from Elvis Presley, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Muddy Waters, Jimi Hendrix, Metallica, U2, Eric Clapton, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Bruce Springsteen and many others. Plus vintage vinyl, original photography, RIAA Gold and Platinum Record Awards. ENJOY
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Lot 89

1964 Yardbirds Performance Contract from Eric Clapton Era with the Band

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Offered is a 1964 Yardbirds Performance Contract from the Eric Clapton Era with the Band. Original lead guitarist Top Topham left and was replaced by Eric Clapton in October 1963. Crawdaddy Club impresario Giorgio Gomelsky (who signed this October 1964 agreement) became their manager and first record producer. Under Gomelsky's guidance, the Yardbirds toured Britain as the back-up band for blues legend Sonny Boy Williamson II in December 1963 and early 1964. Recordings from those performances were released two years later during the height of Yardbird popularity on the album Sonny Boy Williamson and the Yardbirds. "For Your Love" was a Top 10 hit in the UK, Canada, and the US in early 1965, but it displeased Clapton, a blues purist whose vision extended beyond three-minute singles. Frustrated by their commercial approach, he abruptly left the band in March 1965, shortly after the single was released. Near Mint condition. 

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