Today was the James Brown auction at Christie's, which is expected to rake in some $2M total. There was a whole lotta stuff in the lots. The most unusual single-item sale was to Paul Schaeffer, who bought JB's MedicAlert bracelet (diabetic, allergic to penicillin) for $32,500.
One handwritten letter written on Delta in-flight stationery narrates the following brush-off to a sometime squeeze:
Hi sport, Darling, I'm suggesting that we make this trip our last one, not that I don't care, but it's not that you're not a beautiful
girlgirl, I hope our short relation got you on the goodfoot. I'm going to give you another six thousand so you won't have to go to work to quick but you'll be fine. I'll always be your friend, J To Princess D (underlines and strikeouts in original)
DAMN. This sold for $2,375.
Greg Tate, who's writing a JB bio, told me lots of funny JB stories earlier this week, including the one about the woman who jumped onstage and got naked, but none of the musicians could pay attention, bc Mr. Brown ran a dictatorship. "Onstage, you only looked at him," said the band man. Also, how at one point JB had a room built just for the suits he'd worn at the Apollo. Damn DAMN.
[pix of JB at 9 and Rust "Sex" jumpsuit via Christie's site]
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