Close
Current temperature in Boston - 62 °
BECOME A MEMBER
Get access to a personalized news feed, our newsletter and exclusive discounts on everything from shows to local restaurants, All for free.
Already a member? Sign in.
The Bay State Banner
BACK TO TOP
The Bay State Banner
POST AN AD SIGN IN

Trending Articles

Temu or Shein could be hazardous to your health — especially if you’re Black

Mass. electorate to vote on five ballot questions — Here’s what you should know

Residents say drug activity migrated into neighborhoods surrounding Mass. and Cass since tent removal

READ PRINT EDITION

Jimi Hendrix memorabilia sells big at rock ‘n’ roll auction

ASSOCIATED PRESS

NEW YORK — 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.

(Associated Press)