A classic jukebox gifted by Elton John to John Lennon, and a muscle car owned by Guns N’ Roses guitarist Slash, are among the toys for the wealthy up for auction this month.
The circa 1947 Wurlitzer model 1015 jukebox was gifted to Lennon one Christmas by “The Rocket Man,” and displayed in the “club room” of Lennon’s apartment at The Dakota.
The auction house is not sure of the year.
The 57-inch tall nickelodeon is accompanied by 18 original 78-rpm records.
The current high bid is $25,000, but the winning post is expected to reach $100,000, according to Julien’s Auctions, which is conducting the live sale at the Hard Rock Cafe in Nashville Nov. 16-18.
For those who want to drive like a rockstar, the 1966 Corvette Stingray coupe once owned by Slash is up for bid again after having previously been sold more than a decade ago.
The ‘vette could fetch up to $200,000.
The vehicle “retains much of its originality, with reupholstered bucket seats, and a sports wood grain steering wheel. The Corvette is equipped with air conditioning, although it has not been tested for operation,” the lot warns.
The iconic guitarist told “Vette Magazine” he bought the sportscar in 1988 as Guns N’ Roses climbed up the charts with tunes like “Sweet Child O’ Mine.”
“It is the first real car I ever actually owned back when Guns N’ Roses made any money,” the rocker noted, adding, “Before that I had a Honda CRX, but that doesn’t count as a real car. All the important stuff is original, and it runs killer. I hate to part with it, but it never gets driven . . . I’m always on the road.”
The odometer reads just 35,164 miles.
For Beatles fans looking to feel like a “Band on the Run,” an original, fully-restored 1953 Bristol KSW double-decker bus used by Paul McCartney and Wings in 1972 for the “Wings Over Europe” gigs is also up for grabs and could fetch as much as $300,000.
The current high bid is $70,000.
The bus trekked over 7,500 miles through nine countries across Europe.
McCartney has said ”the idea of being stuck in a bus all the time, going from city to city, hotel to hotel, wasn’t too appealing so we decided to travel around in an open-top bus and got some sunshine as we traveled from one place to another.”