A jacket utilized by George Michael in a music video and a beehive hairpiece worn by Amy Winehouse are amongst gadgets of music memorabilia being put up for public sale.
Greater than 200 gadgets, together with guitars, handwritten lyrics, clothes, autographs, movie and TV memorabilia, might be placed on sale by Propstore subsequent month.
The music gadgets come from bands and singers together with AC/DC, Michael JacksonDavid Bowie, Queen, Oasis, Elvis Presley, Johnny Marr and The Beatles.
For a lot of of those unique tons, it’s the first time they’ve been supplied on the market to the general public and Propstore anticipate bidding to be extremely aggressive
Mark Hochman, prop retailer
Additionally listed, for between £30,000 and £60,000, is Wham! star Michael’s La Rocka jacket, which he wore duetting alongside US singer Aretha Franklin in I Knew You Have been Ready (For Me).
The monitor reached primary within the UK and the music video featured each musicians singing in entrance of screens projecting the opposite individual.
Excessive-ticket gadgets corresponding to Jackson’s custom-made photo-matched leather-based jacket – which featured in a 1984 Pepsi industrial worn by the pop star – is listed for between £200,000 and £400,000, whereas AC/DC’s Angus Younger Gibson SG Junior Guitar might go for between £60,000 to £120,000.
Mark Hochman, director of music and posters at Propstore, stated: “Taking inspiration from final yr’s extremely profitable music sale, we have now strived to be greater and higher for 2023 and with unimaginable, distinctive content material from rock and pop legends.
“For a lot of of those unique tons, it’s the first time they’ve been supplied on the market to the general public and Propstore anticipate bidding to be extremely aggressive.”
Winehouse’s hairpiece, which she wore for a 2007 music video for her final album Again To Black, is estimated at between £15,000 and £30,000.
The hairpiece is seen in You Know I’m No Good, which sees the singer portraying a tough relationship, and the monitor was sung by Winehouse on the fiftieth Annual Grammy Awards.
She died aged 27 in 2011.
The Beatles memorabilia being auctioned contains an autographed UK Autumn Tour 1963 live performance programme, estimated at between £6,000 and £12,000, a Lennon-owned belt buckle, estimated at between £30,000 and £60,000, and a Lennon and Yoko Ono autographed ebook by the Japanese artist known as Grapefruit, estimated at between £1,500 and £3,000.
Oasis gadgets together with Gallagher’s first prototype Epiphone Supernova guitar, estimated at between £35,000 and £70,000, and a whole set of handwritten lyrics from the file (What’s The Story) Morning Glory? by Gallagher, estimated at between £8,000 and £16,000, have additionally been listed for public sale.
A Bowie portray and sculpture catalogue, estimated at between £500 and £1,000, and an 1964 disc of the British singer’s Liza Jane, estimated at between £5,000 and £10,000, are on sale.
Additionally up for public sale is a framed set listing handwritten by Nirvana’s Kurt Cobain estimated at between £10,000 and £20,000, Kiss star Paul Stanley’s autographed stage-used silver-glitter Washburn Starfire guitar for between £40,000 and £80,000, in addition to Italian composer Giorgio Moroder’s Golden Globe Award for greatest authentic rating for 1983’s Flashdance, which might go for between £5,000 and £10,000.
Final yr’s Propstore music public sale offered a set of Altec 605A screens from Abbey Highway Studios – seen within the 2021 Peter Jackson documentary The Beatles: Get Again and utilized by the band – for £75,000, inclusive of purchaser’s premium.
Exhibitions at Propstore’s workplace in Chenies, Rickmansworth, in Hertfordshire, might be held till November 3 by appointment.
The public sale might be held at Bafta 195 Piccadilly in London and is ready to start on November 10 at 3pm.
