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The vintage rock band T-shirts that are now worth a fortune

With an 80s Run DMC T-shirt set to sell for £9,400, do you have an old band T-shirt in your wardrobe that could be worth a fortune?

DIG out that old T-shirt of your favourite band – its current value could be music to your ears.

Memorabilia site Defunkd is ­selling an ’80s Run-DMC top for £9,400 – even though it has holes.

 This Led Zeppelin T-shirt sold for £7,200 in 2011
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This Led Zeppelin T-shirt sold for £7,200 in 2011

The garment is on the verge of beating the record of £7,200 paid in 2011 for this Led Zeppelin T-shirt.

Here, GRANT ROLLINGS puts together a wardrobe of vintage music T’s and discloses their XXL price tags.

£9,400

 RUN FOR THE MONEY  . . . ’80s Run DMC T-shirt for sale – if you have cash
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RUN FOR THE MONEY  . . . ’80s Run DMC T-shirt for sale – if you have cash

£6,400

 HEAVY ROCK . . . Asterix strongman Obelix on the Stones’ 1976 roadies top
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HEAVY ROCK . . . Asterix strongman Obelix on the Stones’ 1976 roadies top

£5,000

 SELLS LIKE TEEN SPIRIT . . . from Nirvana’s In Utero tour in 1993
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SELLS LIKE TEEN SPIRIT . . . from Nirvana’s In Utero tour in 1993

£2,497

 SKY HIGH . . . promo tee for Led Zeppelin’s 1973 album Houses of the Holy
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SKY HIGH . . . promo tee for Led Zeppelin’s 1973 album Houses of the Holy

£800

 SCARY PRICE . . . zombies on Michael Jackson’s 1984 Thriller baseball shirt
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SCARY PRICE . . . zombies on Michael Jackson’s 1984 Thriller baseball shirt

£721

 

 MOD CLASSIC . . . 1973 tour wear for The Who crew in Chicago
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MOD CLASSIC . . . 1973 tour wear for The Who crew in Chicago

£618

 OFF CUT . . . Beatles as gory butchers is image from axed 1966 US album
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OFF CUT . . . Beatles as gory butchers is image from axed 1966 US album