Posted on 04/08/2023 8:09:46 AM PDT by Libloather
Dozens of important pieces in the history of rock & roll and pop music are up for sale if the price is right.
World-famous Sotheby's is currently staging an auction that features items from some of the biggest and most influential music artists of all time.
There's everything from a Jimmi Hendrix feather boa, an autograph manuscript by Bob Dylan, Prince's three-piece purple suit from the Purple Rain era, and an autographed Hofner bass from Paul McCartney.
But it is Eddie Van Halen's iconic red-patterned Kramer guitar from the 'Hot For Teacher' music video that's expected to be the most valuable.
The selection of artists represented in the auction also includes the likes of Led Zeppelin, Rolling Stones, The Clash, Queen, Van Halen, David Bowie, Sex Pistols, Bob Marley And The Wailers, Grateful Dead, Janis Joplin, The Who, AC/DC and the Eagles.
In all there are 131 items and memorabilia, spanning decades and musical genres, that are listed on the Sotheby's website that are up for sale until April 18.
**SNIP**
There's also a promo copy of The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan, which was his second studio album that dropped back in May 1963. It comes complete with the poet's handwritten corrections.
The album has an opening bid of $45,000, but Sotheby's thinks it will eventually go to a fan willing to pay between $60,000 to $80,0000.
A Jimi Hendrix pink boa worn by the legendary rocker on the cover of Are You Experienced? (1967), the Jimi Hendrix Experience's debut album, has a starting bid of $10,000, but it's expected to go for $15,000 to $20,000.
Fast forward to the 1980s, and an iconic purple three-piece suit worn by Prince during the Purple Rain era.
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“Hofner bass from Paul McCartney”
I picked up a Hofner violin on ebay for $60. We had a garage sale, I put $100 on it, my neighbor was a violin instructor came by and said it was worth $500. I kept it.
If that guitar could talk without Eddie playing.
He smoked himself to death just like art bell
Yep, me too.
I had never heard of VH....A friend told me I wasn’t gonna believe this guitar and played VH 1st album for for me......at first I had a hard time believing it WAS a guitar making those sounds.
As soon. As it was announced, we bought our tickets to see them as the opening band for of all bands Black Sabbath.
1st tour and VH tore it up......when black Sabbath came on stage we got up and left......you could actually see Rock n Roll changing right there in the arena....the old guard was out.....the new was in.
That was R&R history as far as I’m concerned.....and before david Lee Roth turned into a proper jackass.
Eddie Van Halen was as good as a skateboard.
By Dim logic, shouldn’t the Hot for Teacher song be cancel cultured? Or is it now an anthem for public school teacher/student relationships?
That was really dumb to leave right before Tony Iommi started playing
I wonder what Jimmy Page’s number 1 will fetch when he’s gone...
No. That's EVH's "Frankenstrat" which is a far more important guitar than the one being auctioned off at Sotheby's.
Apparently there were any number of such guitars in his possession. The two pics are not of the same instrument.
It has the potential of being the most valuable electric guitar ever, if not the most valuable musical instrument ever.
I suspect, however, it will not wind up in private hands but rather a museum.
When I saw VH, they were the warm-up band for the Ramones in a sawdust covered floor beer joint in Austin. They were promoting their first album. They were great. After their show, I bought them a beer and chatted with them. Well worth the five bucks. I will never forget. Gabba Gabba Hey Hey.
That’s not the guitar for sale. Thats the REAL iconic guitar, his frankenstrat. the one for sale is a later version he got from an endorsement deal. He did play it, it’s just not THE guitar EVH fans associate with him.
Clapton put a pair of Marshall 4x12 speaker cabinets up for auction a few years back from his stint with Derek & The Dominos. The cabs were a little beat, I’m guessing they got some use before and after the Derek period. However, you could still make out ‘Derek & The Dominos’ stenciled on the back.
The auction house estimated a final price of $6000 for the pair. I was trying to figure out how to bid, but then noticed they had sold for $18,000 for the pair. Too much for me, but for a well off collector, still seemed like a deal.
If I had been able to get them for $6000, I would have put them in the family room and pointed out them out to everyone that came by. The fact they were worn would have added to the appeal, a real pair of road dogs that had been onstage with Clapton back in the day.
Ummm, no, well it depends. The one at auction, and that he played in the official video, was a single pickup (humbucker in the bridge position) and no pickguard, not a double pickup with pickguard. Over time he had a couple of them with that taped pattern, different configurations.
Sorry, I didn't realize he had so many similarly painted guitars.
Here's the one in the Sotheby's catalog listing:
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