John Bonham drumhead saved from bonfire (but not Alice Cooper guillotine)

The only known bass drumhead featuring John Bonham’s personal symbol – the interlocking rings that became his mark after Led Zeppelin’s fourth album – hammered at $70,000 (£53,000) at Heritage (25% buyer’s premium) in Dallas.

Used throughout the band’s 1973 and 1975 North American tours, the transparent 2ft 2in (66cm) Ludw…

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