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“You’ve got two masters at the top of their game playing the most iconic characters of their careers. I think there is a lot of Maverick in Tom, and Iceman in Val, so what you are seeing onscreen is an authentic friendship that has lasted over 36 years,” Joseph Kosinski told The Times.

Gotta Have Rock and Roll’s president, Dylan Kosinski, said that the “cassettes are more valuable because they can't be reproduced or released to the public.”

Kosinski emphasized that the auction is a "bigger deal" because the estate still owns the original masters.

Despite the estate's objection, the auction house and Kosinski will continue with the sale on Wednesday, Feb. 19.

His break should have come when Miles Teller beat him out for the part of Rooster in “Top Gun” and Tom Cruise and director Joe Kosinski offered him the role of Hangman instead.