Ace Frehley’s original drawing of the iconic Kiss logo has been put up for auction with a hot starting price of $50,000.
Frehley hand-drew the design in 1973, using a button badge to inspire his bandmates to embrace it as “a piece of merchandise or as a giveaway memento to friends, family, crew members and supporters of the upcoming band.”
Later, the logo was redrawn by Paul Stanley, but Frehley’s sketch is still described to be “one of the most significant pieces of rock ’n’ roll history.”
“For years now, we have all heard the story of the creation of the Kiss band name and Kiss logo,” Gotta Have Rock and Roll explained in the listing. “Paul Stanley thought of the name, Ace designed the logo, and then Paul refined the logo. … Ace designed the logo in early 1973 using graph paper in order to properly draw out the perfect proportions in a consistent scale.”
The sketch, which is completed by a certificate of authenticity signed by Frehley, will close its auction on April 30.
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