{"id":18547,"date":"2009-12-31T20:12:32","date_gmt":"2010-01-01T04:12:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.originalprop.com\/blog\/?p=18547"},"modified":"2012-02-03T12:21:46","modified_gmt":"2012-02-03T20:21:46","slug":"coldplay-end-of-decade-clearout-sale-memorabilia-auction-raises-over-400000-for-charity-ebay-auction-results","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.originalprop.com\/blog\/2009\/12\/31\/coldplay-end-of-decade-clearout-sale-memorabilia-auction-raises-over-400000-for-charity-ebay-auction-results\/","title":{"rendered":"Coldplay “End of Decade Clearout Sale” Memorabilia Auction Raises Over $400,000 for Charity; eBay Auction Results"},"content":{"rendered":"

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As reported two weeks ago<\/a>, Grammy Award-winning rock band Coldplay<\/a> offered memorabilia for auction for their “End of Decade Clearout Sale”, with auctions having ended Monday through today, New Year’s Eve. The instruments, wardrobe, and other memorabilia items\u00a0 auctioned on eBay raised over $400,000 for their designated charity, “Kids Company<\/a>“. <\/p>\n

Items offered at auction covered each of Coldplay’s albums and performances from each era, including Parachutes<\/em>, A Rush of Blood to the Head<\/em>, X&Y<\/em>, and the latest Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Below is a link to the 52-page auction catalog<\/strong><\/a> (PDF format):<\/p>\n

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Included in the sale were instruments used in studio to record albums, in live concerts, and in videos, as well as other memorabilia and autographed lithographs. Items include certificates of authenticity signed by all four members of Coldplay – Chris Martin (lead vocals, keyboards, guitar), Jonny Buckland (lead guitar), Guy Berryman (bass guitar), and Will Champion (drums, backing vocals, other instruments).<\/p>\n

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The pieces that realized the highest values were the guitars that were custom painted for the Viva La Vida album and tour, which all ended on the final auction day today, with Jonny Buckland’s “Viva” Fender ’72 Thinline Telecaster realizing over $24,000 and Chris Martin’s four painted Gibson’s selling fetching approximately $20,000, $20,000, $16,000, and $16,000 each.\u00a0 Chris Martin’s tour jacket sold for nearly $20,000 and his painted Vox Teardrop guitar realized $13,000.\u00a0 On the opening day of the sale, Chris Martin’s first guitar sold for $13,000 and the original light-up globe that is featured on the Parachutes album cover sold for the same.<\/p>\n

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Key instruments used for the Viva La Vida tour will continue to be used by the band through mid-March 2010 while they finish their last dates in Latin America.<\/p>\n

There were also some incredible bargains sprinkled throughout the sale, such as Lot 7, Chris Martin’s old acoustic amp, which is clearly seen throughout their “Shiver” video with “COLDPLAY” sprayed over the side – this sold for about $1,700 – less than many of the limited lithographs.<\/p>\n

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Also selling for a relatively reasonable amount were Lots 8 & 9 – pianos\/keyboards used early in the band’s career going for just $6,400 and $4,000 respectively.\u00a0 These two pieces were listed on eBay.co.uk only, due to the “pick-up only” stipulation due to their size.<\/p>\n

Below is a list of the prices realized at auction for all items, sorted by price from highest to lowest in U.S. dollars (the $16.01 Lithographs were special “Buy It Now” listings to reward fans):<\/p>\n

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