Iconic Madonna Gown And Pre-Beatles Drum Package Go Up For Public sale In California

The pink Marilyn Monroe-style robe worn by pop star Madonna in her 1984 “Materials Woman” music video and a drum package utilized by the prototype Beatles are a few of the gadgets going below the hammer at a music memorabilia public sale in California.

The Madonna lot, consisting of a pink satin costume with bustier high and outsized pink satin bow, satin opera gloves and rhinestone bracelets, is estimated to fetch between $100,000 and $200,000 when it goes below the hammer in Could, as a part of the “Music Icons” public sale at Julien’s Auctions.

“We’ve got Madonna’s ‘Materials Woman’ ensemble that she wore throughout the video ‘Materials Woman’ in 1985, the place she was channeling Marilyn Monroe from the Fifties film that Marilyn did, ‘Gents Desire Blondes’,” stated Darren Julien, the founder and CEO of Julien’s Auctions.

“It’s some of the historic and iconic items of Madonna… only a few gadgets which are this iconic of hers are within the public area,” he added.

The robe was initially made for a 1980 television movie about Monroe nevertheless was rented from a movie prop agency for use in Madonna’s “Materials Woman” music video. The video was impressed by Monroe’s efficiency of “Diamonds Are a Woman’s Finest Pal.”

A unusual drum tools from John Lennon and Paul McCartney’s first band, The Quarrymen, could be going beneath the hammer, with estimates from Julien’s Auctions between $400,000 and $600,000.

“The basic issue now we’ve got is Colin Hanton’s drum tools that he used as a Quarryman and The Quarrymen, in reality, was primarily based by John (Lennon) and Paul (McCartney), which was the very first band that they’ve been in collectively. And Colin was the drummer from 1956 to 1959,” stated Julien.

“Ringo Starr’s drum package that we bought in 2015, we bought for $2.1 million so it is a actually vital piece of rock and roll historical past, and there’s only a few gadgets that come up out there from The Quarrymen,” he added.

Different devices up for public sale embody Bruce Springsteen’s hand-written “Glory Highway” lyrics, The Beatles #0000002 White Album Mono Urgent, and the t-shirt worn on the quilt of Bon Jovi’s 1986 album “Slippery When Moist.”

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