KISS Auction Day 1 Highlights
From: Butterfields.com
24 June, 2000 Los Angeles... KISS fans and rock collectors aggressively bid in Los Angeles today -- as well as via the Internet and on telephones from locations across the globe -- for original KISS costumes, stage-played instruments and other tour memorabilia as well as personal property of the band's originators. The auction action took place during Session One of a two-session auction presented by Greg Manning Auctions and Butterfields. The first session brought more than $888,000 on the auction block, with more exciting bidding expected Sunday, June 25 (beginning at 1 pm). Highlights of the first day's bidding included:
$189,500 paid for a set of four original KISS costumes on life-size mannequins from the 1996-97 Alive Worldwide Reunion tour (platform shoes included!) [lot # 1199, auction estimate $60,000/80,000]
$145,500 paid for the complete set of four original KISS costumes on life-size mannequins from the 1998-99 Psycho Circus tour. Currently on a museum tour, these costumes have been included within New York City's Metropolitan Museum of Art's Rock Style exhibition [lot # 1441A, auction estimate $100,000/145,000]
$32,200 paid for the complete original Gene Simmons KISS costume worn on the Psycho Circus tour in 1999 consisting of a black leotard, silver spike upper body armor, studded codpiece and seven inch silver and black leather "dragon" platform boots [lot #1004, auction estimate $8,000/12,000]
$21,850 paid for an original Gene Simmons custom design Spector electric bass finished in a silver and black pyramid design used originally in the Love Gun/Alive II tours [lot 1126, auction estimate $5,000/7,000]
$17,250 paid for a Gene Simmons bass used on various tours during the 1980s which features Simmons' face (tongue extension greatly exaggerated) in full makeup and the image of a naked woman on the headstock [lot # 1130, auction estimate $5,000/7,000]
$16,100 paid for the prototype Gene Simmons axe-form electric bass guitar with Gene's signature and handwritten design revisions [lot 1128, auction estimate $5,000/7,000]
$13,800 paid for an original set of three oil on canvas album cover paintings depicting comic book style caricatures of the KISS band members by Victor Stabin [lot 1025, auction estimate $5,000/7,500]
KISS Auction Day 2 Highlights
From: Butterfields.com
25 June, 2000 Los Angeles... KISS fans and rock collectors "rocked & rolled all weekend long" as they continued their bidding frenzy in Los Angeles today, as well as via the Internet and on telephones from locations across the globe for original KISS costumes, stage-played instruments and other tour memorabilia as well as personal property of the band's originators during Session Two of a two-day auction put on by Greg Manning Auctions and Butterfields, an eBay company. The sale brought more than $1.6 million.
The first session on Saturday, June 24 brought more than $888,000 on the auction block.
Highlights of Sunday's bidding included:
$86,250 paid for a set of four original KISS costumes on life-size mannequins from the 1977-78 Love Gun/KISS ALIVE II tour depicting Gene Simmons, Paul Stanley, Ace Frehley and Peter Criss in full KISS makeup and complete costumes [lot # 1741, auction estimate $75,000/125,000]
$40,250 paid for an original Gene Simmons KISS axe-form guitar used on the Creatures of The Night Tour, 1983. Case included [lot #1564, auction estimate $5,000/7,000]
$34,500 paid for an original Paul Stanley "star" guitar from the Unmasked/European/Australian Tour era, 1980; comes with original black hardshell case [lot 1610, auction estimate $5,000/7,000]
$25,875 paid for an original KISS painting of the Love Gun album cover by K.W. Kelly. Also included is a black wood heavy-duty display stand [lot # 1727, auction estimate $10,000/15,000]
$20,700 paid for an original Gene Simmons KISS costume on life-size mannequin from the 1975-76 ALIVE! tour. Platform boots included. [lot 1812, auction estimate $20,000/30,000]
$16,100 paid for an original Paul Stanley KISS costume on life-size mannequin from the 1979 Dynasty Tour [lot 1685, auction estimate $12,000/15,000]
$11,500 paid for an original Gene Simmons personally-owned KISS painting of the Destroyer album by artist Ken Kelly [lot 1789, auction estimate $10,000/15,000]
KISS Auction Day 1 Highlights