The diamond-studded watch Buddy Holly was wearing when he was killed in a plane crash has been sold at auction for $155,350.
The buyer was a woman near San Francisco who wants to remain anonymous, said Heritage Auction Galleries spokesman Doug Norwine in Dallas. He said she was a "tremendous" fan of the rock 'n' roll pioneer.
Holly received the diamond-and-white gold Omega wristwatch as a gift from his wife, Maria Elena Holly. He wore it "the day the music died" on Feb. 3, 1959, when he and singers Ritchie Valens and J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson were killed in a plane crash in Iowa. Holly was 22.