Jack White is auctioning off a red and white custom made marimba used in the White Stripes’ 2005 Get Behind Me Satan tour. All proceeds will benefit flood victims in his current hometown of Nashville. The instrument has been kept in a case since 2006 and it’s ready to be bid on at eBay. I say grab the chance to get a piece of the band’s music history and help out a great cause. I wonder how the auction will go and how high the marimba will go for. If that was one of Jack’s guitars I’m pretty sure it would go pretty high.
As it was previously reported, Madonna?s private journal went up for auction ? or at the very least, they used to be. The auction has come to a halt last Monday as the Queen of Pop?s rep convinced eBay that the items rightfully belonged to the singer. The seller is pretty pissed at that. He still claims that the 12 journals, photos and address books are his. He was expecting to rake in at least $2.5 million from the auction. How can he claim that when the previous owner, a former assistant to Madonna, spoke out to not bid on the items? It goes to show you not to mess with Madonna!
The first-ever items to be auctioned off by Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler – including his boxer shorts – have been revealed.
The legendary rocker has donated clothing and memorabilia to raise money for the MusiCares MAP fund, which helps musicians in their recovery from addictions.
The items to be auctioned off in New York include a Betsey Johnson pinstripe black suit, which is expected to sell for $600, and a Helen David English Eccentrics shirt, which is expected to fetch $800.
Two pairs of Tyler’s boxer shorts, one reading Light My Fire, are also going under the hammer and are expected to sell for more than $200.
Also up for auction on 21 November are signed guitars belonging to Ronnie Wood and Paul McCartney, and guitars hand-painted by Carly Simon, David Lee Roth and others.
As time passes, more and more people are trying to cash in on Michael Jackson?s death. You can add another one to that list. The original marriage certificate which was issued to the King of Pop and Lisa Marie Presley, from when they were married in the Dominican Republic in 1994, is going up for auction in January. Phillip Weiss, who is auctioning off the paper, says ?when you have an item that combines his name and legend with the Presley name and legend, their marriage certificate no less, with both of their signatures on it, you?ve got something that?s almost impossible to predict what it will bring at auction.? He?s got a valid point.
One of Michael Jackson?s famous electric-white gloves is expected to sell for a bumper six-figure sum when it goes up for auction later this year.
The late music superstar wore the glove on his 1984 Victory tour alongside his brothers.
Jacko sported the iconic glove in his performance of Suit Of Lights ? and it is now tipped to sell for several times its market value, following his sudden death at the age of 50.
Los Angeles auction house Profiles in History describes the glove as ?the single most iconic piece of Michael Jackson memorabilia in the world?.
The glove is emblazoned with bugle beads and Austrian crystal rhinestones, and fitted with 50 small glass light bulbs.
The bulbs were wired on separate circuits, making them twinkle at random for added visual effect.
There were only two of the gloves made for the Victory tour, with the one up for auction gifted to the designer Ted Shell by Jackson in 1986.
Profiles in History president Joseph Maddalena, said: ?I estimate the value at $60,000 to $80,000, but it could sell for hundreds of thousands of dollars.?
The glove will go under the hammer in October.
Source: Splash News
