Australia's
News.co.au has issued the following report:
A shaving mirror belonging to the late
AC/DC singer
Bon Scott has sold at auction for AUD $12,540 (approximately USD $9,200).
The black leather-encased mirror with "Bon" embossed in gold on the outside was given to the rock legend by his mum, and had been expected to sell for less than AUD $800 (approximately USD $585).
The 1975 mirror was bought by a private buyer at a
Leonard Joel auction in Melbourne tonight.
The vendor was
Scott's former wife,
Irene Thornton.
The singer's love letters to
Thornton were also up for sale but failed meet their expected minimum price of AUD $25,000 (approximately USD $18,300).
A photo album containing shots taken between 1946-1980 of their wedding and pictures of
Scott with his earlier band
FRATERNITY and later
AC/DC was also passed in.
But an
AC/DC vinyl test pressing of
"High Voltage" with its original paper and PVC wrapper sold for AUD $8,655 (approxiamtely USD $6,330).
It contains eight songs, including
"You Ain't Got a Hold on Me",
"Soul Stripper",
"Baby Please Don't Go", and
"She's Got Balls".
A spokeswoman for
Leonard Joel said tonight's crowd was not the usual auction house set.
"People were wearing a lot of leather and a lot of
AC/DC T-shirts with long hair — not our usual crowd," she said.
"We have got very eclectic things that come in but this was pretty special."
Scott died in 1980 after a night of heavy drinking in London as the band was enjoying its first wave of international success after the release of
"Highway to Hell".
AC/DC replaced
Scott with singer
Brian Johnson.
(Thanks:
AC/DC Highway To Hell)
