Someone wanted their MTV, so that they bought a chunk of its history.
A gong used throughout the ’80s on MTV was sold at auction for $15,300.
It was famously struck by an upside-down Tina Turner — who used her feet to bang it — when she was a guest video jockey on the network in 1986.
The Paiste steel-hammered lot has the enduring MTV logo emblazoned on its front.
It’s believed to be one among two gongs made for the 24-hour cable channel, the primary solely dedicated to music when it launched within the Big Apple in 1981.
The long-lasting piece of MTV history was sold by Bonhams, a privately owned international auction house, as a part of its online music auction, which ended Friday afternoon.
Among the many other memorabilia included within the sale was a black Texas Hatters Hi-Roller hat worn by Lynyrd Skynyrd frontman Ronnie Van Zant in 1976, the yr before he, two bandmates, a road manager and two pilots tragically died in a plane crash in Mississippi. The hat sold for $69,675.
An 18K white gold Piaget Emperor watch given to arranger, producer and composer Jack Nitzche by the Rolling Stones in 1965 sold for $21,675. Nitzche played keyboards on several Stones’ albums and songs, including “Paint It Black” and “Let’s Spend the Night Together.”
The watch was engraved with “To Jack, Thanks, Mick, Keith, Charlie, Brian, Bill & Andrew, 1965′.
Someone wanted their MTV, so that they bought a chunk of its history.
A gong used throughout the ’80s on MTV was sold at auction for $15,300.
It was famously struck by an upside-down Tina Turner — who used her feet to bang it — when she was a guest video jockey on the network in 1986.
The Paiste steel-hammered lot has the enduring MTV logo emblazoned on its front.
It’s believed to be one among two gongs made for the 24-hour cable channel, the primary solely dedicated to music when it launched within the Big Apple in 1981.
The long-lasting piece of MTV history was sold by Bonhams, a privately owned international auction house, as a part of its online music auction, which ended Friday afternoon.
Among the many other memorabilia included within the sale was a black Texas Hatters Hi-Roller hat worn by Lynyrd Skynyrd frontman Ronnie Van Zant in 1976, the yr before he, two bandmates, a road manager and two pilots tragically died in a plane crash in Mississippi. The hat sold for $69,675.
An 18K white gold Piaget Emperor watch given to arranger, producer and composer Jack Nitzche by the Rolling Stones in 1965 sold for $21,675. Nitzche played keyboards on several Stones’ albums and songs, including “Paint It Black” and “Let’s Spend the Night Together.”
The watch was engraved with “To Jack, Thanks, Mick, Keith, Charlie, Brian, Bill & Andrew, 1965′.
