The top-selling item of the auction was the sale of a Universal Audio Console 610a from Bill Putnam's legendary Western Recorders Studio #2 that was used to create iconic pop recordings such as Frank Sinatra's 'Strangers In The Night', THE BEACH BOYS' 'Barbara Ann' as well as the theme songs to 'The Beverly Hillbillies', 'Green Acres' and 'Hawaii Five-O' and more, which sold for $370,000.

 

The one and only Prince reigned over the auction stage with several of his most iconic items heading to auction for the first time, including his 2004 'Musicology' tour stage-used black Taylor 612-CE acoustic guitar that sold for $89,600. Other Prince auction highlights included a purple stage-used drumhead from Prince's 'Purple Rain' tour signed in black marker 'Love God Prince' in the center with his signature and autographs from THE REVOLUTION band that sold for an astounding $40,625 — twenty times its original starting estimate of $2,000 — as well as two tour-used tambourines that sold for $7,680 each

 

One of the most talked about items of the auction — an acrylic and mohair cardigan worn by Kurt Cobain in his last NIRVANA photoshoot with photographer Jesse Frohman - sold for $75,000, well over its original estimate of $20,000. Frohman was commissioned to shoot NIRVANA for the album cover of 'In Utero', released on September 21, 1993.

 

Another NIRVANA auction stunner included a used paper plate, which Kurt Cobain had eaten pizza on with a handwritten set list in black marker by Cobain used at the 9:30 nightclub in Washington, D.C. in 1990 (estimate: $1,000-$2,000), which sold for an astounding $22,000!