Tragically, though, even bulletproof charisma cannot deflect real bullets. ‘Sean “Puffy” Combs said it would make Biggie look like Burger King.’ - Barron Claiborne “His power cancels out the fact that it is a novelty crown.” That’s a testament to “the charisma of Biggie Smalls,” he said. And nobody’s ever told me that they look at the photo and think the crown is plastic.” “He said it would make Biggie look like Burger King,” recalled Claiborne. Sean “Puffy” Combs, the owner of Bad Boy Records, the label for which Biggie recorded, was at the shoot and scoffed at Claiborne’s concept. The time before, I photographed him in a white suit - instead of the tracksuit that most rappers were wearing back in 1997.”Īmazingly, the royally inspired shot of Biggie Smalls - designed to illustrate yet another one of his nicknames: King of New York - almost didn’t happen. I did this because I liked taking pictures of Biggie. “I was mostly shooting celebrities and reportage. “I’m not sure that I even got paid for it,” he said. In fact, he admitted the payday is a step up from what he earned for shutterbugging the rapper.
I always thought Biggie was a king.” The crown originally cost $6, said photographer Barron Claiborne. “That shows you how strong the symbol really is. “Some people have told me that it’s too low,” Claiborne coolly stated ahead of the hammer coming down.
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What did Claiborne make of the fact that his crown - along with a pair of prints from the session, plus a photo contact sheet - opened with a quickly met estimate of $200,000 to $300,000? “Without Biggie, the crown would not be worth. Claiborne owned the crown and used it in the stunning Rap Pages magazine cover-photo he took of Biggie in 1997. “This crown is a novelty item I bought it at a place on Broadway called Gordon’s,” Barron Claiborne, a 52-year-old photographer who lives in Brooklyn, told The Post. The plastic topper worn by Christopher “Notorious B.I.G.” Wallace in his last photo shoot sold for $594,750 (including Sotheby’s “buyer’s premium” fees and taxes) during an auction Tuesday night - despite its original $6 price tag.Īt the auction house’s first hip-hop memorabilia auction - which featured a one-of-a-kind Def Jam Recordings jacket, a triptych of pioneering DJs painted by Fab 5 Freddy and Judith Leiber’s crystal-encrusted handbag inspired by a boombox - the crown’s original purchaser said he didn’t buy the royal-rig for its gold content and embedded jewels. Megan Thee Stallion's 'Good News' is very bad for Tory Lanez Loy provided the letters for auction.Notorious B.I.G.'s famed NYC apartment hits market for $1.7MĮx-FBI agent, filmmakers claim they know who killed Notorious B.I.G. The 42 pages chronicle their approximately two-month long romance, including a letter of regret for breaking up sent a year later.
Shakur’s letters - many on lined stationary pages with neat hand-lettered script - were written in 19 to Kathy Loy, a fellow student at the Baltimore School for the Arts. When I was first thinking of doing this sale, I thought, ‘Wouldn’t it be great to track that crown down?’” Hatton said. Sean “Diddy” Combs, owner of Biggie’s label Bad Boy Entertainment, was with the rapper on the photo shoot. Claiborne had provided the prop, hoping to portray Biggie as the king of New York. The crown has been in photographer Barron Claiborne’s possession since he captured Biggie for the cover of Rap Pages magazine. – Rule, Britannia! BBC ditches singalong amid colonial rethink.– Review: Writer Spencer Kope takes a risk but it pays off.
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