KISS ‘Alive!’ Handwritten Letters Up For Public sale, May Fetch $150k

Some KISS memorabilia is hitting the public sale block and anticipated to fetch a reasonably penny — upwards of a whole bunch of hundreds, in truth — and these items is not even musical, per se.

As a substitute of music, it is letters … handwritten by every OG band member, for his or her fourth album “Alive!” … and featured within the gatefold of the groundbreaking stay album. They’re up for grabs by means of GottaHaveRockandRoll.com, which is anticipating these private notes to succeed in bids between $50k to $150k.

Like we mentioned, the KISS rockers put pen to paper forward of the discharge of “Alive!” … writing separate items of correspondence to their fan base in fairly descriptive and distinctive phrases.

There are notes from Gene Simmons, Paul Stanley, Ace Frehley and Peter Criss, respectively.

The content material is sort of completely different in every letter — Gene’s speaking about punishing/pleasuring listeners, Ace is on one other planet, Pete’s feelin’ feline-ish and Paul’s moving into voyeurism. The letters match every rocker’s stage persona … The Demon, The Spaceman, The Catman and The Starchild.

The soon-to-be proprietor will get the 4 items of paper — inheriting them from a fortunate then-15-year-old, who initially copped them in 1976 — full with the glue an artwork division utilized manner again then as properly.

They’re all licensed official by means of a number of authentication businesses … so we’re speaking one in every of a sort.

The present highest bid is $20k and the public sale ends April 14 … so there’s nonetheless loads of time to rock and roll all nite, when you’re into it.