In addition to the piano Freddie Mercury used to compose “Bohemian Rhapsody” or the hat Michael Jackson wore to the premiere of his “Moonwalk”, which will be sold at auction in September, there are other celebrity memorabilia that have brought auctions to life.
In November 2016, a buyer paid $4.8 million for the iconic dress in which Marilyn Monroe obscenely sang “Happy Birthday, Mr. President” to President John F. Kennedy on his 45th birthday, which was sold at Julien’s Auctions.
The dress fit Marilyn so well that it was tailored for the legendary actress and singer shortly before she took the stage at Madison Square Garden in New York City on May 19, 1962.
Many of Marilyn’s dresses have been auctioned off.
The guitar with which Kurt Cobain recorded Nirvana’s famous “Unplugged” concert in 1993 was sold in June 2020 for $6 million at an auction, also from Julien. This is a guitar record.
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Prior to this, the most expensive guitar was the Fender Stratocaster, called the “Black Strat”, which was used by the guitarist of the British band Pink Floyd, David Gilmour. It was sold by the musician for $3.97 million at an auction organized in June 2019 by Christie’s in favor of charity work.
In September 2022, Sotheby’s sold the number 23 jersey worn by basketball player Michael Jordan during his last NBA title in 1998 for $10.1 million. This is an all-time record for a sports item.
Other jerseys have reached high prices, such as football player Diego Maradona’s jersey sold for $9.3 million in May 2022, or basketball player Kobe Bryant’s jersey sold for $5.8 million in February 2023, three years after his death. in the 41st season. years in a helicopter crash. Both were sold at Sotheby’s.
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Another sporting relic is the ball used by Diego Maradona to score his legendary 1986 World Cup goal with the help of the “hand of God”, sold for $2.5 million at Graham Budd Auctions in November 2022.
The original manuscript of Bob Dylan’s most famous song, “Like a Rolling Stone”, sold at Sotheby’s in June 2014 for $2 million, a record for an object of this type.
Most recently, the manuscript for David Bowie’s 1972 hit “Starman” was sold in September 2022 for approximately $255,000 at Omega Auctions.
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The beige rhinestone-studded leather glove worn by Michael Jackson in 1983 when he first performed his famous “Moonwalk” sold for $350,000 in New York City in November 2009 at the late pop star’s memorabilia auction. drug overdose.
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