They also showcased hundreds of bands in venues across the city.
Cbgb awning auction.
The awning that hung above the legendary new york city punk club cbgb between 1988 and the early 2000s has sold at auction for 30 000 the village voice reports.
Let that sink in for a moment.
Sotheby s held an auction on saturday where an original cbgb awning sold for 30 000.
Cbgb awning on auction block along with other rock memorabilia.
How much is a dumb amount of money you ask.
Cbgb s awning was moved into the lobby of the rock and roll hall of fame in cleveland.
As part of the 10 december auction a rock roll anthology.
From folk to fury featured an impressive collection of memorabilia ranging from the beatles to the eagles.
Cbgb s awning just sold at sotheby s for 30 000 by lauren evans.
From folk to fury sotheby s will offer a piece from the iconic club one of the original awnings which has been in the care of cbgb s former manager drew bushong.
A superb way to make a buck is to pull something out of the trash and.
We spoke with bushong about its history.
This is not worth 30 000.
Punk s not dead it s just super expensive.
A rock roll anthology.
The awning was put on the block.
The cbgb festival produced large free concerts in times square and central park on july 7 2012.
Nearly 850 000 was raised by the end of the auction.
One was up from 1973 to 1987 another from 1987 to 2000 and the last until the club.
The festival premiered dozens of rock n roll movies in theaters around manhattan.
The awning on the auction block was installed sometime around 2000 the club s old booker brendan rafferty told us adding that awning was taken down and replaced after being badly damaged.
The story behind one of the original cbgb awnings that s now up for auction photo by rainer turim last winter outside the john varvatos store on the bowery according to research by gothamist there were three awnings during the life of cbgb at 315 bowery.
As already pointed out by several punk historians the awning on auction is not actually the original version of iconic club sign that was hand painted by owner hilly kristal.
The cbgb omfug item is billed in part as the original awning for punk mecca cbgb and is expected to fetch between 25 000 and 35 000.
