Stuff You Can’t Afford Sold To People Richer Than You
The Punk/Rock auction at Christie’s yesterday seems to be a mixed bag for whoever owned these rock artifacts in the first place. If you were the previous owner of Layne Staley’s artwork for the Mad Season album, the $10,625 taken in was a pleasant surprise considering pre-auction estimates between $3,000 and $5,000. On the other hand, if you were expecting $1,000-$1,500 for a guitar autographed by Journey (which incarnation of Journey is unclear), the $250 it fetched was likely a little distressing. The item reaching the highest price, John Lennon’s Vox organ from the Beatles’ Shea Stadium show ($182,500), way outgrossed original Jimi Hendrix reel-to-reels ($47,500) and the artwork for Metallica’s Master of Puppets ($35,000). The Beatles always win! [Christie’s]
