Jimi Hendrix Personally Owned Silver-Tone Maltese Cross Pendant Necklace From the Collection of Sharon Lawrence - This silver-tone Maltese Cross pendant necklace was personally owned by legendary musician, Jimi Hendrix. Jimi Hendrix's mainstream career lasted only four years, and yet he is regarded as one of the most influential guitarists in history and one of the most celebrated musicians of the 20th century. The Jimi Hendrix Experience was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1992 and the UK Music Hall of Fame in 2005. All three of the band's studio albums were ranked among the 100 greatest albums of all time by Rolling Stone magazine, who also ranked Hendrix the greatest guitarist and the sixth greatest artist of all time. The lot comes with a letter of provenance from Sharon Lawrence, who was a freelance journalist who became a close friend of Jimi Hendrix during the last three years of his life, while working as a reporter in Los Angeles. Lawrence would go on to write the book "Jimi Hendrix: The Man, The Magic, The Truth" based partly on her never-before-heard recorded interviews with the late musician. Jimi Hendrix would often visit Sharon in Los Angeles and bring boxes of things he wanted to keep safe and store them in her carport. According to the accompanying letter of provenance, Jimi told Lawrence he had worn this pendant with a plain black shirt and a silk scarf loose around the neck (lot 33C in this sale). This necklace will come with a notarized copy of the original letter of provenance from Sharon Lawrence, dated March 2009 (the original accompanies lot 33C in this sale).