Louis Armstrong Signed Ticket

by Tom Leonardo
(Fort Myers, FL)

On December 21, 1962, as a sailor stationed at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Hospital, I attended an Ed Sullivan Show on the Naval Base, and one of the performers was Louis Armstrong. After the show I met Satchmo, and he signed the back of my ticket. I haven't thought about this for many years, but at a friend's home for Thanksgiving dinner yesterday, our military service experiences came up in conversation, and I thought about that show that I attended so long ago.

I am wondering at what my autographed ticket might be worth since it was a one of a kind event meant to entertain service members serving on Gitmo shortly after the Cuban Crisis.