News-Antique.com - Jun 01,2007 - ItsOnlyRockNRoll.com Music Memorabilia and Photography Auction Closes June 2
The bidding is hot and heavy on over 1500 authentic items including never before seen silent film footage of the Rolling Stones, The Doors and The Who in their catalog auction June 2 with photographers copyright included, Jimi Hendrix hand-written lyrics, James Brown's stage worn shirt, Kurt Cobain's Prilosec prescription bottle, Circus Mag photos, autographed guitars, Jerry Garcia's amps and guitar picks, Keith Moon's shoes and lots more.
The auction officially begins to close at 11:00 p.m. eastern time. When 5 minutes goes by without a bid on any of the 1500+ ite in the auction, then the auction will end. Bidding is online, by telephone or by fax. Callbacks can be arranged for those who do not wish to be outbid on any items.
The films are part of a collection of films by a young film maker as he attended concerts in the golden years of performances by these classic bands. Part of his collection being offered includes these never-before seen, and never reproduced, original films on their original reels, which have been cleaned and burned to a single DVD this year by Brodsky and Treadway. The copyright ownership will be transferred to the winning bidder.
A Mod and swingin' shirt was once stage worn and owned by "The Godfather ..." Mr. James Brown (d. 2006). Vintage white cotton shirt has "puffy sleeves" and grommet string ties at the nape of the "V" neck. The sleeves have string ties at the ends, that were wrapped around James' wrists, creating a swash-buckling "wristband" effect. Shirt appears to be a size "Large" (no labels inside) when J.B. was a little leaner and the picture of heath. This comes from with a letter from James Comisar, who initially got this in storage unit auction.
On a sheet of Cumberland Hotel (London) stationary, in 1969 Jimi Hendrix had written a love poem: "she said she comes from ice land...I told her I was from the west - she took me to the snow capped mountains - and then she put me through the test - we walked across the glacier, the horses stayed behind...and as we laid between the frozen vallies - we kissed for the very first time - and now we're stuck together." This very same manuscript was published in 1993's "Jimi Hendrix - The Lost Writings - Cherokee Mist" compiled by Bill Nitopi. The poem is written in red ballpoint pen on the 6 x 8.25" unlined sheet with handwritten phone number on the reverse. EX/NRMT. with one barely discernable wrinkle.
Small empty plastic 3.5" tall prescription bottle for Prilosec is dated 3/29/92 and is made out to Kurt Cobain (d. 1994) on the label (with the address at his then residence in Los Angeles, Ca.) Cobain's stomach problems were well documented and this is an ironic piece of rock n' roll history for sure.
The pair of Keith Moon's yellow Converse basketball sneakers were among numerous items consigned to
