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George Michael's Faith music video guitar heads to auction
The Gretsch guitar and dozens of personal memorabilia items from the singer's former assistant will be sold in October.
The short version
- The acoustic guitar played by George Michael in his 1987 Faith music video is being put up for auction with an estimate of £60,000 to £120,000.
- The instrument leads a 32-lot collection of memorabilia from the estate of Michael's late longtime personal assistant, Siobhan Bailey.
- The sale will take place on 29 October at Sworders auction house in Essex following a public viewing in London.
Key facts
- The Gretsch Synchromatic 160 guitar featured in the Faith video carries an estimated auction price between £60,000 and £120,000.[The Guardian]
- The auction includes 32 total lots from the archive of Siobhan Bailey, who worked as Michael's personal assistant for over two decades before her death in 2014.[The Guardian]
- Additional archive lots include tour itineraries, a 1985 Live Aid running order, promotional box sets, record awards, and unseen personal photographs.[The Guardian]
- Sworders will host the auction on 29 October in Stansted Mountfitchet, Essex, with an exhibition in London scheduled for 20-27 October.[The Guardian]
- A separate London auction on 1 and 2 October will offer Ray-Ban sunglasses worn by Michael during the Faith tour, estimated at £15,000 to £30,000.[The Guardian]
What remains uncertain
- The final realized prices for the auction lots remain unknown until bidding concludes on 29 October.[The Guardian]
Sources
- Guitar used by George Michael in Faith video goes up for auctionThe Guardian - World