Monthly Archive: February 2009
Links – eBay Syd Barrett Mosaic Auction Page | Syd Barrett Auction Fetches £119,890 (Nov 2006) | Syd Barrett Artwork Photos | Get the NPF Newsletter for latest news and Competitions! Syd Barrett 1960s Mosaic up for Auction on eBay A mosaic with title “Two Warriors” made by the late Roger Keith “Syd” Barrett in the 1960 has been sold on eBay for £10,700 after receiving 119 bids. The item was won by eBay user omweso at 4:40pm GMT today! In the previous auction of November 2006, which raised £119,890 overall, the item which received the highest bid was the still life with Lemons painting which fetched £9,500. This obviously means that the mosaic pictured right is the highest selling piece of artwork by artist, songwriter and musician Syd Barrett! The proceeds of the sale are to help raise funds to establish the Syd Barrett Centre for Arts in Mental Health in Syd’s hometown of...
Links – Buy Once Give Twice | Discuss on Forum Online charity website Buy Once Give Twice are offering up a very interesting auction item in one of their latest fundraisers: a kiss from Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason! The money raised will go towards the conservation of Asian Elephants and the biddong closes on 11th March 2009 at 11am. Kissing for Conservation is a unique experience of celebrity pleasure; a much coveted kiss from the lips of your favourite face… A secret rendezvous will be arranged, where the delicious kiss will be administered to the winning bidder’s face. Your moment of delirious happiness will be recorded with an official signed photograph that you can keep forever. Valid for 3 months in a London location, both celebrity and bidder will return home safe in the knowledge you’ve helped the endangered Asian elephant, and that love truly does make the...
Links – Enter Competition | Past Winners The February 2009 competition is finally open for you to enter in! The prize is a copy of the 40th Anniversary Re-Release of Pink Floyd’s first album Piper At The Gates of Dawn. All you have to do is answer a simple question and then you are in with a chance of winning! Make sure you let all your friends know too! Enter Competition The Jan 2009 Competition Winner, who won Pink Floyd’s best of “Echoes” was Kate Taylor from the UK. Well done to her! The current competition runs until 11:59:59 on 28th February and will be drawn on 1st March 2009. Good luck!
Links – eBay Syd Barrett Mosaic Auction Page | Syd Barrett Auction Fetches £119,890 (Nov 2006) | Syd Barrett Artwork Photos | Get the NPF Newsletter for latest news and Competitions! A mosaic with title “Two Warriors” made by the late Roger Keith “Syd” Barrett in the 1960 has been put up for sale on auction website eBay. It is thought to be the only mosaic ever completed by the artist. The current bid is currently just over £1,000 but will likely reach £6k-£7k if previous sales of his artwork are to go by! The reserve price has not currently been met. The auction ends on 17-Feb-09 16:20:34 GMT. The mosaic has never been out of possession of the Barrett family and is is only now going on sale in order to help raise funds to establish the Syd Barrett Centre for Arts in Mental Health in Syd’s hometown of Cambridge. The mosaic has a thin wooden frame,...
Links – www.CinemaForPeace.com | Discuss on NPF Forum Pink Floyd’s former principal songwriter and bass player Roger Waters will perform at this years 8th annual Cinema for Peace Gala. It will take place tomorrow (Monday 9th Feb 2009). He will perform, amongst others, at Berlin’s Konzerthaus. Roger will be performing songs from The Wall and Wish You Were Here. You can read all about Cinema for Peace at www.CinemaForPeace.com. About Cinema For Peace For the past eight years, Cinema for Peace has invited members of the international film community to a gala night which highlights a selection of cinematic work in order to create a platform for peace and tolerance, publicly recognising the directors and actors whose work has served to cast a new focus on the human condition and values, while also raising significant funds for charity. This year once again, many role models of our society, stars and celebrities...
Links – Mark Blake’s Official Website The winners in author Mark Blake’s competition to win one of 15 copies of his wonderful book Pigs Might Fly: The Inside Story of Pink Floyd have been announced and are listed below. Anders Krebs Kevin Dobson Sofie Sommer Thomsen Jerry Wilson Andy Ludlum Annamaria Colitti Susan Pritchard Laura Silva Louise Ammitzboll Paul Durrant Didier Raphael James Bergstrom Randy Tyler Marleen Van Brakel Rachael Long This excellent book covers the entire history of Pink Floyd. Mark has relied on his many contacts in the music business to create an amazing and very readable book! Mark Blake is a former Assistant Editor of Q, the UK’s biggest selling music mag, currently Editor-in-Chief of Q and Mojo’s special edition titles, and has edited two definitive music books, Dylan: Visions, Portraits And Back Pages and Punk: The Whole Story. Mark occasionally sounds off on BBC Radio 2,...
