15.10.10
ELTON JOHN'S MOTHER TO SELL MEMORABILIA AT AUCTION
IF YOU WERE THE MOTHER OF AN INTERNATIONALLY-KNOWN ROCK STAR, WHAT MEMORABILIA WOULD YOU KEEP FROM HIS CAREER? NOW, IF YOU WERE MOVING TO A NEW HOME, WHAT WOULD YOU SELL? ON 19.OCTOBER, ELTON JOHNS FANS ALL OVER THE WORLD WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO BID LIVE ONLINE ON MEMORABILIA FROM THE COLLECTION OF SHELIA FAREBROTHER, MOTHER OF THE ICONIC CELEBRITY. THE AUCTION IS BEING HOSTED BY THE NOTABLE UK AUCTION HOUSE GORRINGES AND WILL BE BROADCAST LIVE ONLINE BY THE BOSTON-BASED ARTFACT.COM, THE WORLD'S LEADING ONLINE AUCTION PORTAL, AND ITS UK SISTER INVALUABLE.COM. HIGHLIGHTING THE SALE IS A PAIR OF RARE GOLD CARTIER 'CAPTAIN FANTASTIC' BROOCHES. AS A STRUGGLING YOUNG MUSICIAN, ELTON ASSUMED THE MONIKER OF CAPTAIN FANTASTIC AS AN ON-STAGE PERSONA, PAIRED WITH HIS LYRICIST PARTNER BERNIE TAUPIN. THE AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL CONCEPT ALBUM 'CAPTAIN FANTASTIC AND THE BROWN DIRT COWBOY' CHRONICLES THIS EARLY PERIOD IN THEIR MUSICAL CAREER. EACH BROOCH IS CAST IN 18 CARAT GOLD WITH RED ENAMEL LETTERING AND THE PAIR IS ESTIMATED AT £8,000-£12,000. AS RENOWNED FOR HIS MUSIC AS HIS OUTRAGEOUS FASHION SENSE, ELTON JOHN HAS SHOWCASED A WIDE VARIETY OF UNIQUE GARMENTS BOTH ON AND OFF STAGE. INCLUDED IN THE AUCTION ARE TWO SILK VERSACE SUITS BY GIANNI VERSACE, ONE IN CREAM AND THE OTHER IN LAVENDER. TWO VERSACE TUXEDOS, COMPLETE WITH SATIN COLLARS, ARE ALSO BEING OFFERED IN THE UNUSUAL HUES OF CANARY YELLOW AND DEEP PURPLE. BIDDERS WILL JUMP AT THE CHANCE TO TAKE HOME ONE OF THESE VIBRANT EXAMPLES OF ELTON'S EVER-DIVERSIFYING WARDROBE. A BEVY OF GOLD AND PLATINUM DISCS, VIP PASSES AND TOUR JACKETS FROM THROUGHOUT ELTON'S CAREER HIGHLIGHT THE AUCTION'S MEMORABILIA OFFERINGS. THE COMMEMORATIVE DISCS REPRESENT MANY OF THE MUSICIAN'S CHART-TOPPING HITS, INCLUDING A PLATINUM DISC FOR THE FIRST MILLION SALES OF THE 1973 ALBUM 'GOODBYE YELLOW BRICK ROAD' AND A MULTI-PLATINUM DISC COMMEMORATING 11 MILLION SALES OF 'CANDLE IN THE WIND'. FAREBROTHER HAS DECIDED TO SELL HER COLLECTION FOLLOWING HER RECENT MOVE TO A NEW HOME ON THE SOUTH COAST OF ENGLAND.
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