Punk For Sale

Beating Hot Topic at its own game, Christie's has scheduled their first full-scale auction of punk memorabilia. The lots, which go up for sale on 11/24, include more than 120 records, photos and "promotional pieces" from Patti Smith, the Ramones, the Velvet Underground, David Bowie, the Smiths, the Cure, and Blondie, etc. Right, the Bank Generation. AP reports: "We understand that tastes change, tastes mature," said Christie's pop-culture chief Simeon Lipman. "Ten years ago, punk memorabilia p...

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