JULIEN'S AUCTIONS BEVERLY HILLS SELLS ITEMS FROM JOHNNY CASH's ESTATE

FANS AND COLLECTORS AT JULIEN'S AUCTIONS BEVERLY HILLS RECENTLY AS ITEMS THAT ONCE BELONGED TO JOHNNY CASH WERE AUCTIONED. A BIDDING WAR ERUPTED FOR THE JOHNNY CASH JUMPSUIT WORN DURING A REHEARSAL AT SAN QUENTIN PRISON, MADE FAMOUS IN THE PHOTOGRAPH KNOWN SIMPLY AS 'THE FINGER'. BIDDING VOLLEYED BETWEEN BIDDERS ON THE TELEPHONE, IN THE GALLERY AND PHONE BIDDERS, ENDING WITH THE SALE OF THE JUMPSUIT FOR $50,000. A RARE POSTER ANNOUNCING CASH's PERFORMANCE AR THE PRISON SOLD ALONGSIDE THE JUMPSUIT FOR $25,000 WHILE A 1868 PASSPORT SOLD FOR $21,875. THE AUCTION ALSO BROUGHT $50,000 FOR A MARTIN STAGE USED GUITAR. THE BICENTENNIAL SHIRT MADE BY NUDIE COHN AND WORN BY CASH AS THE GRAND MARSHALL OF THE AMERICAN BICENTENNIAL GRAND PARADE IN 1975 BROUGHT ANOTHER BIDDING WAR WHICH ENDED WITH A PRICE OF $31,250. AMONG THE OTHER ITEMS OFFERED FOR SALE WERE AWARDS PRESENTED TO THE MAN IN BLACK, HANDWRITTEN LYRICS AND OTHER PERSONAL ITEMS BRINGING MORE THAN $700,000, FOR THE 321 LOTS OFFERED.