What Would You Pay For John Lennon’s Tooth, or Other Rock Memorabilia? [PHOTOS]
Now I like the Beatles as much as the next guy, but the guy after that guy that is willing to spend upwards of $16,000 on one of John Lennon's tooth, he is just crazy! The tooth that was given as a souvenir to Lennon's housekeeper will go under the hammer on Nov. 5 and is expected to fetch nearly $16,000. Just yesterday we reported a letter written by Paul McCartney would also be sold, and all this selling got us to thinking about some other extremely pricey pieces of rock history...
John Lennon's 1970 Mercedes-Benz
£137,500 or about $190,698Sold in April 1989 at Christie's in London.
Buddy Holly's Gibson acoustic guitar
£139,658 or about $193,691Sold in a tooled leather case made by Holly himself in NYC's Sotheby's on June 23, 1990.
Lyrics to "Getting Better"
£161,000 or about $223,290Sold at Sotheby's in London on September 14, 1995.
Jimi Hendrix's Fender Stratocaster
£198,000 or about $274,606The guitar Hendrix strummed at Woodstock sold on April 25, 1990, at Sotheby's in London.
Lyrics to "Candle in the Wind"
£278,512 or about $386,268The song performed by Elton John, but handwritten by Bernie Taupin and rewritten were auctioned off at Christie's in LA and on February 11, 1998.
Eric Clapton's "Brownie" guitar
£313,425 or about $434,689Why did Clapton sell one of his favorite guitars, and the one used to record songs such as "Layla," I am not sure, but he did at Christie's on June 24, 1999 in NYC.
Jerry Garcia's "Wolf" guitar
$789,500One of the Grateful Dead front man's two custom-made guitars, "Wolf," sold at Guernsey's auction on May 9, 2002 at Studio 54.
Jerry Garcia's "Tiger" guitar
$957,500On the same date as above, May 9, 2002, Guernsey's auction sold the second of Garcia's custom-made guitars.
John Lennon's Steinway piano
£1,450,000 or about $2,011,005The piano used to compose "Imagine" came complete with Lennon's own cigarette burns. The upright piano sold on October 17, 2000 at Fleetwood-Owen's online auction between Hard Rock Cafs in London and NYC. Pop star George Michael is the proud owner of the piano, which was returned to the Beatles Story museum in Liverpool for all to see.
John Lennon's Rolls-Royce
£1,768,462 or about $2,452,679This 1965 Rolls-Royce Phantom V limousine was used during touring and came with psychedelic paintwork, selling in NYC's Sotheby's on June 29, 1985.