TheJakartaPost
Please Update your browser
Your browser is out of date, and may not be compatible with our website. A list of the most popular web browsers can be found below.
Just click on the icons to get to the download page.
Jimi Hendrix’s ‘magic boa’ is up for auction
The electric pink feather boa worn by Jimi Hendrix during his legendary performance at the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival is to be sold at auction for the first time on Sept. 8.
Change text size
Gift Premium Articles
to Anyone
Share the best of The Jakarta Post with friends, family, or colleagues. As a subscriber, you can gift 3 to 5 articles each month that anyone can read—no subscription needed!
American singer and guitarist Jimi Hendrix performs on stage on May 24, 1967 at Grona Lund in Stockholm, Sweden. (TT NEWS AGENCY/AFP/Svenska Dagbladet)
R
ock ‘n’ roll fans take note: the electric pink feather boa worn by Jimi Hendrix during his legendary performance at the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival is to be sold at auction for the first time on Sept. 8 in a sale by the UK-based house Omega Auctions.
For more than 50 years, the legendary accessory has been kept in a personal collection belonging to British photographer Karl Ferris.
“Jimi called it his Magic Boa because it brought him much luck as he wore it on Are You Experienced and at his best ever concert, Monterey Pop,” said Ferris on Sept. 1.
Read also: Woodstock anniversary stamp unveiled to Hendrix’s iconic anthem
Put up for sale at Omega Auctions to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Hendrix’s death, the “magic boa” is expected to fetch £15,000 (US$19,918.70).
However, the final price could be much higher, especially when you consider that a Japanese sunburst electric guitar which belonged to the American singer-songwriter was sold in August of this year for more than £160,000 by GWS Auctions.
Hendrix first acquired the instrument in the early 1960s following his discharge from in the US military in Fort Campbell, Kentucky, and notably played it while working as a session musician for a number of bands including the Isley Brothers.
