The vinyl crown The Notorious B.I.G. wore at his closing photo shoot went for about $600,000 in Sotheby’s {} market on Tuesday (Sept. 15). The late rapper wore the summit of his 1997 “King of New York” photo shoot Rap Pages magazine, only 3 days prior to Biggie was gunned down at a still-unsolved murder on March 9, 1997, at Los Angeles.
As per a release running the 2 million purchase, the market also contained a record of 22 adore letters composed by a 16-year-old Tupac Shakur for his high-school love ($75,600); the priciest hip-hip vinyl album currently sold on the market, also a Rammellzee vs. K-Rob “Conquer Bop” first, sealed 12-inch only with original art by Jean-Michel Basquiat ($126,000); Fab 5 Freddy’s tradition MTV ring ($35,280); plus a comprehensive series of The Supply magazine ($32,760).
