According to ultimateclassicrock.com, a chair that was removed from the infamous Guns N’ Roses riot near St. louis, recently sold on eBay for $122. On July 2nd, 1991, fans at the Riverport Amphitheatre in Missouri rioted after singer Axl Rose stopped the show early and left the stage. After he spotted someone using a camera in the crowd and shouted at security staff to deal with the problem he stated, “Thanks to the lame-ass security, I’m going home,” and proceeded to leave. The audience ended up rioting and as result Axl Rose was later arrested and fined for the incident, not returning to St. Louis until 2017.
EBay usertamwild-0 wrote in the auctions description, “I was in the audience at the GNR concert that ended in the infamous ban of GNR in St. Louis in ’91, A friend grabbed a chair during the mayhem on the way out and put it in my car. I’ve held on to this piece of history for 31 years. The wife said it’s time to find it a new home. I am auctioning the chair as well as the original ticket stub.”
The eBay user had no prior history on the website and didn’t even provide a picture of the chair that they were selling. The auction brought in seven bids and closed at $122,50, despite an eBay rule that states, “the sale of stolen property is not allowed on eBay. The sale of stolen property violates state, federal and international law, and we will work with law enforcement in any attempts to sell stolen property on eBay.”
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