JIMI HENDRIX, LED ZEPPELIN, YARDBIRDS Memorabilia Sells Big At Christie's Auction
December 1, 2007, 16 years ago
According to AP, an auction at Christie's of rock 'n' roll memorabilia from some of the hottest bands of the 1960s and '70s hauled in big bucks Friday, including $20,000 for a JIMI HENDRIX album and more than $4,000 for a ROLLING STONES t-shirt.
A copy of Hendrix's Axis: Bold As Love album from 1968 - inscribed "Thanks for everything" and accompanied by three color photos of the rock star - sold for double its pre-sale estimate of $10,000. Three cardboard posters for Hendrix concerts in 1968 and 1969 fetched $10,625, $16,250 and $18,750.
The limited edition, long-sleeved sweater designed to promote the Stones' 1973 Goat's Head Soup album sold for $4,750. Only about a dozen of them were produced.
Of the T-shirts, a YARDBIRDS shirt worn by rock journalist Greg Shaw to the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival brought $3,000 while a maroon LED ZEPPELIN 1973 shirt fetched $1,625.
A short-sleeved white shirt with green sleeves with the words "War is over! If you want it" from the JOHN LENNON song 'Happy Xmas (War Is Over)', sold for $1,875, just below its $2,000 estimate.
The auction house said all the T-shirts were bought by U.S. private collectors except for the John Lennon one, which was acquired by an institution it wouldn't name. The prices included the buyer's premium.
