New World Record Set At $6M For Nirvana GuitarIn an auction held today June 20, 2020 at Julien's Auctions a bidder bought Kurt Cobain's acoustic guitar used during the infamous MTV Unplugged performance. The purchase cost the lucky buyer a record-setting $6,010,000. The buyer, whose name was announced publicly as the auction concluded in a somewhat unusual occurrence, was Australian Peter Freedman, Founder and CEO of RODE Microphones. The Nirvana MTV Unplugged concert was recorded on November 18, 1993 in MTV's New York City s...
Concert Tickets and Passes: Small Pieces Of Music HistoryConcert tickets and backstage passes have become excellent collectibles. Most are not overly expensive and they make a great scrap book project or, even better, make for a great art piece when designed into a collage to enjoy on a wall. Like most music collectibles, the artist matters (although also always a matter of personal taste), but older dated shows from an artist's early career or particularly famous shows can be the most highly sought after. Like with most collectibles, condition...
Top 10 Most Expensive Guitars Ever SoldGuitars, despite their wood, metal and wire construction, have always had a human quality to them. Guitarists who hold one in their hands for enough years will tell you that they become extensions of themselves. Rough edges get smoothed. Spots get worn. Belt buckle rash appears. Their wood gets stained with sweat, booze, even blood (just ask Pete Townshend). They've traveled the world. They've been played on countless stages and studios. And so by now they're just about perfect. A...
Rare Doors RIAA Award To Jim Morrison Up For Sale [SOLD]Becoming friends with Jim Morrison in college at UCLA. Seeing his former college-mate rise to worldwide fame as the lead vocalist and poet laureate of The Doors. Spending good, and sometimes tumultuous, times with him in France years later. Photographing what would become some of the last images of him ever seen due to his untimely demise in 1971 at the young age of 27. Those are some of the unique experiences of Alain Ronay. Ronay, who hails from France and today is a naturalized American, ...
Authenticity: 5 MORE Tips For Autograph BuyersSo it's been a year here at MusicGoldmine.com since we wrote our first article on this topic and we're sad to see that every day, music memorabilia collectors and fans seeking real autographed items from their favorite artists are still being duped by unscrupulous sellers. (You can see that first article here--Authenticity: 5 Tips For Autograph Buyers). Since sellers -- both on the Internet and in brick and mortar stores -- are still bilking consumers out of literally hundreds of th...
Kurt Cobain "Unplugged" Sweater Sets Auction RecordOver this past weekend, the pale green sweater worn by Kurt Cobain at Nirvana's legendary MTV "Unplugged" taping in 1993 sold for $334,000 at an auction staged by Julien's in New York City. The sale makes it the most expensive sweater ever sold at auction. Cobain tragically took his own life at the age of 27 in Spring of 1994 not long after the famous televised gig. The record-setting memorabilia sale reflects the growing market for collector's items that capture a piece o...
This Week In Music History May 19-25The week in music history brought to you by MusicGoldmine.com. MAY 19: Happy 70th Birthday to Dusty Hill of ZZ Too, born today in 1949!🎂🎸 Hill along with his brother Rocky and future ZZ Top bandmate Frank Beard played in local bands in the late 1960s. In 1968, Dusty and Frank moved to Houston and joined Billy Gibbons in the newly formed ZZ Top. Fast forward 50 years and Hill is still rocking with the band!🎶🎸🔥 MAY 20: Today in 2012, Robin Gibb of the Bee Gees passed away from l...
The Week In Music History Feb 3 - 9The week in music history brought to you by FEB 3: Sadly, 60 years ago today Buddy Holly, The Big Bopper, and Ritchie Valens, as well as the pilot, died in a plane crash on the way to Fargo, ND. Holly rented the plane because the bus they had been using was having heating issues and had already broken down twice in freezing conditions. Shortly after the plane took off it crashed into a corn field near Mason City, Iowa. 😢 FEB 4: Happy Birthday to Alice Cooper, born today in 1948! Cooper was b...
The Week In Music History Jan 13-19, '19The week in music history brought to you by MusicGoldmine.com JAN 13: Eric Clapton played his comeback concert today in 1973 at the Rainbow Theatre in London. Pete Townsend of The Who had helped organize the two night concert to help Clapton kick his heroin habit. Others who performed at the concert were Stevie Wonder, Pete Townsend, Ronnie Wood, and others with support from The Average White Band. Clapton did later beat his drug and alcohol addictions and has played many concerts in support...
