Doc Severinsen Autographs
Carl Hilding "Doc" Severinsen (born July 7, 1927) is an American retired jazz trumpeter who led the NBC Orchestra on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson.
Severinsen was born in Arlington, Oregon, to Minnie Mae (1897–1998) and Carl Severinsen (1898–1972). He was nicknamed Doc after his father, the only dentist in Arlington, who was born in Germany to a Danish father and a Swiss mother. Severinsen's father played violin and wanted him to play it as well, but Severinsen wanted to play trombone. Because his arms were not long enough for trombone, and the small Arlington music store had none available, he settled for the cornet. A neighbor provided him with some lessons, while his father, tobacco in mouth, instructed him to spit out the notes like spitting tobacco. His mother threatened to spank him if he didn't practice. Growing up, Severinsen idolized the trumpeter and band leader Harry James.
Severinsen proved to have a knack for the instrument, and was in a high school band when he was seven. At 9, he won a state trumpet contest, at 12 he won the Music Teachers National Association’s National Contest, at 13, he joined a multi-state all-star band and, at 14, he auditioned for Tommy Dorsey but was not hired. He started a quartet called the Blue Notes that performed at local dances.
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Current items with a signature of Doc Severinsen
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Traded items with a signature of Doc Severinsen
The most expensive item with a signature of Doc Severinsen (TONIGHT SHOW CAST-Johnny Carson,Ed MacMahon,Doc Severinsen Autograph photo w/coa) was sold in July 2025 for $322.22 while the cheapest item (DOC SEVERINSEN....HAND SIGNED AUTOGRAPH....) found a new owner for $0.99 in February 2009. The month with the most items sold (2) was April 2022 with an average selling price of $34.74 for an autographed item of Doc Severinsen. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in January 2015 with $250.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $1.99 was March 2014. In average, an autographed item from Doc Severinsen is worth $19.99.
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