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Jimi Hendrix, Beatles, Elvis Presley Memorabilia Sold |
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Created On: Thursday, 04 September 2008
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The scorched Fender Stratocaster was the star lot at an auction of music memorabilia that also included The Beatles' first contract and a gun permit application made out by Elvis Presley.
Hendrix's guitar, which he set alight during a concert at London's Astoria in March 1967, was purchased by enthusiast Daniel Boucher, from Boylston, Mass.
Hendrix famously burned another guitar at the Monterey Pop Festival in 1967, where the stunt was caught on film.
A copy of The Beatles' first contract with manager Brian Epstein sold for more than $426,000, the auctioneers said.
The four-page document was signed on Jan. 24, 1962, by John Lennon, George Harrison, Paul McCartney and Richard Starkey — Ringo Starr's real name. It is also signed by Harold Hargreaves Harrison and James McCartney on behalf of their underage sons, and marked the moment when all the pieces were in place for a global outbreak of Beatlemania.
An application to the State of California for a concealed-gun permit by Elvis Presley, and a set of his fingerprints, fetched $81,740.
The Fame Bureau couldn't immediately confirm whether other lots, including the audio archive of legendary music producer Joe Meek, had been sold at the auction in London.
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