Elvis Presley’s first Las Vegas contract sells for $37,000
A signed copy of Elvis Presley’s first Las Vegas contract has sold for $37,000 at auction in the UK. Dating from April 1956, the two-week performance contract marked Elvis’ debut […]
2018-06-18
Spice Girls exhibition set for UK
Fans of the 90s will be able to relive the Spice Girls phenomenon this year, as an exhibition devoted to the world’s best-selling girl group comes to London and Manchester. […]
2018-05-22
Kurt Cobain smashed guitar stars at Julien’s Auction
An electric guitar body that Kurt Cobain smashed to pieces onstage in Seattle on September 22, 1990 led a sale at Julien’s Auctions. The Aria Pro II Cardinal Series achieved […]
2018-05-21
Signed Nirvana photograph leads the John Brennan collection
A signed Nirvana photograph led RR Auction’s sale of autograph hunter John Brennan’s legendary collection last night (May 17). The piece was valued at upwards of $5,000, but ended up […]
2018-05-18
George Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess manuscript to make $112,500?
Sotheby’s is to auction a handwritten manuscript from George Gershwin’s great opera Porgy and Bess (1935) on May 22 with an estimate of £60,000-80,000 ($84,306-112,408). This appears to be a […]
2018-05-15
David Bowie handwritten letter to sell in May
A four page handwritten letter from David Bowie in 1969 is valued at £6,000-8,000 ($8,156-10,875) in Omega Auctions’ two day music memorabilia sale on May 9-10. It’s addressed to the […]
By Dan Wade
2018-05-03
George Harrison’s first electric guitar to sell in New York
The first electric guitar ever owned by Beatles legend George Harrison will be offered for sale in New York later this month. Harrison owned the Hofner Club 40 when he […]
By Dan Wade
2018-05-01
Beatles 1963 signed set list valued at up to $100,000
Julien’s Auctions will offer a handwritten set list from a circa 1963 Beatles concert in its May 19 Music Icons sale. The scrap of paper, which has an estimate of […]
By Tom Meyrick
Madonna and Tupac letter will sell after all
Madonna has lost her bid to stop the sale of her memorabilia, including a breakup letter sent to her by the rapper Tupac. It’s set to cross the block at […]
2018-04-26
2018-04-23
Michael Jackson’s moonwalk loafers valued at $10,000
The black leather loafers Michael Jackson was wearing when he first performed his iconic “moonwalk” dance onstage are selling at GWS Auctions. The historic lot is valued at around $10,000 […]
By Dan Wade
Nirvana signed photograph to star at RR Auction
A large signed photograph of grunge band Nirvana is set to star in the sale of the John Brennan collection at RR Auction on May 10-17. The lot includes an […]
By Tom Meyrick
Doors from the infamous Chelsea Hotel bring more than $400,000
A collection of doors from New York’s infamous Chelsea Hotel has sold for more than $400,000 at auction, after they were saved from the scrapheap by a homeless man. The […]
By Dan Wade
2018-04-13
Stevie Ray Vaughan guitar to cross the block
Texan blues master Stevie Ray Vaughan’s first guitar looks set to be one of the highlights of the auction calendar this year. The 1951 Fender No-caster will appear in Heritage […]
2018-04-06
Pete Townshend’s smashed guitar to beat $12,500?
A guitar the Who’s Pete Townshend smashed to bits in a 1967 concert at the Long Island Arena in New York is to cross the block at Heritage Auctions. The […]
