She drove it everywhere-and with everyone that was anyone in the San Francisco music scene-with the top down and her feathers flying. Like most people and their car of choice, her Porsche is a direct link to Janis. “Besides Janis’s music and legacy,” Michael Joplin, Janis’s younger brother, said, “her Porsche is the most visual and important piece of memorabilia that exists. “It’s a fantastic automobile that transcends art, pop culture and social movements, and is as groundbreaking and stunning as the renowned singer was herself.” Kelleher also cited the Porsche as “an important woman’s ownership of a classic car.” “Janis Joplin’s 356C is without question one of the most important Porsches of all time,” Ian Kelleher, the managing director of RM Sotheby’s West Coast division, said in a statement. Prior to the “Driven to Disruption” sale, the Porsche, which has previously been shown at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, will be exhibited in a gallery at Sotheby’s headquarters. The car will go on the auction with an expected price tag of more than $400,000. (In 1970 Joplin went on to record a song in which she asks the listener to buy her a Mercedes Benz.) Today the car remains a symbol of San Francisco’s psychedelic scene of the 1960s.
Richards covered the Porsche with a colorful scene meant to illustrate the history of the universe, featuring mountains, trees, airplanes, jellyfish, and Joplin herself. Joplin bought her Porsche in 1968 and, because she deemed its white finish ill-fitting for her radical image, proceeded to ask Dave Richards to paint it with kaleidoscopic imagery. As the press release gleefully notes, the sale, which will take place in New York, comes “just in time for the holidays!” The custom-made car is expected to fetch up to $400,000 at auction, but high-interest items often go far above the expected selling price.RM Sotheby’s, the branch of the major auction house devoted to cars, announced today that it will be selling Janis Joplin’s Porsche as part of its “Driven to Disruption” sale on December 10. The New York Public Library has an exhibition honoring Sinatra, and HBO is releasing a documentary about the singer.Īnyone who wants to buy Janis Joplin’s Porsche will need to bring a pretty hefty checkbook. The auctions came as the nation celebrates what would have been Sinatra’s 100th birthday. Inside was contacts from the music industry, including the promoter for Sinatra and Elvis Presley, as well as Hollywood kingpin Lew Wasserman.Īnother auction included a letter from Frank Sinatra to his ex-wife, Mia Farrow. According to the New York Post‘s Page Six, the book “ included personal information for his high-flying friends from John Wayne and Sidney Poitier to the US Ambassador to the United Kingdom under Ronald Reagan, Charles H. Earlier this summer, the famous “little black book” kept by singer Frank Sinatra sold for close to $9,000. Janice Joplin’s Porsche isn’t the only piece of music history to go to auction in recent months. Like most people and their car of choice, her Porsche is a direct.
Sibling Michael Joplin commented, Besides Janis’s music and legacy, her Porsche is the most visual and important piece of memorabilia that exists. “It’s a fantastic automobile that transcends art, pop culture and social movements and is as groundbreaking and stunning as the renowned singer was herself,” said Ian Kelleher, managing director of RM Sotheby’s West Coast division. The 1964 Porsche 356 C 1600 Cabriolet (bought used by Joplin in 1968), was then customized to fit her free-spirited personality.
The car is up for sale as part of RM Sotheby’s “Driven by Disruption” auction, which includes a total of 30 custom-styled automobiles. When she parked it and returned, there was always at least one (fan) note under the wipers.” “Wherever Janis went in the car, her fans recognized it. “Janis drove the car everywhere, all around San Francisco and down to Los Angeles when she was recording there,” her sister and biographer, Laura Joplin, told Reuters. It was more than just a piece of art to the legendary singer, however - Janis Joplin actually drove the Porsche regularly until her death in 1970. Janice Joplin bought the car in 1968 and had a friend paint the custom mural on it. The car had been residing in Cleveland for the last 20 years, on display at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, but now is being sold by the family of Janice Joplin, the Associated Press reported. The psychedelic 1965 Porsche 356C Cabriolet is set to go to auction in December at Sotheby’s in New York. Janis Joplin’s custom Porsche has been in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and now it can land in one lucky bidder’s garage.
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