James Brown Auction Banks $857k

James Brown Auction

$300 - $500
A black and white portrait photograph of James Brown, framed. 18x21in.

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$2,000 - $3,000
Sex Machine Belt -- A Sex Machine metal belt buckle with rhinestones, attached to a leather belt with the tooled We Love You James, Blue Express, 25.07.03, Verona-Italy 7in.


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$3,000 - $5,000
Military Style Suits
A collection of five military style suits with gold piping, including red, black, green, purple (JB patch on breast) and blue (JB patch on breast). (5)




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$2,000 - $3,000
Shoe Collection
Ten pairs of James Brown's shoes (10)


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$15,000 - $20,000
Black Cape
A black silk satin, full length cape with intricate beadwork and James Brown embroidered in the collar.

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$500 - $700
James Brown Childhood Photograph
A hand-tinted photograph of James Brown at the age of nine-years old. Framed 7x9in.

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$20,000 - $30,000
Harmonics Trek II Organ and Speaker Cabinet
A Harmonics Trek II electric organ and speaker cabinet, covered in black vinyl and trimmed with silver roping, with J.B. in red vinyl on the speaker cabinet, and Godfather on the back of the organ. Accompanied by vinyl covers. Organ 30x40x50in., Speaker 21x42x29in. (2)


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$5,000-7,000
GFOS jumpsuit -- A denim jumpsuit with stud embellishments GFOS across the mid section, JB on the collar, worn by James Brown in Kinshasa, Zaire during the concert preceding the Ali vs. Foreman fight.


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$300 - $500
1970s Funky Caps
A pair of c. 1970s funky caps in tan and black.

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