The notorious secure that was stolen with Tommy Lee and Pamela Anderson’s infamous intercourse tape inside has bought at public sale for $2,560, with the proceeds benefiting MusiCares.
The secure was a part of Julien’s Auctions’ just lately accomplished “Performed, Worn & Torn” occasion that featured gadgets from Lee, Metallica’s Kirk Hammett, and U2’s Adam Clayton, amongst different musicians.
Lee himself had some enjoyable with the auction item, signing the black secure with the phrases, “That is the unsafe that ruined my life! Tommy Lee.” Nonetheless, that additional element didn’t assist the bidding fetch its $4,000-$6,000 estimate, because the successful bidder bought the piece of rock historical past for the aforementioned affordable worth of $2,560 (not together with the small fortune it should value to have it shipped house).
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As for the story behind the secure — which was detailed within the 2022 Hulu mini-series Pam & Tommy — the then-couple found the secure lacking in January 1996, and it was later decided {that a} disgruntled electrician by the identify of Rand Gauthier stole it out of revenge for the way in which he was handled by Lee throughout his work on the Mötley Crüe drummer’s mansion. Contained in the secure was the intercourse tape, and from there, by means of a collection of a number of developments, the express video turned a worldwide phenomenon, and the remaining is historical past.
In the meantime, different gadgets within the “Played, Worn & Torn” auction fetched huge bucks, together with a Keith Richards’ 1960 Gibson Les Paul guitar that went for $192,000; a number of Kirk Hammett guitars that garnered between $75,000 and $160,000 every, together with the Gibson SG he performed on the “Again to the Starting” live performance this previous July; and a handful of Adam Clayton basses that every introduced in additional than $50,000.
Among the many nonprofit organizations benefitting from the varied gross sales are MusicCares, Teenage Most cancers America, Gibson Provides, and St. Jude’s.
In different information, followers can catch Tommy Lee with Mötley Crüe on the band’s just lately introduced Summer 2026 North American tour, that includes help from Tesla and Excessive. Tickets for the 33-date outing are available here.
See a close-up picture of the Tommy Lee-Pamela Anderson sex-tape secure under.
