Chelsea Hotel, which serves many artists and literati, went to auction in New York, USA. The door of the room where Bob Dylan stayed was sold for 100 thousand dollars.
The gates of the Chelsea Hotel in New York City, USA, which has served numerous artists and literati for generations, have been auctioned off.
The door of the room where BOB DYLAN stayed was sold for 100 thousand dollars
According to the BBC’s report, the door of the room where the US musician Bob Dylan stayed was sold for $ 100 thousand through the 50 doors that Guernsey’s Auction House put up for auction.
The door of the room where singer Janis Joplin and Leonard Cohen stayed, again, singer Joni Mitchell, found 85 thousand dollars, and actress Edie Sedgwick and the most important representative of the pop art movement Andy Warhol received $ 52 thousand.
THE DOORS OF THE ROOMS WHERE THE ARTISTS STAYED SOLD FOR THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS
The door to the room where Jack Kerouac, who wrote his famous work “On the Road” while staying at the Chelsea Hotel, was sold for 30 thousand dollars, that of Jimi Hendrix, who is considered the best guitarist of all time, that of American pop star Madonna, actress Isabella Rosselini and film producer Shirley Clarke for 13 thousand dollars.
THE HOTEL BUILT IN THE 1880S
Built in New York in the 1880s, the Chelsea Hotel had long been home to numerous singers, bohemian artists, and writers over the years.
Nancy Spungen was found stabbed to death in 1978 when Sid Vicious, the bassist of the band Sex Pistols, shared a room at the hotel, which also hosted American writers Mark Twain and Tom Wolfe. Vicious, who was charged with murder after the incident, died of a drug overdose without trial.
The hotel was renovated in 2011.
