Artifacts added to Music Icons auction
Julien’s Auctions has announced that The Collection of Bill Wyman and Sticky Fingers Restaurant will join the world-record breaking auction house to the stars’ marquee music event of the year Music Icons, taking place May 20-22 live at Hard Rock Cafe New York and online. Nearly 150 lots from the renowned and vast archive of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducted English musician, record producer, songwriter and singer, founding member and legendary bassist of the Rolling Stones, will be presented including guitars, awards, memorabilia, photographs and artifacts that were prominently displayed for 32 years at Wyman’s famous and beloved London restaurant Sticky Fingers.
With his unprecedented collection of important instruments and thousands of artifacts amassed during his illustrious three-decade career with the World’s Greatest Rock Band and career as an international solo artist, Wyman opened the Sticky Fingers Restaurant in May 1989 to display a part of his memorabilia archive in a fine dining experience for the public. The popular American style food restaurant played host to dozens of charity fundraising events, most notably London’s Royal Marsden Hospital and numerous children’s charities, many American Radio Stations’ broadcasts and visits, as well as celebrations, anniversaries and parties attended by thousands of fans from every corner of the globe.
“I would be forever visiting and eating at the restaurant celebrating my three young daughters’ birthdays, and had pleasure in greeting the wonderful visitors, and signing autographs and having photos taken with them,” states Wyman. “This wonderful collection of Stones memorabilia that was displayed there is now up for auction, giving people the chance to have a piece of Sticky Fingers history for themselves.”
Wyman’s 1965 Framus Star Bass guitar in black rose sunburst finish, used during Rolling Stones concerts and recordings in 1965 and 1966 is estimated to fetch between $30,000-$50,000. A 1969 Fender Telecaster, Wyman purchased in the 1970s and used on home recordings in France from 1973 through 1981 is estimated between $15,000-$25,000. A 1974 Dan Armstrong prototype bass used on the Rolling Stones 1975-1976 tour is estimated between $20,000-$30,000.
A 1978 Travis Bean custom short scale bass, custom built for Bill Wyman in 1978 that is engraved on the back 10-2-78 for Bill Wyman Travis Bean and used for the Rolling Stones 1978-1981 recordings and tours as well as pictured in a photograph among the instruments lined up in Wyman’s home studio in Vence, France during production of his “(Si Si) Je Suis Un Rock Star” recording sessions is estimated between $20,000-$30,000.
A 2010 Bill Wyman Signature Bass guitar built under Barry Moorhouse’s Bass Centre brand label autographed “Love Bill Wyman” is estimated to sell for $15,000-$25,000.
RIAA gold record awards for Out of Our Heads, Aftermath, Between the Buttons, Beggar’s Banquet, Let It Bleed, Sticky Fingers and more, range each lot between $1,000-$6,000 each.
Rare early Rolling Stones images including a framed black and white souvenir card featuring The Rolling Stones sitting together on the floor, dating to 1964 with a color photograph of Mick Jagger and Brian Jones is estimated to fetch between $300-$500. Four framed color photographs of The Rolling Stones from the 1960s including the Stones posing in front of their office window from July 18, 1964, the Stones posing in a London photo studio taken April 7, 1965, Keith Richards on the set of Thank Your Lucky Stars television show taken July 28, 1964, and Charlie Watts and Bill Wyman covered in cake taken at the Beggar’s Banquet Press party on December 5, 1968 should see between $500-$700 each. A framed outtake photograph from the famed 1968 photo shoot of The Rolling Stones for their Beggars Banquet album at Sarum Chase mansion in Hampstead, London, by photographer Michael Joseph is estimated to be worth $1,500-$2,000.
Other rare memorabilia including toys, lithographs, illustrations as well as backstage passes, show tickets, promotional posters, and other artifacts will be available.
