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Johnny Cash estate goes to auction

Cash - $1.5m sale
Cash - $1.5m sale

Sotheby's are to auction items from Johnny Cash's estate - including instruments, handwritten lyrics, articles of clothing and his black pickup truck - this autumn in New York.

Over 650 pieces will be sold, including objects belonging to his wife, June Carter Cash.

Johnny Cash died at the age of 71 last September. He was predeceased by June Carter Cash, who died in May 2003.

Leila Dunbar, director of Sotheby's Collectibles Department, said: "He and June Carter are true American icons, and this sale presents countless opportunities for collectors as well as fans of the Man in Black."

The sale will include more than 50 instruments owned by the couple, a 1950s notebook full of Cash's handwritten lyrics, photographs, letters, concert posters and seven of Cash's Grammy awards.

The collection is valued at about $1.5m.

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