Paul McCartney Book Set Sold For $25,200

Hold up: It's for charity. MusicCares recently held a Charity Relief Auction and some items went for some baller prices.  The auction was held by Julien's this past weekend  (Sunday, February 5th, 2023).  A Paul McCartney book set sold for $25,600.  It's a copy of The Lyrics: 1965 to Present and Paul is personalizing the book for the buyer.  What would you have Sir Paul write in your $25,000 book?  I would have to think carefully about that one.

Other notable items included an Ozzy Osbourne-owned, signed, and played Signature Gibson Les Paul which sold for $19,200.  Joe Perry also donated a signed and played Signature Gibson Les Paul, bringing in another $25,000 for MusicCares. The Eagles' Don Felder donated his 2010 Gibson Les Paul "Hotel California" aged 1959 reissue electric guitar with signed sheet music.  The items sold for $19,200.

David Lee Roth had an original painting of his titled "Dark Ocean" in the auction.  The painting went for $10,240.

The Rolling Stones offered up a signed 2022 Sixty 60th anniversary European tour poster.  The poster sold for $16,000.

Eminem donated a pair of signed and worn Nike Air Max sneakers (with a signed photo).  His shoes sold for a whopping $40,625!

All proceeds benefit MusicCares.  The organization offers preventive, emergency, and recovery programs for the music community.

You can see pictures of all the auction items and their final prices on Julienslive.com.

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