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Frank Sinatra Brazil Performance Stool

Currency:USD Category:Memorabilia / Music Memorabilia Start Price:500.00 USD Estimated At:3,500.00 - 5,500.00 USD
Frank Sinatra Brazil Performance Stool
This stool was utilized by legendary entertainer Frank Sinatra during a live concert performance in 1980. The stool is constructed of wood and has a circular seat. Mr. Sinatra used this stool onstage during his landmark concert at the Maracana Stadium in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil that was held on January 26th, 1980. The singer performed before an audience of 175,000 people, which was the new world’s record at the time, and one that Mr. Sinatra held for nearly a decade up until April 21, 1990 when Paul McCartney performed at the same stadium before an estimated audience of 184,000.

Mr. Sinatra utilized the stool to sit on and also to hold his music at various points throughout the concert, and left a visible burn on the seat from setting his cigarette down on it during part of the performance.

This item was acquired directly from Mr. Sinatra’s personal costumer and longtime friend, Michael Castellano. Mr. Castellano began working with the entertainer in 1976 after replacing Sinatra’s previous personal aid, Eddie Fitzsimmons. Mr. Castellano quickly became Sinatra’s “right hand man” and performed numerous duties for Mr. Sinatra while maintaining his stage and personal wardrobe collection.

Mr. Castellano accompanied Sinatra to the historic concert and recalls the singer being so overwhelmed by the size of the audience he forgot some of the words to his opener “The Coffee Song”, and was profoundly touched when the crowd kept singing for him. Following the performance, Mr. Castellano decided to keep the stool as a memento of the landmark show, which amused Sinatra. The singer generously agreed to fly the stool home for Castellano on his private jet however, and personally carried it onto the plane when they departed Brazil.

The stool is in good condition with some minor scratches and evidence of wear from its use at the concert and subsequent relocation overseas after the performance.