New World Record Set At $6M For Nirvana Guitar
In an auction held today June 20, 2020 at Julien's Auctions a bidder bought Kurt Cobain's acoustic guitar used during the infamous MTV Unplugged performance. The purchase cost the lucky buyer a record-setting $6,010,000. The buyer, whose name was announced publicly as the auction concluded in a somewhat unusual occurrence, was Australian Peter Freedman, Founder and CEO of RODE Microphones. The Nirvana MTV Unplugged concert was recorded on November 18, 1993 in MTV's New York City s...
Concert Tickets and Passes: Small Pieces Of Music History
Concert tickets and backstage passes have become excellent collectibles. Most are not overly expensive and they make a great scrap book project or, even better, make for a great art piece when designed into a collage to enjoy on a wall. Like most music collectibles, the artist matters (although also always a matter of personal taste), but older dated shows from an artist's early career or particularly famous shows can be the most highly sought after. Like with most collectibles, condition...
Top 10 Most Expensive Guitars Ever Sold
Guitars, despite their wood, metal and wire construction, have always had a human quality to them. Guitarists who hold one in their hands for enough years will tell you that they become extensions of themselves. Rough edges get smoothed. Spots get worn. Belt buckle rash appears. Their wood gets stained with sweat, booze, even blood (just ask Pete Townshend). They've traveled the world. They've been played on countless stages and studios. And so by now they're just about perfect. A...
Rare Doors RIAA Award To Jim Morrison Up For Sale [SOLD]
Becoming friends with Jim Morrison in college at UCLA. Seeing his former college-mate rise to worldwide fame as the lead vocalist and poet laureate of The Doors. Spending good, and sometimes tumultuous, times with him in France years later. Photographing what would become some of the last images of him ever seen due to his untimely demise in 1971 at the young age of 27. Those are some of the unique experiences of Alain Ronay. Ronay, who hails from France and today is a naturalized American, ...
Authenticity: 5 MORE Tips For Autograph Buyers
So it's been a year here at MusicGoldmine.com since we wrote our first article on this topic and we're sad to see that every day, music memorabilia collectors and fans seeking real autographed items from their favorite artists are still being duped by unscrupulous sellers. (You can see that first article here--Authenticity: 5 Tips For Autograph Buyers). Since sellers -- both on the Internet and in brick and mortar stores -- are still bilking consumers out of literally hundreds of th...
Kurt Cobain "Unplugged" Sweater Sets Auction Record
Over this past weekend, the pale green sweater worn by Kurt Cobain at Nirvana's legendary MTV "Unplugged" taping in 1993 sold for $334,000 at an auction staged by Julien's in New York City. The sale makes it the most expensive sweater ever sold at auction. Cobain tragically took his own life at the age of 27 in Spring of 1994 not long after the famous televised gig. The record-setting memorabilia sale reflects the growing market for collector's items that capture a piece o...
This Week In Music History May 19-25
The week in music history brought to you by MusicGoldmine.com. MAY 19: Happy 70th Birthday to Dusty Hill of ZZ Too, born today in 1949!🎂🎸 Hill along with his brother Rocky and future ZZ Top bandmate Frank Beard played in local bands in the late 1960s. In 1968, Dusty and Frank moved to Houston and joined Billy Gibbons in the newly formed ZZ Top. Fast forward 50 years and Hill is still rocking with the band!🎶🎸🔥 MAY 20: Today in 2012, Robin Gibb of the Bee Gees passed away from l...
The Week In Music History Feb 3 - 9
The week in music history brought to you by FEB 3: Sadly, 60 years ago today Buddy Holly, The Big Bopper, and Ritchie Valens, as well as the pilot, died in a plane crash on the way to Fargo, ND. Holly rented the plane because the bus they had been using was having heating issues and had already broken down twice in freezing conditions. Shortly after the plane took off it crashed into a corn field near Mason City, Iowa. 😢 FEB 4: Happy Birthday to Alice Cooper, born today in 1948! Cooper was b...
The Week In Music History Jan 13-19, '19
The week in music history brought to you by MusicGoldmine.com JAN 13: Eric Clapton played his comeback concert today in 1973 at the Rainbow Theatre in London. Pete Townsend of The Who had helped organize the two night concert to help Clapton kick his heroin habit. Others who performed at the concert were Stevie Wonder, Pete Townsend, Ronnie Wood, and others with support from The Average White Band. Clapton did later beat his drug and alcohol addictions and has played many concerts in support...
