Well, I looked at my watch
I looked at my wrist
Punched myself in the face
With my fist
I took my potatoes
Down to be mashed
Then I made it over
To that million dollar bash“Million Dollar Bash” by Bob Dylan
A while back, I heard about this memorabilia auction that Christie’s was putting on. This is mind boggling; they got over a million bucks for a drum head. $1,067,346 to be exact. Christie’s says that it is “The world’s most famous drumskin”…
…and, I suppose it is. Still, a million bucks for a drum head! Well, they threw in a copy of the record too.
accompanied by a corresponding copy of the album; and a hand-written letter from Sir Peter Blake, signed, stating This is to confirm that…I have examined the painted drumskin that appears on the L.P. record ‘Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club’ by The Beatles, and that is the same drumskin, and is the genuine, original one painted by Joe Ephgrave
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Tags: Christie's, Drumhead, drumskin, Joe Ephgrave, Sgt. Pepper, Sir Peter Blake
J wrote,
I’ve got a drumhead signed by Twisted Sister’s drummer, A.J. Pero. It’s like money in the bank!
;-)
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Link | July 11th, 2008 at 7:54 pm
Pat Darnell And Friends wrote,
oh wow I am glad I reread this one… I was packin’ and ready to fly to Christies’… I thought you said foreskin. I have a wallet made by a Jewish leather maker that I got on eBay. It is made from a cigar box full of foreskins that Rabbi Jones collected over a lifetime.
That’s right, you rub it the right way and it becomes a suitcase.
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Link | July 12th, 2008 at 9:00 am
Pribek wrote,
J-sounds like that’s a family heirloom and something you wouldn’t ever want to part with. But, you should have it appraise for insurance value.
PD-Just make sure you don’t accidentally go swimming with it.
Link | July 12th, 2008 at 9:15 am