1. Handwritten lyrics and cassette demo of "Soft and Wet" (1977).
7 royal items in the Paisley Park museum
October 7, 2016 at 4:59PM
2. Handwritten notes left on a sheet music stand inside Studio B (2016).
3. Telecaster guitar with leopard pick guard (largely used 1981-84).
4. Any of the full bodysuits in the wardrobe displays (which hit home how petite he really was).
5. Custom-made, vaguely phallic black Pegasus piano in the once-private Piano Room (from the 1990s).
6. Purple Yamaha grand piano he played on his Piano & a Microphone Tour (this past winter).
7. Letter of condolence to "family and friends of Prince" from Barack and Michelle Obama (May 18, 2016).
CHRIS RIEMENSCHNEIDER
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