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 Entertainment | October 2006 
Dick Clark Rock'n'Roll Collection to be Sold in NY
 Timothy Gardner - Reuters
| | Michael Jackson's crystal 'sequined' glove, which was used in the 'Thriller' music video, is displayed with other items from Dick Clark's music memorabilia collection in New York City October 25, 2006. (Lucas Jackson/Reuters) |
Fifty years after Dick Clark first hosted the popular television show that came to be called "American Bandstand," he's ready to let go of some of the rock'n'roll items he's collected.
Thousands of pieces in Clark's memorabilia collection are set to be auctioned on December 5 and 6 by Guernsey's Auction House in New York.
One of the top items is the microphone Clark used for 31 years while hosting the live music and dance show featuring artists from Jerry Lee Lewis to L.L. Cool J.
"It was an extension of my right arm," Clark told Reuters. "I held onto it for several hours a day, every day."
Arlan Ettinger, founder of Guernsey's, estimated the microphone could fetch anywhere from $10,000 to $100,000. The auction will be no-reserve, meaning everything will be sold for the highest bid.
Also to be auctioned off in the collection are one of Paul McCartney's four Hofner left-handed basses and an electric guitar Bruce Springsteen gave to Clark.
The rock star autographed the guitar with the words: "From one of the 'World's Oldest Teenagers' to another."
Ettinger said the guitar, which Springsteen used during "The River" tour, could fetch as much as $60,000.
A beaded glove pop star Michael Jackson wore during his moon-walking days and a bustier with cups capped by gold sequins and black tassels Madonna wore on her first tour are also for sale, as are a suit John Lennon wore as a Beatle and a sign reading "Hair Peace" he wrote and posted on his Montreal hotel window during his and Yoko Ono's 1969 "bed in."
A self-described "true pack rat," Clark said he keeps a 28,000-square-foot warehouse filled with memorabilia, from which the items to be auctioned were selected.
"I finally decided that it was time to pass it to a generation of people who would enjoy it before this stuff gets too old," he said.
Part of the profits of the auction will go to the T.J. Martell Foundation, which raises funds to battle cancer, leukemia and AIDS.
Clark, 76, suffered a stroke in 2004. After a recuperation break, he returned to his traditional hosting role on the televised New Year's Eve celebration from New York's Times Square last year. He said he plans to host the show again this year. |
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