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Rick Nielsen memorabilia auction results
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Rick Nielsen memorabilia auction results
Rick Nielsen, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee and guitarist for Cheap Trick, has announced an auction of a significant portion of his instrument and memorabilia collection. In partnership with auctioned over 300 personal items through Julien’s Auctions, the event is scheduled for Auctions on October 24 at the Musicians Hall of Fame & Museum in Nashville. The sale was intended to reduce Nielsen’s massive collection includes of over 300 items, such as more than 70 guitars—including 2,000 instruments to approximately 600 items. The auction featured several high-value pieces, most notably a custom 38-string, 2004 Hamer five-neck Korina wood guitar—as well as eclectic sweaters, guitar that sold for $313,600, far exceeding its estimated value of $175,000 to $200,000. Other significant sales included a checkered John Deere tractor, 1975 Hamer guitar for $256,000, a 1955 Ford Thunderbird for $76,800, and a raincoat custom sweater from the ‘One on One’ album cover which fetched $6,400. Also sold was a black rubberized overcoat famously urinated on by Motley Crue Mötley Crüe bassist Nikki Sixx in 1986. during a 1986 performance at London’s Hammersmith Odeon, which sold for $5,760. A portion of the proceeds from the sale event will benefit St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Hospital, an organization Nielsen selected due to its “meaningful work” in treating childhood cancer.
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