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JULIEN'S AUCTIONS ANNOUNCES HISTORICAL ROCK 'N' ROLL AND SPORTS AUCTION FEATURING LADY GAGA, CHER, BONO, JOHN LENNON, PAUL McCARTNEY, MUHAMMAD ALI AND MANY MORE …

Beverly Hills, California — Monday, November 7th, 2011 — Julien’s Auctions, the world’s premiere entertainment and celebrity auction house will once again make history when the doors open for a star studded auction that includes items from the worlds of Rock ‘n Roll, Sports, the Royal family and political memorabilia on Thursday, December 1, 2011 through Sunday, December 4, 2011 at the Julien’s Auctions gallery in Beverly Hills.

Julien’s will highlight the rock ‘n roll portion of the auction event with a very rare offering of items from the Fame Monster herself, Lady Gaga. The award winning multi-platinum music icon’s unmatched style can be seen on stage, in print, on billboards and at Julien’s gallery. Her famous structured dress worn for the cover of Madame Figaro magazine in May 2011 will be offered for auction. The now famous costume designed by and is estimated to sell for $10,000 - $20,000. Additionally the prop gun used in Lady Gaga’s music video for “Born This Way,” will also be offered with an estimate of $6,000-$8,000.

When you hear the words rock royalty, any collector knows it must mean The Beatles, The Rolling Stones or U2 amongst others.  Included are stage worn outfits from the Beatles that have been on display at the Rock ‘n Roll Hall of Fame and Museum. These include John Lennon’s stage worn collarless suit by D.A. Millings; George Harrison’s A Hard Days Night D.A. Millings suit and Paul McCartney’s D.A. Millings jacket from Help!  Ringo Starr’s jacket worn on stage at Harrison’s Concert for Bangladesh and on the television program George Martin’s With A Little Help From My Friends will also be offered.

Along with the other highly anticipated Beatles memorabilia will be an original caricature of Lennon and Yoko Ono drawn by Lennon himself from his bed during the infamous “Bed In” to promote world peace in 1969. Lennon had gifted this caricature to Norman Seaman. Also offered will be a complete set of Bag One Lithos. The original drawings were given to Yoko Ono as a wedding present and deemed obscene by Scotland Yard.  (The Bed In Drawing est. $50,000-70,000; Bag One Lithos $1,000-2,000).

The Irish Falcon Gretsch guitar in “evergreen”, from U2’s Bono’s personal collection with a scratch guard that read “The Goal is Soul” and signed by the legendary lead singer of the world’s most famous rock band of our time will come to the auction block. Bono also signed the guitar. The very rare offering is estimated to bring $80,000-$100,000.

Other Rock ‘n Roll highlights will include Mick Jagger’s stage worn fashions from the early 1980’s European tour. These include two pairs of stage worn pants designed by Anthony Price and other Rolling Stones memorabilia. Cyndi Lauper’s “Girls Just Want To Have Fun” video worn dress (est. $2,000-$3,000), three Cher gowns designed by Bob Mackie (est. $2,000-$4,000 each), a Kurt Cobain stage worn lab coat from Nirvana’s 1991 appearance at the Abend in Wien concert festival in Rotterdam (est. $2,000-$4,000), Gene Simmons’ stage played custom Axe guitar accented with stage blood, signed case , handwritten lyrics and original painted image (est. guitar-$8,000-$10,000; est. lyrics-$500-$700) are only a few of the many pieces of music collectibles that will star in the four day special event.

In addition to the music memorabilia portion of the four day auction, Julien’s will also offer collectible pieces from Hollywood legends, Sports and Politics. Sports memorabilia highlights include items from “The Greatest” of them all … the one and only Muhammad Ali. A portion of all Ali related items proceeds will benefit the Muhammad Ali Museum and The Muhammad Ali Parkinson’s Foundation.

You can “Float Like A Butterfly and Sting Like a Bee” and be known as “The Greatest” so it is not surprising that Muhammad Ali won the 1977 Victor Award for his performance in the 1976 fight against Ken Norton. This trophy up for auction comes from the collection of Veronica Porche, Ali’s former wife (est. $8,000-$10,000). Other Muhammad Ali highlights include a number of personal and signed items belonging to Ali himself. Among those is his 1980 training robe with stitched letters across the back which read “Muhammad Ali” (est. $7,000-$8,000).

