Huge lot of 18 different tour laminates, crack and peel backstage passes, tour luggage tags, and business cards from sundry Prince tours and Prince-related events. The grouping includes: the personal Purple Rain tour laminate (with photo) of Prince hair stylist Earl Jones; the personal Sign o’ the Times tour laminate (with photo) of tour manager Alan Leeds; Lovesexy Japan tour laminate with the name of Prince saxophonist Eric Leeds; a hand-made laminated pass for Prince’s Around the World in a Day birthday party in Minneapolis, June, 1985; a laminated invite to a Prince party in Frankfurt, Germany, 8/27/88, saying to “dress strange,” the front reading, “Will the real Steven Fargnoli please stand up,” referring to Prince’s manager; three different crack-and-peel passes for the 1988 Lovesexy tour; Paisley Park Records and PRN Productions business cards for Alan Leeds; a PRN Productions business card for Leeds’ assistant Gwen Gwyn; laminated passes for The Music of Prince at Carnegie Hall 3/7/13, The Revolution reunion gig at First Avenue 2/19/12, The Revolution’s first concert following Prince’s death also at First Avenue 9/1/16; Sheila E.’s philanthropy benefit concert at Orchestra Hall in Minneapolis 10/23/16 and to a PRN Alumni Event at The Machine Shop in Minneapolis 11/12/16; two tour luggage tags—one from the Purple Rain tour has the name and address of Prince’s management team, Cavallo/Ruffalo/Fargnoli in Los Angeles, the second, from the Lovesexy tour, reads: “If found please return to 7801 Audubon Road, Chanhassen,Mn. (Paisly Park).” In overall fine condition. From the collections of Alan and Gwen Leeds.
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