Yardbird sax sells for 140000 to city in bid frenzy
Kansas City mayor Emanuel Cleaver and four aides bid by telephone around 4 a m to buy a plastic alto saxophone once owned by jazz legend Charlie Parker. The instrument sold for 140000, more than double Christie’s expected price.
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Cleaver Announces Acquisition For Jazz Hall Of Fame
Cleaver said the city’s 18th and Vine Authority nets 140000 dollars for a new jazz hall of fame. Christie's in London estimated the cream colored plastic saxophone would fetch 45000 to 60000 dollars in its catalog.
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Prosecutor seeks adult trial for Topeka teen in family killings
In Shawnee County prosecutors seek to try 16 year old Christopher Rice as an adult for the murders of his mother Jayne Rice 42 and sister Leslie Rice 13. Judge Daniel Mitchell ordered Rice held without bond in the adult jail while he awaits trial. Samuel Rice the father found the bodies at their southwest Topeka home Tuesday.
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