LED ZEPPELIN's Jimmy Page, JIMI HENDRIX Make Most Expensive Autograph List
April 13, 2009, 15 years ago
Walesonline.co.uk have listed the top five most expensive autographs. LED ZEPPELIN's Jimmy Page and JIMI HENDRIX are on the list. Descriptions can be read below.
#4. Jimmy Page’s signed guitar is one of the most prized signed possessions on sale at £49,000. The Led Zeppelin star began his career as a studio session guitarist in London and has been inducted into the rock and roll hall of fame twice.
#5. A piece of paper signed by Jimi Hendrix has a starting price of £41,000. The rocker, who died aged 27, is widely considered to be the greatest guitarist in the history of rock music.
By the way, the top three are:
1. William Shakespeare - only six authentic signatures exist and each one would be expected to fetch around £2.5m
2. A letter written by US President Abraham Lincoln on January 8, 1863, defending the Emancipation Proclamation.
3. In 2003, the last copy of JOHN LENNON's Double Fantasy autographed before he was killed by Mark Chapman was sold for $525,000, becoming the most valuable record ever.
