Marianne Faithfull teams up with Sotheby’s to auction off “personal artefacts”
nme.comMarianne Faithfull has teamed up with Sotheby’s to auction off a series of “personal artefacts”.Chanel jackets gifted by Karl Lagerfeld, a Saint Lauren smoking jacket handed to her by former creative director for Dior Homme, a signed expired British passport and a black and red artwork of a female figure by Anita Pallenberg dated 1992 are being auctioned off.Other items also being sold in Sotheby’s first pop culture auction, include handwritten lyrics for songs from albums including ‘Sleep’, ‘There Is A Ghost’ and ‘Sex With Strangers’, an oil painting and tribute to Henrietta Moraes by Maggi Hambling, and scripts from films she has starred in such as The Black Rider and Marie Antoinette.“I’ve decided that it’s time to sell some pieces from my private collection.
I have always enjoyed nice things but I’ve never been a materialistic person and frankly I’m still amazed I managed to hang on to anything at all!” the singer-songwriter said.Sotheby’s, the world’s leading destination for fine art and luxury, has announced that personal artefacts from Marianne'…Posted by Marianne Faithfull on Saturday, August 31, 2024“At various moments in my life these talismans of my past have meant so much to me, but I find they belong to a life I’m no longer living and it is time for them to shine for others.
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