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Janis Joplin's custom-painted 1964 Porsche sells at auction for a record $1.76 million
VIDEO @ the URL below.
http://money.cnn.com/2015/12/10/luxury/janis-joplin-porsche-auction/index.html?sr=fbmoney121115janis-joplin-porsche-auction0433AMVODtopLink&linkId=19491585
A 1964 Porsche 356 that once belonged to the rock singer Janis Joplin sold at auction Thursday night for $1.76 million.
The car had been expected to sell for between $400,000 and $600,000. The sale price includes a 10% commission for the auction firm RM Sotheby's.
Joplin bought the Porsche in 1968. She had it painted, from bumper to bumper and door to door, in a mural: landscapes, birds, butterflies, floating eyes, mushrooms and skull-like faces.
Celebrity ownership doesn't ordinarily add much value to a car. But the price of this one far exceeded what it would have otherwise fetched.
A 1964 Porsche 356 that once belonged to the rock singer Janis Joplin sold at auction Thursday night for $1.76 million.
The car had been expected to sell for between $400,000 and $600,000. The sale price includes a 10% commission for the auction firm RM Sotheby's.
Joplin bought the Porsche in 1968. She had it painted, from bumper to bumper and door to door, in a mural: landscapes, birds, butterflies, floating eyes, mushrooms and skull-like faces.
Celebrity ownership doesn't ordinarily add much value to a car. But the price of this one far exceeded what it would have otherwise fetched.
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enjoy
Original version 1967 Emma Franklin, Aretha's older sister (some "wows"
Joplin version 1968
Because I can't pass it by:
original version Miller
Cash, Kristofferson (wrote it) and Nelson
Joplin version (not high at all) (rumor he denied-Kristofferson wrote it for/about Joplin)
Lewis version
Grateful Dead Version
Pink version
