Johnny Cash San Quentin jumpsuit sells for $50,000
Written by admin on December 9, 2010 – 7:06 pm - |
The blue denim jumpsuit that Johnny Cash was wearing in the famous one finger salute photograph has sold at auction for $50,000 dollars.
Cash wore the jumpsuit during the rehearsal for a concert at San Quentin State Prison in 1969. He reportedly “gave the finger” in response to photographer Jim Marshall’s request for a “shot for the warden.” |
This was one of many Johnny Cash items in the three-day sale held by Beverly Hills-based Julien’s Auctions. Lots ranged in price from a lowly $62 for a commemorative thimble right up to $50,000 for the jumpsuit. The same total was reached for a Martin guitar which featured on the cover of “The Survivors” album and was used on stage by Cash in the 1980s. Other high value lots included a bicentennial shirt by Nudie’s which Cash wore at events and on stage ($25,000), a pair of leather knee-high boots made by Lucchese Boot Company ($22,400), and a passport used by Johnny from 1968 to 1973 ($21,875).
Cash fans can still buy Peter Lewry’s excellent e-book “Johnny Cash – I’ve Been Everywhere” at half price by visiting www.johnnycashfanzine.com/e-book.html. The offer expires at the end of the month.
| The re-release of the four-CD “Johnny Cash: The Legend” will also be of interest to UK Cash fans who are looking for a bargain.
Originally issued in 2005, this is one of several popular sets from legendary artists to receive a budget re-release last month, including “The Soul of Rock ‘n’ Roll” by Roy Orbison and “From Nashville to Memphis: The Essential 1960s Masters” by Elvis Presley. |
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