Rock & Roll Memorabilia in Christie's Pop Culture Sale

By Jared Paul Stern Jun. 8th, 2011

Photo Courtesy of Christie's

A $50,000 Gibson Les Paul guitar (above) played by The Who's Pete Townshend on the American leg of the band's Quadrophenia tour stars in Christie's London's "Popular Culture: Rock & Pop Memorabilia" auction on June 14.

It's one of several important instruments in the stunning sale, including a number of other guitars from members of The Who; a 1978 Fender Precision Bass owned by Dee Dee Ramone, estimated at up to $16,000; a Selmer trumpet that belonged to Louis Armstrong, estimated at up to $5,000; and a Hohner harmonica given to Jimi Hendrix by Bob Dylan, estimated at up to $2,000.

Also on offer: rare pen and ink drawings by John Lennon, the most valuable expected to fetch up to $25,000; a jacket worn onstage by Marc Bolan of T. Rex, estimated at up to $11,500; a piece of a bass drum smashed by Kurt Cobain onstage in 1991, estimated at up to $8,000; handwritten lyrics by David Bowie, expected to fetch up to $5,000; various items of clothing worn by Michael Jackson; several gold and autographed records; and more.

To learn more visit Christies.com.

Jared Paul Stern

Jared Paul Stern, JustLuxe's Editor-at-Large, is the Executive Editor of Maxim magazine and has written for the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, the New York Times' T magazine, GQ, WWD, Vogue, New York magazine, Details, Hamptons magazine, Playboy, BlackBook, the New York Post, Man of the World, and Bergdorf Goodman magazine among others. The founding editor of the Page Six magazine, he has al...(Read More)