On Feb. 20, Guernsey's Auction House in New York will auction off hundreds of jazz artifacts -- from Benny Goodman's clarinet to writings by John Coltrane -- at Jazz at Lincoln Center's Allen Room. Other items include: a lengthy handwritten letter from Louis Armstrong "when he was going through some personal changes in his life," says Arlan Ettinger, Guernseys owner; a notebook filled with writings from Thelonious Monk including a one-page, three-paragraph essay titled "Everyone Should Read Good Newspapers" from Feb. 17, 1933, when Monk was 15. John Coltrane's fifth-grade notebookis also on the auction block. "He created cutout letters spelling the words Negro History. This is the auction of 1,000 stories," Ettinger says.
For more information, go to the Guernsey's website.
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