Memorabilia lane
Auction houses around the world
On 18 April, Eddie Van Halen’s stage-played/ Hot For Teacher video guitar sold via sothebys. com for $3.932 million. ■ On 21 May, a charity auction of 800-plus Janet Jackson items is via juliensauctions.com at Hard Rock Café, Times Square, New York, which has a presale exhibition. It includes costumes from tours, videos, TV, awards, and her personal wardrobe, along with art, furnishings, jewellery, props, microphones, road cases, household items, record awards, and 2003 Aston Martin V12 Vanquish car (estimate, $70,000). ■ A 3 April auction via ICZ, Palm Harbor, Florida, included signed guitars from Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Bruce Springsteen, George Harrison handwritten lyrics, 16 April, sketches from John Lennon, Kurt Cobain, 21 April, Metallica guitar. ■ An 8 April auction by GWS, Agoura Hills, California, included Elvis Presley Heartbreak Hotel handwritten lyrics (estimate, $220,000), jewellery, briefcase, jacket, shirt, coats, glass, Janis Joplin boa, necklace, bag, Jimi Hendrix trousers, waistcoat, guitars from The Cure, John Mellencamp, Olivia Newton-john, ex-eagles’ Don Felder, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Alice Cooper, Billy Ray Cyrus, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Bob Dylan harmonica, The Beatles record awards, John Lennon shirt, Prince tambourine, Paul Mccartney hair, Whitney Houston blazer, MC Hammer suit, Michael
Jackson hats, trousers, belt, jackets, Cher boots, Madonna jewellery, Liza Minelli top. ■ In April, Lisa Marie Presley’s nine-bed, nine-bath 7,815 ft2 house, with pool, docks, Clearwater, Florida, was offered via Station Square Realty for $5.995 million. ■ Solange Knowles’ 1,360 ft2, one-bed, two-bath apartment, Hollywoods Hills, was offered in March for $799,000, along with 7,975 ft2, four-bed, four-bath house, New Orleans, for $950,000, via Berkshire Hathaway. ■ In March, Avril Lavigne’s 3,455 ft2, four-bed, four-bath house in 0.6 acres, Malibu, was offered via Coldwell Barker for $12 million.
■ On 7 April, The Roots’ Questlove offered LPS from his collection for charity via whatnot.com. ■ April auctions via Activity, Dover, Delaware, included signed guitars from (9) Zakk Wylde, The Police (23) Alice Cooper, Les Paul, Taylor Swift, ex-eagles’ Don Felder, Blink-182’s Travis Barker, Foo Fighters’ Dave Grohl, ex-the Beatles’
Pete Best signed drumhead. ■ In April, Halsey’s 12,660 ft2 five-bed, seven-bath house in 4.69 acres, Monte Nido, California, with library, cinema, salon, studio, garage, pool/house, guesthouse, was sold via The Agency for $11.9 million. ■ In
April, The Hold Steady announced that they’ll sell guitars/equipment via reverb.com. ■ Chris Agajanian’s The Beatles collection of 2,000plus items, valued at $2 million, including John Lennon suit, bust, George Harrison glasses, sitar, tape, is offered via beatlescollection4sale.com. ■ Amy Winehouse’s book collection of 230 titles, some annotated, was offered via catawiki.com, 23 April. ■ In April, a Buckethead (ex-guns N’ Roses) guitar was offered via buketheadpikes.com.
Eddie Van Halen’s Hot For Teacher Kramer CO 176 guitar, which made nearly $4 million