Elton John Is Auctioning off the Contents of His Atlanta Home. Of Course, It’s as Extra as You’d Think
It’s gonna be a long, long time before you see something QUITE like this again.
Last November, it was “Goodbye Peachtree Road” for Sir Elton John after the legendary singer-songwriter sold his long-time Atlanta condo for $7.225 million. John will also be saying goodbye to its contents, which include his Bentley Continental, his Atlanta Braves jersey, and dozens of Versace silk shirts, as part of an unparalleled series of sales at Christie’s next month in New York.
The auction, which will be made up of eight separate live and online sales kicking off February 21, paints a portrait of a man with simultaneously wide-ranging and specific tastes. There’s a trio of gilt Italianate chairs covered in a Versace velvet and a diamond necklace proclaiming “The Bitch Is Back” (a reference to a 1974 song of the same name). There’s vertiginous silver platform boots and an ivory jumpsuit that resembles a glam rock version of Kermit the Frog.