Memorabilia lane
Auction houses around the world
On 16 June, a signed six-track demo CD by Taylor Swift, cut when she was 11 and distributed in Nashville, along with a photo and contact details, sold via goldin.co for $12,505. It includes her unissued originals, Am I Ready For Love, and a co-write, Can
I Go With You, plus covers of The Chicks’ There’s
Your Trouble, Dolly Parton’s Here You Come Again, Neil Sedaka’s One Way Ticket and Olivia Newtonjohn’s Hopelessly Devoted To You. ■ On 23 May, a Bob Dylan painting was sold via rrauction.com for $196,156. ■ On 21 May, Hank Williams Jr’s 11,566 feet2, five-bed, seven-bath house in Springville, Tennessee, with 33.7 acres, gym, workshop, pool/ house, sold via Cannon Realty for $1.55 million. ■ John Lennon’s 1965 Help! acoustic guitar sold 29 May via juliensauctions.com for $2,857,500, along with guitars from Prince, $910,000, Bob Dylan, $650,000, Jerry Garcia, $520,000, Sex Pistols’ Steve Jones, $390,000, U2, $260,000, Eric Clapton, $101,600, Julien Lennon’s The Beatles memorabilia collection, $570,000, Freddie Mercury singlet, $91,000. A 25-26 July sale of Rick Ross household items includes his collection of trainers, clothing, record awards, furniture, jewellery, piano, handwritten lyrics. ■ In May, Rihanna’s 9,300 feet2, four-bed, seven-bath 4th Floor apartment, The Century Building, Los Angeles, with cinema, gallery, games room, library, sold for $20.8 million. ■ In May, Harry Connick Jr’s 5,300 feet2, five-bed, six-bath house, Chatham, Massachusetts, with garden, pool, boathouse, dock, was offered via Berkshire Hathaway for $12.5 million. ■ On 9 June, Alex Van Halen offered 350-plus items, including drum kits, piano, road cases, record awards, via backstageauctions. com. ■ On 5 June, Evanescence offered keyboards, effects/live equipment, via reverb.com. ■ A 19-20
June auction via Dalshire, Carrollton, Texas, included guitars from Prince, Elvis Presley, Nirvana, The Beatles handwritten lyrics. ■ On 12 June, an auction via bonhams.com included Taylor Swift handwritten Q&A, £14,080, Radiohead handwritten lyrics, £11,520. ■ The late Olivia Newton-john’s 4,452 feet2, four-bed, four-bath ranch with 12 acres, twobed guesthouse, pool, barn, stables, in Ynez, California was offered via Village Properties, $8.965 million. ■ Gretchen Wilson’s 2,225 feet2, three-bed, two-bath house, with 2.5 acres, Lebanon, Tennessee, was offered in June via Tour Properties for $625,000. ■ Imagine Dragons’ Ben Mckee’s 2,700 feet2, threebed, three-bath house, in Oakland Hills, California, was offered in June via Open Homes for $1.295 million. ■ A 30 June charity auction via 32auctions.com included an Arab Strap original painting, handwritten lyrics from Frank Carter, The National. ■ The Paul Stephenson Collection of David Bowie and other rarities is offered 25 July via jsfineart.co.uk. The Peter Daniels Vinyl Collection and a collection of The Beatles is offered 23-24 July via specialauctionservices.com.