Elton John to Offload His Baubles Once More
LONDON (Reuters) – Shopaholic pop star Elton John will offload 11 years of collected artworks at an auction of the contents of his London home later this year that is expected to fetch close to $1.7 million.
It will be the second time he has cleared his shelves to make room for more items after he sold the contents of his Windsor home in 1988 in a three-day auction of nearly 2,000 lots of memorabilia, jewelry and works of art.
And it is not just any old junk. With his millions, the flamboyant singer can afford to indulge his love of valuable paintings, furniture and sculptures.
The sale of more than 400 lots from his home in west London’s Holland Park suburb includes 19th century Biedermeier chests of drawers, tables and chairs, paintings by Edward Bower and William Larkin, Italian bronzes and Venetian glass.
“I wanted to have the opportunity to display more contemporary work in one of my UK homes. But as my house in Windsor has a very traditional style, the obvious choice was to remodel my Holland Park home,” John said of the clearout.
Auction house Sotheby’s which is handling the sale on September 30 said on Thursday it expected to raise more than $1.3 million from the sale of a collection built up over the 11 years he has owned the Holland Park house.
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