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An original Anger, Hate, Destroy shirt with Pollock's tag in the collar along with a pair of hand-painted Pollock's trousers. Extremely rare, few examples of this South London contemporary of Sex/Seditionaries have ever been offered at auction. Pollock's went on to design clothes for The Clash. From the Collection of Jon Savage. $2000-2500.
High-end auction houses aren't very punk rock, but Christie's is about to put some classic punk era memorabilia on the block. They announced the auction, which takes place November 24th, yesterday--and it will include more than 120 punk treasures from legends like the Ramones, the Velvet Underground, Patti Smith, Blondie, David Bowie and more.
Christie's pop-culture chief Simeon Lipman told the AP: "We understand that tastes change, tastes mature. Ten years ago, punk memorabilia probably wouldn't be something we'd be auctioning here. But now, people of a certain age have a certain ability to splurge on this material."
Too bad they didn't do this a few years ago, maybe they could have auctioned off CBGB. Now, put on your best John Varvatos suit and get ready to drive another nail into the coffin.
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I wish I could go back 30 years or so and show today's Christies brochures to all these punk icons while the movement was still in its prime.
Will they be auctioning one of the slices of bologna that Stiv Bators blew his nose with before he threw it into the audience at CBGB? How much will they start the bidding on a fecal-stained microphone that was in G.G. Allin's ass?
@PoliteNewYorker Unfortunately, Merl sold everything of GG's too soon. He is probably kicking himself in the ass right about now.
For the record, Lou Reed is one the nastiest jerks to ever walk the planet. If you ever think about offering to buy him a beer while you mention your enjoyment of the Velvet's, you've been warned.
do tell the story emily.
The hammer fell on Punk a long time ago.
these authentic real live punk artifacts are being auctioned off to people at christies?? so some jerk stepped it up and won that heartbreakers poster because people called him a poser when he wore his cbgb's shirt? or that ramones shirt because people called him a poser when he wore his cbgb's shirt? or that jackson pollock creation because people called him a poser when he wore his cbgb's shirt? whyyyyyy???