The Punk/Rock auction at Christie’s yesterday seems to be a mixed bag for whoever owned these rock artifacts in the first place. If you were the previous owner of Layne Staley’s artwork for the Mad Season album, the $10,625 taken in was a pleasant surprise considering pre-auction estimates between $3,000 and $5,000. On the other hand, if you were expecting $1,000-$1,500 for a guitar autographed by Journey (which incarnation of Journey is unclear), the $250 it fetched was likely a little distressing. The item reaching the highest price, John Lennon’s Vox organ from the Beatles’ Shea Stadium show ($182,500), way outgrossed original Jimi Hendrix reel-to-reels ($47,500) and the artwork for Metallica’s Master of Puppets ($35,000). The Beatles always win! [Christie's]
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That Mexican Strat probably goes for around $450 at Guitar Center. So, the value of a Journey autograph is currently minus $200.
So did My Chemical Romance steal their cover from Mad Season:
[christies.com]
or is there some other reference point with which I’m unfamiliar?
I LOVED the Mad Season CD… 10 grand is an awful lot, but Layne DID create it himself… eh, it’s a moot point, someone else beat me to it.
Without actually knowing the answer, I’d say Layne got ripped off by MCR. I mean, he created that art himself!
Stuff I can’t afford can be sold only to people richer than I, qua stuff I can’t afford.
@Murk: well, the bomp newsletter archive went for $50. which isn’t bad.
Stuff I wouldn’t want in the first place sold to people who may or may not be richer than I.