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Historic Santana and Police drum sets fetch big bucks at memorabilia auction

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Courtesy of Julien’s AuctionsA pair of drum kits belonging, respectively, to Santana‘s Michael Shrieve and The Police‘s Stewart Copeland were among the priciest items sold at a music memorabilia auction held Saturday at the Hard Rock Cafe in New York City. A drum set played by Shrieve at the 1969 Woodstock festival sold for $187,500, while Copeland’s original TAMA kit went for $121,600.

The instruments were among more than 380 lots sold during the “Music Icons” sale, which was hosted by Julien’s Auctions.

Other rock-related collectibles auctioned at a high price tag at the event include a sketch by John Lennon that laid out the concept for the cover of The BeatlesSgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band album and a Gibson Les Paul guitar Slash played during the 2011 Super Bowl Halftime Show, which both sold for $87,500.

In addition, a painting by late Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain of four raccoons in a tree fetched $64,000 and a fringed cape worn by The Who‘s Roger Daltrey at the 1967 Monterey Pop festival brought in $46,250.

The most expensive item at the auction was a horseshoe-shaped diamond ring Elvis Presley wore during his famous 1973 Aloha from Hawaii television special, which sold for $204,800.

In total, the sale brought in nearly $3 million. You can check out the complete results of the auction at JuliensLive.com.

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