![]() ![]() Janis Joplin's Porsche was sold at auction by RM Sotheby's in New York recently for just over $1.7million. Photo Credit: 2015 © RM Sothebys Inc. What you’ve probably already seen in the news is that Janis Joplin’s 1965 Porsche 356 SC Cabriolet went for 1,760,000, absolutely shattering the record for any previous 356 sold at auction, and very likely any private sale as well. It was no stage prop it was Janis’s daily drive, and where she went, the Porsche went too, with her own hands on the wheel. ![]() Janis and her cabriolet then became a familiar sight around the Bay Area and indeed over much of California. No part of the Porsche’s bodywork was left untouched. The verdant green valley of Northern California, containing a brown road that twists beneath mountains, appears on the right door, while the bonnet contains 'The Eye of God,' overseeing all else. É considerada a 'Rainha do Rock and Roll', 1 2 'a maior cantora de rock dos anos 1960' 3 e 'a maior cantora de blues e soul da sua geração'. He then set to work on the new finish, inch by inch, his brushes etching out what he referred to as 'The History of the Universe.' Portraits of the Big Brother and the Holding Company band members flowed up the left side Janis’s astrological sign, Capricorn, appeared on the right rear wing. Janis Lyn Joplin (Port Arthur, 19 de janeiro de 1943 Los Angeles, 4 de outubro de 1970) foi uma cantora, compositora e multi-instrumentista norte-americana. Richards covered the car’s grey paint in Candy Apple Red from nose to tail. She then handed it over to her band’s jack-of-all-trades 'roadie,' Dave Richards – an amateur artist – $500 and not a whole lot of direction. With typical frugality, she picked up a four-year-old Porsche 356 SC Cabriolet from renowned Beverly Hills dealer Estes-Zipper for $3,500. As of December 2015, the most expensive 356 to sell was the daily driver of rocker Janis Joplin that was sold in New York by RM Sothebys for 1,760,000 (£1,163,630) in 2015. The inspiration behind the Joplin Porsche was a similar psychedelically liveried car that Janis had seen on the streets of San Francisco in 1968, with which she adored. The Porsche 356 is a sports car that was first produced by Austrian company Porsche Konstruktionen. ![]()
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