H.R. Giger’s early Xenomorph prototype from Alien, John McClane’s Zippo lighter from Die Hard, and a Walther P5 handled by Sean Connery’s James Bond are among the highlights in an upcoming auction of classic film props. Unique items from Edward Scissorhands, Scarface, Men in Black, Tim Burton’s Batman movies, and …
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A guitar that Jimi Hendrix played in the early Sixties — when the guitar god was an R&B sideman and fledgling rocker based in New York City — sold at auction Saturday for $216,000, nearly four times its pre-auction estimate. According to GWS Auctions, Hendrix began playing the Japanese sunburst …
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A sweater worn by Kurt Cobain during the singer’s last photoshoot with Nirvana sold for $75,000 at auction Saturday. The cardigan, which Cobain donned at a pre-In Utero photo session in the summer of 1993, more than doubled its pre-auction estimate of between $10,000 and $20,000, Julien’s Auctions said. Pictures …
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