Memorabilia lane
Auction houses around the world
On 18 February, Black Sabbath’s Tommy Clufetos’ drum kit was offered via goldin.co. ■ A 31 January auction of 122 lots from Mark Knopfler via christies. com raised £8,840,160. The sale included 28 guitars, with a 1959 Les Paul making £693,000, and some of the others, £592,200, £504,000 and £415,800. ■ A 2 March analogr.com auction included The Beatles 1964 tour shirts, Goodbye handwritten lyrics (estimate, $150,000), John Lennon writing desk/chair ($75,000), suit, drawing, Paul Mccartney guitar, Ringo Starr hat, jacket, drums, George Harrison jacket, T-shirt, Pete Best signed drumhead. ■ Backstreet Boys’ AJ Mclean’s 5,330 feet2, five-bed, five-bath house, Westlake Village, California, with pool, spa, jacuzzi, 0.7 acres, was offered in January via realtor.com for $3.5 million. ■ In February, Katherine Schofield was appointed Head Of Rock, Pop, & Film at Sotheby’s Science & Popular Culture, London. She was former Head Of Entertainment & Popular Culture, London Bonhams, and is joined by Popular Culture specialist, Joseph Robson, of Christie’s and Bonhams. A 27 February auction via bonhams.com included AC/DC’S Angus Young cap, Tina Turner dress, Ike Turner top, Aerosmith coverall, guitar, demo cassettes from Hole, Blind Melon, Radiohead, Nirvana, Kurt Cobain handwritten note re John Lennon’s Dakota Building, guitars from Alice In Chains, Jeff Beck, Journey, The Clash. ■ A 24 February ha.com auction included John Lennon’s 0000006 The Beatles ‘White Album’, while their 11-13 April sale includes Yesterday & Today ‘butcher cover’
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Queen’s Roger Taylor’s 4,300 feet2, four-bed, fivebath house, Hollywood Hills, was listed by Douglas Elliman for $6.2 million. ■ In February, kings-auctions. com announced that among upcoming sales via its Beverly Hills office is The Museum Collection of handdrawn art by Michael Jackson. ■ A 27 February juliensauctions.com sale included Michael Jackson jacket, $50,800, Dolly Parton outfit, $32,500, Taylor Swift guitar, $15,875, Freddie Mercury handwritten lyrics, $28,575, basses from Steely Dan’s Walter Becker, $28,575, Bill Wyman, $26,000. ■ A 29 February auction via Dalshire, Carrollton, Texas, included Paul Mccartney guitar. ■ In February, Freddie Mercury’s former home, Garden Lodge, Kensington, London, was due to be offered for private sale in excess of £30-million. ■ On 5 March, Beggars Opera’s Ricky Gardiner offered guitars via gardinerhoulgate.co.uk. ■ On 7 March, Deep Purple’s Ian Paice offered a drum kit for charity via ebay. ■ On 2 March, REM handwritten lyrics for Nightswimming were offered for charity via bid.whytes.ie.