Jimmy Page Sells Works at Record British Design AuctionBy ARTINFO
Published: February 5, 2008
LONDON—Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page and '80s band Spandau Ballet's Gary Kemp are selling rare works at Sotheby's on March 20 in the largest-ever auction of British design from the 19th and 20th centuries, the Telegraph reports.
The auction, worth more than $5.94 million, is the first either at Sotheby's or Christie's to be organized by a dealer. Paul Reeves, a clothes designer to rock stars in the 1960s, is organizing the sale, which features a abundance of rare handmade Arts and Crafts designs. Both Page and Kemp are offering works that new homes cannot properly accommodate. Page is selling a 24-foot-long Burne-Jones tapestry, The Quest for the Holy Grail: The Achievement, which is estimated to bring a record $1.98 million, and five Burne-Jones stained-glass windows, estimated at $49,500 to $69,300 each. Kemp is selling furniture from the 19th-century Arts and Crafts movement, including an 1875 hanging bookcase estimated to bring between $118,000 and $158,400, a record for a piece of furniture by designer Edward William Godwin. |
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