From works of Keith Haring, Andy Warhol and Banksy to photographers like Mapplethorpepassing through a blue sapphire heart to the iconic glasses, Elton John auction through Christie’s New York part of your eclectic and glamorous collection coming from what was his house in atlanta, USA.
Under the name of “The Collection of Sir Elton John: Goodbye Peachtree Road”he February 21st will start with 50 lots the series of eight auctions which will include works of art and design objects of what was the singer’s residence in atlanta, USAwhich will be exhibited at the headquarters of NY from the auction house from February 9.
The objects to be auctioned are part of the collection started by the musician in the years 1990after overcoming his addiction to drugs and alcohol, and his collection could reach US$10 millionreports the Spanish newspaper ABC.
At the residence of Peachtree Roadthe pop legend and author of “Rocketman” became a “serious collector” of art and exuberant objectssays the statement from Christie’s.
In the city where he lived for three decades, the musician started a collection from scratch “after having completely emptied his main house of Windsor and sold all its content,” says her husband, the British-Canadian filmmaker David Furnish.
“I lived here for 30 years and I loved every minute of it,” he had expressed during his last performance in Georgiain September 2023, the author of hits like “Tiny Dancer” and “Bennie And The Jets”six-time winner of the Grammy.
Retired from touring shortly after and looking for a “residence in the southern United States”the musician leaves the Atlanta “oasis” which represented the duplex of 230 square meters full of works, to which other housing units of the building complex were added, exceeding 1,200 square meters, thus closing a “magical chapter of his life” “It’s bittersweet,” he says. Furnishbecause “There is a little piece of Elton’s soul in each of the pieces”.
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Elton John’s millionaire auction: what works and pieces will the singer auction off
Among the works to be auctioned are “Male nude” (1987), by the pop artist Andy Warholcomposed of four identical photographs sewn together with an estimated value between US$30,000 and US$50,000; same amount as a grand piano yamaha from 1992 or photography “Smoke” (1958) taken by William Klein for the Parisian fashion magazine Vogue.
Other pieces are silver leather platform boots with the letters E and J in red, sunglasses and a Rolex “Leopard” in gold with 48 diamonds and 36 orange sapphireseither colorful 19th century European chairs.
There will also be auctioned a 18th century costume conceived by award-winning designer Sandy Powell for the 47th. birthday of the musician, who has in his collection silk shirts Versace -of whom he was a friend-, glass objects and one of the largest private photography collections in the world.
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The highest lot is the triptych “Flower Thrower Triptych” (2010) Banksyacquired by the musician in 2017 that goes from US$1,000,000 US$1,500,000followed by a work of Keith Haring (1958-1990) made in 1982 between US$300,000 and US$500,000.
Among the photographs stand out, Robert Mapplethorpe (1946-1989), “Grapes” (1985), with an estimate between US$50,000 and US$70,000and the shocking “Nastassja Kinski and the Serpent” (1981), from Richard Avedonwith an estimate between US$60,000 and US$80,000which was donated by the photographer’s studio to the Elton John Aids Foundation in May 1996, ABC reported.
Others are from Irving Penn and Herb Ritts or the provocateur “Two Heads”of Ryan McGinleywith a snake coiled around a man’s genitals, the auction house highlights.
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He also sells his Bentley Continental black convertible from 1990 in which he drove around the city and “Dazzle”a sculpture of a horse Deborah Butterfield.
The following auctions of “The Collection of Sir Elton John”which range from photographs of objects and clothing, jewelry and glasses are: The Day Sale, Elton’s Versace, Honky Château, The Jewel Box, Love, Lust and Devotion, Elton’s Superstars and Out of the Closet.
Source: Ambito
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