The sports memorabilia portion of the four day auction event will be a championship in itself. Highlights include a 1920 Dempsey gifted jeweled pocket watch to friend, senator and fight time-keeper, Bill “Cyclone” Lyons. The inscription on the 14k gold watch reads, “To a true friend my pal Sen. Bill Lyons, from WM. Harrison “Jack” Dempsey, Heavyweight Champion of the World, Christmas 1920.” This lot is accompanied by a vintage photograph of Dempsey presenting the watch to Lyons. (est. $10,000-$12,000).

Other sports highlights will include the John Wooden Award presented to basketball’s great Michael Jordan in 1984 when he was named college basketball player of the year (est. $6,000-$8,000); suits worn by, Dale Earnhardt Sr. and Dale Earnhardt Jr., during the 1998 NASCAR Thunder Special Motegi 500, at Twin Ring Motegi, in Motegi Japan. This was the first race that both father and son raced on the same team. Main sponsor “Coca-Cola” logo embroidered on the front and on the left shoulder is the 50th Anniversary NASCAR patch on both suits (each est. $8,000-$10,000); an iconic Masters Green jacket signed by Tiger Woods, Arnold Palmer and Jack Nicklaus with photograph (est. $1,000-$1,200); personal items including furniture from the home of The Yankee Clipper, Joe DiMaggio and ephemera from his world famous restaurant that opened in 1937, a Yankees stadium locker attributed to baseball’s great Lou Gehrig and an original stadium turnstile (est. locker - $12,500-$15,000). The turnstile manufactured by Perey of New York was salvaged during the mid-1970s renovation of Yankee Stadium (est. $5,000-$6,000). And a 1986 American League Rookie of the Year award for one-time Yankee Jose Conseco which was commemorated with a Herff Jones 14K ring with full-cut diamond and inscribed “Jose Canseco, Oakland Athletics 33.” Also inscribed on the ring, “1986/ 117 RBI/ 33 HR/ All Star.” (est. $1,500-$2,500)

The Exhibition of Icons & Idols presented by Julien’s Auctions, Beverly Hills is designed by Rush Jenkins and Klaus Baer, of WRJ Design Associates, who have designed exhibits for The Collection of Michael Jackson, The Estate of Johnny Cash, The Collection of Cher, The Collection of Barbra Streisand and more recently The Estate of Tony Curtis and The Collection of Bette Midler. The Exhibition of Icons & Idols is free to the public and is open from 10 am – 5 pm on Monday – Saturday from Monday, November 21st – Friday, December 2nd, 2011.

FREE PUBLIC EXHIBITION Julien’s Auctions 9665 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 150 Beverly Hills, California 90210 Monday, November 21st through Friday, December 2nd, 2011 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Daily Closed Sundays and Thanksgiving LIVE AUCTION Julien’s Auctions 9665 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 150 Beverly Hills, California 90210
Icons & Idols: Hollywood —	Session I & II: Thursday, December 1st, 2011 Session III: Friday, December 2nd, 2011
Icons & Idols: Rock 'n' Roll/Sports —	Session IV & V: Saturday, December 3rd Session VI & VII: Sunday, December 4th

 

Registering to Bid
Registration is required to bid in this live auction and can be done either in person at the exhibitions and auction or by visiting our Registration page before the sale or by calling (310) 836-1818.

Placing Bids
There are four ways to bid in this sale:

1. Bid through Julien's Auctions Online Live in Real Time at JuliensLive.com.
2. Place bids in the room by attending the auction.
3. Bid over the telephone through an auction house representative, who sits in the room and conveys the bid to the auctioneer.
4. Enter Absentee bids. Absentee bid forms are printed in the back of each catalogue, and are also available by calling Julien's Auctions at (310) 836-1818 or online at our Register to Bid page.

About Julien's Auctions
With expertise specializing in entertainment memorabilia, Julien’s Auctions has quickly established itself as the premier auction house in high profile celebrity and entertainment auctions. Julien’s Auctions presents exciting, professionally managed and extremely successful auctions with full color high quality auction catalogues unlike any other auction company. Previous auctions include the collections of Cher, U2, Barbara Streisand, the estate of Marilyn Monroe and many more. Official website is www.juliensauctions.com.

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