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Johnny Winter collection opens Kimball Sterling cane auction March 26

Tom Hoepf
Tom Hoepf
Johnny Winter performing on June 15, 2007. Image by Chascar. This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license.
Johnny Winter performing on June 15, 2007. Image by Chascar. This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license.

 

JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. – Canes and walking sticks owned by blues-rock legend Johnny Winter will be sold at auction on March 26 by Kimball M. Sterling Inc.

The collection consists of rare and unique antique and folk art canes. Some of the canes have appeared on classic album covers and in famous photos of Johnny Winter alongside the likes Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker B.B. King and many more.

Some of the canes were especially made for Johnny Winter. Others are antiques more than 100 years old, including dress canes and folk art canes that the late guitarist collected for years. An unusual example is an antique sword cane with a push-and-lock mechanism.

 

Historical images of Texas rocker Johnny Winter (1944-2014). Image at left (L to R): Muddy Waters, B.B. King, and Johnny Winter holding his favorite cane, which is offered as Lot #1 in Kimball Sterling's March 26 auction featuring Winter's cane collection; and image at right: Winter onstage with Jimi Hendrix. Images provided by The Estate of Johnny Winter.
Historical images of Texas rocker Johnny Winter (1944-2014). Image at left (L to R): Muddy Waters, B.B. King, and Johnny Winter holding his favorite cane, which is offered as Lot #1 in Kimball Sterling’s March 26 auction featuring Winter’s cane collection; and image at right: Winter onstage with Jimi Hendrix. Images provided by The Estate of Johnny Winter.

 

A portion of the funds from this auction will support the estate’s favorite charities.

Absentee and Internet bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.com. The 174-lot auction will begin at noon Eastern time.

The first 55 lots in this auction belong to the Estate 0f Johnny Winter.

 

View the fully illustrated catalog and register to bid absentee or live via the Internet as the sale is taking place by logging on to www.LiveAuctioneers.com.