Schoolgirl's Hendrix Autograph Sells For £2,000

An autograph book that includes Jimi Hendrix's signature—collected by a schoolgirl who bumped into him on the street—has been sold for £2,000, Shariqua Ahmed reported for BBC News.

Bland decided to sell her autograph book after seeing another Hendrix autograph fetch £6,000 at an auction in Scunthorpe. I Photo: Hannu Lindroos / Lehtikuva Wikimedia Commons

Sara Bland, 70, originally from Colchester, was just 14 when she spotted the guitar legend wandering around Ipswich town center.

She had gone to Ipswich with friends to see the pop group The Walker Brothers, hoping to get their signatures, but ended up meeting Hendrix instead. He was that night's support act.

The book, auctioned on Saturday, had a guide price of £2,000 to £3,000. It sold for £2,000. The US guitarist wrote "Love, Jimi Hendrix" in Bland's book.

Bland, who now lives in the south of France, told the BBC she had decided to sell her autograph book after seeing another Hendrix autograph fetch £6,000 at an auction in Scunthorpe.

She said, "I thought, I have something that might be valuable, and I’m not looking at it or anything anymore, so why not sell it?" When asked what she hoped to make from the sale, she added, “If it sells, it sells; if it doesn’t, it doesn’t, but whatever I get for it, jolly good. I’ll be quite happy."