NEW YORK (AP) -  A drum kit that Ringo Starr used to record some of the
Beatles’ early hits has sold for $2.2 million at an auction to Indianapolis
Colts owner Jim Irsay.

Julien’s Auctions says Irsay bought the 1963 Ludwig Oyster Black Pearl
three-piece drum kit Friday at a sale in Beverly Hills, California. The two-
day auction includes over 800 items owned by Ringo Starr and his wife,
actress Barbara Bach.

Starr used the kit in more than 200 performances between May 1963 and
February 1964. He also played it on recordings including "Can’t Buy Me
Love," ”She Loves You," ”All My Loving" and "I Want to Hold Your Hand."

The auction concludes Saturday. A portion of the proceeds will benefit the
couple’s Lotus Children Foundation, which focuses on global social welfare
issues.

Ringo Starr (Richard Starkey) turned 75 July 7th.

John Lennon with his 1962 Gibson guitar.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A guitar stolen from the late John Lennon in the 1960s sold
for $2.41 million on Saturday at an auction in California and a Beatles drum head
went for $2.1 million, fetching some of the highest prices ever for items of rock
and roll memorabilia. Auctioneer Darren Julien said the 1962 J-160E Gibson
acoustic guitar had for decades been in the possession of John McCaw, a
novice musician who bought it in the late 1960s without knowing it had been
stolen from the legendary Beatle several years before.

Half of the proceeds from the sale of the guitar, which was stolen from Lennon at
a December 1963 Christmas concert, will go toward the Spirit Foundation, a
charitable organization that he and his widow, Yoko Ono, created.

DALLAS (AP) – The license plates that were on the limousine carrying President
John F. Kennedy when he was assassinated in Dallas have sold at auction for
$100,000.

Noah Fleisher with Heritage Auctions says the plates sold Saturday for well over
the initial bid of $40,000. Fleisher says they were purchased by a "high-end
Kennedy collector" who requested anonymity.

(Fox News) – A photo purportedly showing the iceberg that sank the Titanic is
expected to sell for over $15,000 when it is auctioned in the U.K. on Saturday.

Henry Aldridge & Son is auctioning the remarkable photo and a fascinating
document that accompanies it. The photograph was taken by the chief steward
of the liner Prinz Adalbert on the morning of April 15, 1912. The Titanic, which
struck an iceberg  at 11.40 p.m. ship’s time on April 14, sank just over two hours
later with the loss of more than 1,500 lives.

“Sinking of the Titanic” by Willy Stöwer, 1912.

Michael Joseph Jackson (August 29, 1958 – June 25, 2009)

(WENN.com) – A rare, sequined white glove worn by Michael Jackson has sold for
almost $65,000 at auction.

The garment, one of several hand coverings the King of Pop sported onstage and
in music promos, was given by the star to his personal artist Paul Bedard in 1984,
and he later sold it to a private collector.

It went up for auction via Nate D. Sanders in Los Angeles on Thursday and fetched
an impressive $64,850.

The sale also featured a prototype of the iconic jacket Jackson wore in the video
for his 1987 hit "Bad," which attracted a top bid of $12,500.