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The auction record is $4,250 for original orchestral arrangement sheets for 'Lover Man', 'A Love Affair', 'Please Come Home', 'Sleepy Time Down South', 'You Took Advantage of Me', 'All of You', 'Deed I Do', 'Sometimes I'm Happy', 'For All We Know' (2025, Clars Auction Gallery). Source: OpeningBid, an independent auction-results database.","title":"Billie Holiday value: auction records & prices (updated Nov 2026)"}}