Somebody wished their MTV, in order that they purchased a bit of its historical past.
A gong used all through the ’80s on MTV was sold at auction for $15,300.
It was famously struck by an upside-down Tina Turner — who used her toes to bang it — when she was a visitor video jockey on the community in 1986.
The Paiste steel-hammered lot has the long-lasting MTV brand emblazoned on its entrance.
It’s believed to be considered one of two gongs made for the 24-hour cable channel, the primary solely devoted to music when it launched within the Massive Apple in 1981.
The long-lasting piece of MTV historical past was bought by Bonhams, a privately owned worldwide public sale home, as a part of its online music auction, which ended Friday afternoon.
Among the many different memorabilia included within the sale was a black Texas Hatters Hello-Curler hat worn by Lynyrd Skynyrd frontman Ronnie Van Zant in 1976, the 12 months earlier than he, two bandmates, a highway supervisor and two pilots tragically died in a airplane crash in Mississippi. The hat bought for $69,675.
An 18K white gold Piaget Emperor watch given to arranger, producer and composer Jack Nitzche by the Rolling Stones in 1965 bought for $21,675. Nitzche performed keyboards on a number of Stones’ albums and songs, together with “Paint It Black” and “Let’s Spend the Evening Collectively.”
The watch was engraved with “To Jack, Thanks, Mick, Keith, Charlie, Brian, Invoice & Andrew, 1965′.
