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[This is an update to James Brown’s Old Stuff Up for Auction]
The 350-or-so items from James Brown’s estate were sold yesterday for a sum of around $800,000, a bit short of the 2 million Christie’s estimated. Items of interest: his medical bracelet bought by Paul Schaffer for $32,500, Hammond organ for $10,000, and his pink leather couches for $40,000.
The money is going to be used to pay off his outstanding taxes.
Link:http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2008/07/18/james-brown-auction-nets-800000/
According to Rolling Stone,
“A guitar famously lit on fire by Jimi Hendrix while performing onstage in London in 1967 is going to auction. Experts are predicting the guitar may fetch as much as $1 million.”
The story goes that he lit it on fire, got burnt (go figure), and on his way to the hospital, told the roadies to snatch it up. Up until now, it’s been owned by Jimi Hendrix Experience bassist Noel Redding and press officer Tony Garland, whose nephew is apparently putting it out for sale. He’s broke, I guess.
It’ll go on sale September 4th later this year.
[Update: James Brown’s Old Stuff Sold at Auction]
According to the New York Times,
“The personal possessions of the soul singer James Brown, the self-proclaimed “Godfather of Soul,” will be auctioned on Thursday as scheduled after an appeals court judge declined on Monday to block the sale.”
Like a lot of non-poor people who pass on, James Brown’s estate is getting fought over by opposing heirs. Add to that the fact that he was a mad pimp, and, well, you’ve got yourself quite a problem.
Link:http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/15/business/15jamesbrown.html
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