Joey Ramone's Record Collection Going Up for Auction

By Rolling Stone | Rolling Stone – Fri, Feb 8, 2013 8:40 AM EST

Nearly 100 records owned by Joey Ramone are going up for auction online, along with some of his clothes, his passport, handwritten lyrics and his Rolodex, Billboard reports.

Starting February 14th, the estate of the Ramones singer will auction off a 97-title vinyl collection including albums by Cream, Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, Iggy Pop, Lou Reed, T. Rex, the Kinks, the Human League, Toots and the Maytals and Yes. There's a minimum bid of $500, and the auction continues through February 21st. 

Joey Ramone Through the Years

There are separate auction items for Ramone's passport, handwritten lyrics, two guitars he owned, a Rolodex containing music-business contacts and items of clothing, including a leather jacket, sunglasses and a lot of 140 of his t-shirts from bands including Nirvana and Motorhead, radio stations and locations. 
The auction runs through February 21st. All items include a letter of authenticity from the Joey Ramone Estate.

Ramone, whose real name was Jeffrey Hyman, died in 2001. The posthumous solo album . . . Ya Know? came out last year. 

Related

This article originally appeared on Rolling Stone: Joey Ramone's Record Collection Going Up for Auction

News for You

  • Restaurant learns online reviews can make or break

    SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — It was the customer service disaster heard around the Internet.

  • Attorney: Donald Trump lied on stand

    CHICAGO (AP) — The attorney for an 87-year-old woman who accuses Donald Trump of cheating her in a skyscraper condo deal told Chicago jurors on Wednesday that he was personally repulsed by the "Apprentice" star whom he said lied on the witness stand.

  • Debbie Reynolds: We all knew Liberace was gay

    BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — In the new film "Behind the Candelabra," veteran entertainer Debbie Reynolds has just three major scenes to flesh out one of the most complicated figures in piano-playing showman Liberace's life: his loving but sometimes manipulative mother Frances.

  • 87-year-old woman loses to Trump in civil case

    CHICAGO (AP) — An 87-year-old grandmother took on billionaire Donald Trump. And on Thursday, she lost.

  • Obama in heated exchanges with Code Pink anti-war protester

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The woman who interrupted President Barack Obama's speech on counterterrorism policy on Thursday is well-known around Washington as a perennial protester on national security issues. Medea Benjamin, a founder of anti-war women's group Code Pink, began demonstrating years ago on Capitol Hill, becoming an almost routine presence at hearings where high-ranking officials of the Bush administration appeared to talk about the Iraq war. ...

  • The new consoles from Microsoft, Nintendo and Sony

    NEW YORK (AP) — Microsoft is the last of the three big video game console makers to unveil its latest gaming system. The unveiling comes nearly eight years after the Xbox 360 went on sale. It follows last fall's debut of Nintendo's Wii U and a preview in February of the upcoming PlayStation 4 from Sony.

Show More