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Black Widows, Black Sabbath, & Black Leather: Massive Collection Of Ronnie James Dio's Personal Belongings Are Up For Auction

It has been eight years since the world reluctantly said goodbye to Ronnie James Dio after he lost his valiant battle with cancer in 2010. I can tell you this, I do not know a single person that does not dig Dio.

Dio dislikers are thankfully a rare breed, and saying you don't like Dio is kind of like claiming to hate country music because Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, Hank Williams all suck, right? I'm sure you get my point.

Given Dio's enduring legacy, it is no surprise lots of headbangers are freaking out over the massive 665 item auction containing items owned by RJD.  Hosted by Julien's, you can currently bid on anything such as a vast selection of Dio's stagewear (lots of leather and fringe!), jewelry (including several "devil horn hand sign" charms), as well as various stage props used during his career.

As I said, the auction is live right now leading up to its official start on September 14th at 10 am ET. I can't lie–if I was remotely close to Dio's size I would be bidding on something he once wore–especially his personalized Black Sabbath bathrobe which is, of course, BLACK.

If you're curious, as of this writing, the current bid for said bathrobe is a cool $600 bucks. I've posted some of the more covetable items from the auction below, you can see all 14 pages of the auction booklet here.

Black Widows, Black Sabbath, & Black Leather:  Massive Collection Of Ronnie James Dio's Personal Belongings Are Up For Auction

An airbrushed jacket featuring the album art from his 1983 album Holy Diver owned and worn by Ronnie James Dio.

 

Black Widows, Black Sabbath, & Black Leather:  Massive Collection Of Ronnie James Dio's Personal Belongings Are Up For Auction

Leather front-lace pants owned and worn on stage by RJD.

 

Black Widows, Black Sabbath, & Black Leather:  Massive Collection Of Ronnie James Dio's Personal Belongings Are Up For Auction

Leather lace-up shirt worn on stage by Ronnie James Dio.

 

Black Widows, Black Sabbath, & Black Leather:  Massive Collection Of Ronnie James Dio's Personal Belongings Are Up For Auction

Leather tunic worn on stage by RJD.

 

Black Widows, Black Sabbath, & Black Leather:  Massive Collection Of Ronnie James Dio's Personal Belongings Are Up For Auction

A signature look worn by Dio on stage.

 

Black Widows, Black Sabbath, & Black Leather:  Massive Collection Of Ronnie James Dio's Personal Belongings Are Up For Auction

RJD's satin Heaven and Hell Tour jacket, 1980.

 

Black Widows, Black Sabbath, & Black Leather:  Massive Collection Of Ronnie James Dio's Personal Belongings Are Up For Auction

Shades of purple were regular color-theme in RJD's wardrobe.

 

Black Widows, Black Sabbath, & Black Leather:  Massive Collection Of Ronnie James Dio's Personal Belongings Are Up For Auction

Another wardrobe staple of Dio's.

 

Black Widows, Black Sabbath, & Black Leather:  Massive Collection Of Ronnie James Dio's Personal Belongings Are Up For Auction

A few of Dio's devil horn hands.

 

Black Widows, Black Sabbath, & Black Leather:  Massive Collection Of Ronnie James Dio's Personal Belongings Are Up For Auction

An assortment of crosses worn by RJD.

 

Black Widows, Black Sabbath, & Black Leather:  Massive Collection Of Ronnie James Dio's Personal Belongings Are Up For Auction

More totally Dio jewelry.

 

Black Widows, Black Sabbath, & Black Leather:  Massive Collection Of Ronnie James Dio's Personal Belongings Are Up For Auction

A few rad rings worn by RJD.

 

Black Widows, Black Sabbath, & Black Leather:  Massive Collection Of Ronnie James Dio's Personal Belongings Are Up For Auction

A leather bracelet with a black widow spider encased in glass.

 

Black Widows, Black Sabbath, & Black Leather:  Massive Collection Of Ronnie James Dio's Personal Belongings Are Up For Auction

RJD's coat of arms.

 

Black Widows, Black Sabbath, & Black Leather:  Massive Collection Of Ronnie James Dio's Personal Belongings Are Up For Auction

RJD's 19th-century printing of Volume II of The Devotional Family Bible by Rev. Alexander Fletcher (London: George Virtue) bound in full brown calf with gilt-stamped titling to the spine.

 

Black Widows, Black Sabbath, & Black Leather:  Massive Collection Of Ronnie James Dio's Personal Belongings Are Up For Auction

A set list handwritten by Dio featuring selections from the first two Dio albums in addition to Black Sabbath and Rainbow songs.

Black Widows, Black Sabbath, & Black Leather:  Massive Collection Of Ronnie James Dio's Personal Belongings Are Up For Auction

RJD guitar case.

 

Black Widows, Black Sabbath, & Black Leather:  Massive Collection Of Ronnie James Dio's Personal Belongings Are Up For Auction

Dio loudspeaker road case.

 

Black Widows, Black Sabbath, & Black Leather:  Massive Collection Of Ronnie James Dio's Personal Belongings Are Up For Auction

SWORDS!

 

Black Widows, Black Sabbath, & Black Leather:  Massive Collection Of Ronnie James Dio's Personal Belongings Are Up For Auction

A giant robotic spider used on stage during the Dream Evil Tour in 1988.

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