Top item sells for $225,000 at auction featuring Prince's personal effects

May 19, 2018

A giant collection of Prince's personal belongings was sold at New York City's Hard Rock Café this past Friday during Julien's Auctions' presentation Music Icons: Property From the Life and Career of Prince.

Among the 158 items listed in the catalogue was a purple, stage-worn jumpsuit (sold for $27,500), a ceramic Mardi Gras–style doll that was featured as a prop in Purple Rain (sold for $12,500) and, of course, a raspberry beret with a love-symbol pin (sold for $1,750).

Many of the items were sold for much higher then the value estimated, including the auction's most noteworthy item, Prince's custom-made yellow “cloud” guitar.

According to Rolling Stone, the guitar was estimated to sell for $60,000-$80,000, but went for a whopping $225,000.

Another item that exceeded six digits was Prince's wardrobe from the 1999 MTV Video Music Awards, which sold for over $108,000.

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