Jimi Hendrix as Rock-n-Roll Icon at LiveAuctionTalk(dot)com

Released on: September 23, 2008, 3:39 pm

Press Release Author: Rosemary McKittrick

Industry: Entertainment

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Press Release Body: Santa Fe, Sept. 24, 2008 – Jimi Hendrix remains an icon in the
world of rock-and-roll. Baby boomers are obviously big Hendrix collectors because
they grew up with his music and loved it.

His records, posters and photographs have transcended function and are now
sought-after just because the name Hendrix is attached to them.

On June 25, Christie’s, New York, featured a selection of Hendrix items in its Pop
Culture sale.

A 45 RPM Record; Jimi Hendrix Experience- Hey Joe/Stone Free; signed on top left
corner; 7 inches by 7 inches sold for $4,375.

A Polaroid photograph; of Hendrix jamming with members of his short-lived band
“Gypsy Sun and the Rainbows”; signed on the back of the photo; 4 ½ inches by 3 ½
inches sold for $3,250.

“I'm the one that has to die when it's time for me to die, so let me live my life,
the way I want to,” Hendrix said.

In the end the pop icon lived the life he chose.

As he had predicted two weeks earlier in a 1970 interview in Denmark, Hendrix died.
He never reached his 28th birthday.

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