Sir Elton John is placing a piano, jumpsuit and a pair of platform boots up for public sale in New York subsequent month.
A portray of the pop megastar and his associate, David Furnish, by Damien Hirst – titled Your Music after his hit monitor, and inscribed “xxx for Elton + David” – is predicted to fetch $350,000 to $450,000 (£280,000 to £360,000).
Additionally included is a portrait of the 76-year-old singer by American painter and Oscar-nominated director Julian Schnabel – valued at between $200,000 and $300,000 (£160,000 to £240,000).
Sir Elton John’s usually outrageous stage outfits are represented within the sale
The objects on the market are from his former residence in Atlanta
The objects listed within the assortment titled Sir Elton John: Goodbye Peachtree Highway, are from the house he and Furnish, a widely known homosexual rights campaigner and AIDS activist, shared in Atlanta.
In the event you fancy tinkling Elton’s personal ivories, there is a Yamaha grand piano on the market at $30,000 to $50,000 (£24,000 to £39,000).
A 1971 pair of tall leather-based platform boots – silver and with crimson leather-based letters ‘E’ and ‘J’ on each side – might fetch between $5,000 and $10,000 (£4,000 to £8,000).
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An ivory-and-gold jumpsuit, one among his first stage outfits, designed by Annie Reavey, has an estimated worth of $8,000 to $12,000 (£6,500 to £9,700).
It was loaned to make costumes for the 2018 Rocketman biopic, starring Taron Egerton.
Tash Perrin, deputy chairman of Christie’s Americas, which is dealing with the public sale, mentioned: “This extraordinary assortment not solely showcases a various array of outstanding objects that encapsulate Elton’s distinctive life, work, and artwork but in addition offers our purchasers with a glimpse into the profound impression that town of Atlanta had on him.”
A portray of the pop star and his husband, David Furnish, by Damien Hirst is valued at something as much as £360,000
The gathering, she mentioned, options “a refined assortment of images, artworks, trend, and costumes – a testomony to a person’s eclectic imaginative and prescient, artistry, and impeccable style”.
Additionally up on the market is an 18-carat-gold limited-edition Cartier watch, a necklace with diamond letters that claims “the bitch is again” (after his 1974 hit of the identical title) and silk Versace shirts.
And a Vogue cowl by American photographer Irving Penn of trend mannequin Jean Patchett might fetch between $100,000 to $150,000 (£79,000 to £120,000).
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Sir Elton John ended his touring profession final yr, after spending greater than 50 years acting at venues all through the world, when he delivered his final gig within the Farewell Yellow Brick Highway tour in Stockholm in July.
He gave his last UK efficiency as a headliner of Glastonbury, the well-known pageant in Somerset.
The gathering is open to the general public at Christie’s in New York for 12 days earlier than the opening night time of gross sales on 21 February.
