Everything gets recycled.
Punk nostalgia gets its day in the limelight at Christie's on November 24 with a Punk Rock Auction at Rockefeller Center in New York.
I was left wondering what the Bob Dylan-Joan Baez (1965) Concert Poster was doing there until I understood the name of the auction is Punk/Rock (I guess they mean punk slash rock). I even realized they threw in some Louis Armstrong and James Brown stuff in the mix, a little unfocused may I say.
Also included is the Vox Continental Portable Organ used by John Lennon at the historic
August 15, 1965, Shea Stadium concert, as well as the Beatles' August
13, 1965 appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show and on the studio recording
of I'm Down estimated at $150,000-$200,000.
Let's get back to Punk with an item I never saw, a Sandinista Promotional Poster by The Clash, more down to earth with a $2,000 – $3,000.
Richard Hell's Blank Generation UK Tour Poster already sold for $625.
There are also a bunch of Ramones, Blondie, Buzzcocks items and lesser known bands like Black Flag and the Weirdoes.
On a budget, for the Rebel Collectors amongst us, the Anarchy in the UK Zine (1976, pictured above, from Christie's site) with Sue Catwoman on the cover goes for as little as $400.
Oh! Bondage Up…as Poly Styrene (X Ray Specs) once sung.
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