A sale that will break records? Dozens of dresses, books, records, bags and items that belonged to Amy Winehouse will be auctioned off in California in November. Among the dresses: the famous one that the British soul diva wore during her last dramatic concert a month before her death in 2011.
Julien’s Auctions has been exhibiting since Monday in New York a sample of more than 800 dresses, bustiers, pants, shorts, shoes, underwear, glasses, musical instruments, books and records estimated in total at “one to two million. dollars ”, before an auction in Beverly Hills on November 6 and 7.
Hundreds of items that belonged to late Grammy-winning artist Amy Winehouse, including the dress she wore during her final concert, are going up for auction in the United States https://t.co/YFtPpuFHqC
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Preserving the “legacy and memory” of Amy Winehouse
“It’s very difficult to have to organize an auction with the parents of a deceased child,” admitted Martin Nolan, director of Julien’s Auctions, presenting the collection of personal objects of the British singer and musician who died on July 23. 2011, at the age of 27, after heavy drinking. “The subject is very sensitive and it took them a long time to agree to give [les objets] realizing, of course, that fans, museums and collectors all over the world will want to own these items, ”explained Martin Nolan.
According to him, the parents of Amy Winehouse, Mitch and Janis, wish thanks to this sale to preserve “the heritage and the memory” of their daughter and to raise funds for their foundation helping young adults suffering from addictions. drugs and alcohol. The British artist, awarded several times for his album Back to Black in 2006, always referred to his personal experiences of alcohol and drug addiction in songs steeped in jazz and soul. Her last concert in June 2011 in Belgrade had marked the spirits when, obviously drunk, she was booed and hissed by the audience, some of whom had left the hall.
The tour was canceled and Amy Winehouse died a month later. That night, she wore a green and black mini dress with silk patterns of flowers and bamboo, designed by her heart stylist Naomi Parry. The garment is estimated between $ 15,000 and $ 20,000. “All of these dresses represent Amy, a fantastic musician, but also a fashion icon,” said Martin Nolan. Like musicians Brian Jones, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison and Kurt Cobain, Amy Winehouse has been added to the infamous “club 27” of artists who died at the age of 27.
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