- Music
- 21 May 18
Prince’s custom made played yellow Cloud guitar was originally estimated to be worth $60,000-$80,000, but it sold for an astounding $225,000 at an auction held during the weekend.
Julien’s Auctions, the world record-breaking auction house, held its highly anticipated music auction of property from the life and career of Prince at the Hard Rock Cafe in New York in front of a packed crowd of music collectors and the Purple One’s super fans bidding live on the floor, online and on the phone across the globe.
Yellow Prince guitar sells for $225,000 in New York#Prince #guitar #NewYork #auction https://t.co/khYRnbJPyw pic.twitter.com/MyiJRlM0fs
— Gulf-Times (@GulfTimes_QATAR) May 19, 2018
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Highlights from the late seven-time, Grammy-winning singer/songwriter’s personal collection of signature wardrobe, guitars and memorabilia that rocked the auction block included his electric blue stage and photo shoot worn ensemble in his Rave Un2 the Year 2000 New Year’s Eve performance as well with Lenny Kravitz on the MTV Video Music Awards in 1999 that sold for an incredible $108,797 (estimate: $50,000-$70,000);
While his diamond love pendant that sold for an incredible $57,597... nearly ten times its original starting estimate of $6,000-$8,000.
Prince’s Under the Cherry Moon Devoré ensemble with a jacket and fitted trousers that sold for $51,197; again, well over its estimate of $10,000-$20,000.
A Schecter "White Cloud" electric guitar commissioned by Prince in 2002 and styled as the same guitar first made known in the film Purple Rain (Warner Bros., 1984) designed by Dave Rusan and gifted to a Paisley Park employee that sold for $38,397, over its estimate: $10,000-$20,000.
And a blue long-sleeve satin caftan worn on tour in the 1990s sold for $38,397, well over its original estimate $6,000-$8,000.