A Rare Led Zeppelin T-Shirt Sold for Thousands in 2011, but Today’s Prices Make That Look Like Pocket Change

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A Rare Led Zeppelin T-Shirt Sold for Thousands in 2011, but Today’s Prices Make That Look Like Pocket Change

A 1979 Knebworth Festival t-shirt selling for $10K is nothing compared to a 1973 tour security t-shirt on eBay today.

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In May 2011, a Led Zeppelin t-shirt sold on eBay for a staggering $10,000. That’s usually the kind of money that gets thrown around at auctions for things like handwritten lyric sheets. But a t-shirt on eBay? It might seem a little far-fetched.

However, this was allegedly the rarest Led Zeppelin t-shirt in the world. It was listed by the eBay seller Kyle Erminger of Stormcrow Vintage, who had been selling on the site since 2003. The shirt went to a buyer in Australia with the winning $10,000 bid, which completely shocked Erminger, considering what he originally paid for it.

According to a 2011 report from NME, Erminger initially bought the t-shirt for $123. “At the time, I thought I may have........

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