This is from me, with a bunch of reprinted material added! - OlderMusicGeek
I heard about this on NPR. Christie's is having an auction of punk rock memorabilia. Sigh!
The Village Voice put it best in their blog, Christie's 'Punk/Rock' Auction: The Crying of Lot '77.
"Who buys? In light of The Sex Pistols' rejection of the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame as a "piss stain", it's hard to imagine these are institutional rates. The auctions have no reserve, so it's possible that some lots won't fetch their listed prices - my informal sampling of auctions past turned up the occasional overvaluation. The whole thing feels a little desperate, like a high-end version of some aging collector's eBay fire sale."
But I think I'll leave the final say to John "Johnny Rotten" Lydon from what I considered the only good reality TV show ever made, Rotten TV!
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