Tag: Music memorabilia
$30k record for rare Velvet Underground single
A copy of the Velvet Underground’s All Tomorrow’s Parties single has sold for $30,000 setting an online auction record. The 7-inch vinyl promo single from 1966 is one of only […]
2024-04-17
Final-show Beatles baseball up for auction
A baseball signed by all four Beatles at their final show is up for sale at auction this month. The Spalding ball was signed by George Harrison, John Lennon, Paul […]
2024-02-08
£8 m Mark Knopfler guitar auction smashes estimates
The sale of Mark Knopfler guitars has handsomely surpassed expectations and estimates to raise over £8 million. The sale was a big pay-day for charities, who received 25% of the […]
2024-02-07
Beatles painting trebles estimate in NY auction sale
A legendary work of art created by all four Beatles has crashed through estimates to sell for $1.7 million at auction in New York. The piece, usually called Images of […]
Fleetwood Mac piano leads major music charity auction
A charity music auction featuring instruments from Fleetwood Mac, Taylor Swift, and Harry Styles will run for the first time on February 4. The MusiCares Charity Relief Auction takes place […]
2024-01-24
BBC rare records set for auction sale
The BBC is set to auction off thousands of rare vinyl records, including gems from David Bowie, The Beatles, Pink Floyd, and more. The auction will see over 400 lots […]
2024-01-17
Elton John’s home emptied in huge auction
Elton John is selling the contents of his Atlanta home in an series of auctions. With 900 lots, a total estimated value of over $10 million, and eight New York […]
Beatles painting sale could realise $600,000
Images of a Woman, a painting created by all four Beatles in Japan in 1966, will be auctioned in New York in February. It could raise $600,000.
2024-01-03
Dylan master tapes are a moment in history
You will need around $1 million to come away from tomorrow’s online auction of 3 tapes believed to be the masters of Bob Dylan’s debut album. The tapes are being […]
2023-12-13
Tragic Buddy Holly poster sells for $250,000
Just two days before his death in a plane crash in Iowa Buddy Holly and a bill of rock ‘n’ roll greats played a Winter Dance Party show in Green […]
2023-12-06
Clapton guitar is now $1.27 million music memorabilia
A seminal piece of music memorabilia has broken the million dollar mark at an auction in Nashville. Eric Clapton’s 1964 Gibson SG guitar, nicknamed “The Fool” and specially painted by […]
2023-11-28
£100,000 expected in Bowie lyric sale
Two handwritten lyrics with in-progress notes for David Bowie classics will be sold next week. The words for Rock N Roll Suicide and Suffragette City from The Rise And Fall […]
Dire Straits star Knopfler sells guitars
Legendary Dire Straits frontman Mark Knopfler is auctioning over 120 of his iconic guitars and amps next year. The sale, organised in January, includes the 1983 Les Paul Knopfler played […]
2023-11-23
Beatles recording console up for auction
The EMI TG12345 Mk I console with which The Beatles’ recorded the 1969 album Abbey Road will be auctioned in London December 14. It is the first sale for historic […]
Michael Jackson jacket auctioned for £250,000
A jacket worn by Michael Jackson in a legendary 1984 television commercial for Pepsi made the top price of £250,000 at a recent auction in Herfordshire, UK. Jackson wore the […]