On Tuesday night the plastic bejeweled crown worn by late rapper Notorious B.I.G. (aka Biggie Smalls, né Christopher Wallace) in the final photoshoot before his 1997 death sold to a bidder for ...

Biggie Smalls iconic crown with the inscription “Crown from Biggie KONY Shot NYC 3-6-97.” It ... More fetched $594,750. Sotheby's. If you have any hip hop memorabilia stashed inside your house ...

The crown worn by Christopher “Notorious B.I.G.” Wallace in his last photo shoot before he died sold at a Sotheby’s auction for $475,000 — despite its original $6 price tag.

The signed crown worn by the rapper, also known as Notorious B.I.G, in the 1997 "King of New York" photograph and offered on sale for the first time, could fetch $200,000 - $300,000 at the Sept ...

The September 15 auction features more than 120 hip hop treasures from the late 1970s to the mid-1990s, from artists such as The Notorious B.I.G. and Fab 5 Freddy.

One of the most iconic items up for auction is the crown worn by Brooklyn-born Biggie Smalls during the 1997 “King of New York” photo shoot. The portrait he took with that crown was his last ...

On Sept. 13, 1994, the same day President Clinton signed the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act, rapper Christopher Wallace, better known as Biggie Smalls, or the Notorious B.I.G ...