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Still Life With Lemons and Green Bottles on a Shelf, signed SB Jan 06. £9,500!

The sale of Roger Keith (Syd) Barrett’s final belongings were sold by Cheffins auctioneers in Cambridge, England on 28th and 29th November 2006.

The sale of the 77 items raised a staggering GBP £119,890 (USD $233,786 – Euros 177,437). The ten paintings alone raised over £55,000 and the two bicycles over £10,000!

The sale included such things as his armchair he used to sit in at 6 St Margaret’s Square, his home-made bread bin, tools, notebooks and binders, bikes, books and his surviving paintings!

The sale catalogue described Barrett – who quit Pink Floyd in 1968 – as a man with a “total disinterest in materialism”.

What is believed to be the final painting he did and did not destroy fetched £9,500! It was signed and dated with Jan 06.

You can view a full list of all the lots on this page or download an MS Excel Spreadsheet with final sale prices in Pounds Sterling £, US Dollars $ and Euros.

Feel free to discuss the sales on the forum on this thread.

Lots and Final Prices in Various Currencies

Lot Item DescriptionGBP £USD $Euro
Lot 737Still life with lemons and green bottles on a shelf signed RB Jan ?06£9,500$18,525€ 14,060
Lot 741Still life of Dried Flowers painted at Camberwell School of Art£8,500$16,575€ 12,580
Lot 720Summer Landscape oil painting£6,500$12,675€ 9,620
Lot 688Abstract painting ? mixed media£6,000$11,700€ 8,880
Lot 7112 x ink stylised landscapes£6,000$11,700€ 8,880
Lot 718Abstract of Gog Magog Hills£6,000$11,700€ 8,880
Lot 744Syds Bike with basket, bell that rings and things to make it look good£5,500$10,725€ 8,140
Lot 710Pie Chart showing Summer and Winter solstice£5,000$9,750€ 7,400
Lot 743Syds earlier bike painted blue£5,000$9,750€ 7,400
Lot 733A painted stool£4,400$8,580€ 6,512
Lot 719Earth and Sky watercolour£4,200$8,190€ 6,216
Lot 725A collection of 23 art reference books£4,000$7,800€ 5,920
Lot 735A modern junior classical acoustic guitar£4,000$7,800€ 5,920
Lot 672Landscape, Cambridgeshire, mixed media£3,800$7,410€ 5,624
Lot 740Syds principal scrap book£2,200$4,290€ 3,256
Lot 701Two A4 ring binders of notes£2,000$3,900€ 2,960
Lot 717Syds art materials£1,800$3,510€ 2,664
Lot 683An A5 spiral bound notebook and another smaller notebook each containing notes on history£1,700$3,315€ 2,516
Lot 729The remainder of Syds library£1,700$3,315€ 2,516
Lot 727A psychedelic cushion£1,600$3,120€ 2,368
Lot 700An A4 ringe binder of notes£1,500$2,925€ 2,220
Lot 728Collection of 8 maps and travel related books£1,400$2,730€ 2,072
Lot 738A homemade bread bin with clothes pegs£1,400$2,730€ 2,072
Lot 673Two A5 spiral notebooks£1,300$2,535€ 1,924
Lot 690Syds Chair ? a cream leather reclining armchair£1,100$2,145€ 1,628
Lot 732A pair of homemade speaker cases£1,100$2,145€ 1,628
Lot 677A modern desk lamp£900$1,755€ 1,332
Lot 724A copy of The Compact Oxford English Dictionary£900$1,755€ 1,332
Lot 682Syds artificial Christmas tree and decorations£800$1,560€ 1,184
Lot 684Sharp micro system in original packaging with ?Roger?s old HiFi? written on the box£750$1,463€ 1,110
Lot 699A Caucasian wool kilim carpet£700$1,365€ 1,036
Lot 712A homemade trinket box£700$1,365€ 1,036
Lot 721An adapted and stained side table£700$1,365€ 1,036
Lot 736A pair of homemade and painted speaker cases£700$1,365€ 1,036
Lot 692Syds basic tool kit£650$1,268€ 962
Lot 707A garden bench£650$1,268€ 962
Lot 674A pair of homemade curtains printed with dancing animals£600$1,170€ 888
Lot 703A small modern rug£600$1,170€ 888
Lot 716A homemade and painted workbox£600$1,170€ 888
Lot 723A homemade and painted table£600$1,170€ 888
Lot 671A modern personalized Sanyo Micro Component system£550$1,073€ 814
Lot 698A pair of easy chairs£550$1,073€ 814
Lot 714Syds easel£550$1,073€ 814
Lot 678A homemade side table or footstool£480$936€ 710
Lot 680A homemade side table£480$936€ 710
Lot 715A homemade and painted letter rack£480$936€ 710
Lot 739Syds scrap book generally empty bar 5 pages£480$936€ 710
Lot 689Homemade light box£460$897€ 681
Lot 709A homemade and painted side table£460$897€ 681
Lot 713A Work Mate£460$897€ 681
Lot 731An adapted and painted laminate chest of 5 drawers£440$858€ 651
Lot 667Homemade painted table£420$819€ 622
Lot 669A modern 3 drawer chest£420$819€ 622
Lot 681A homemade pine coffee table£420$819€ 622
Lot 734A telephone table£420$819€ 622
Lot 668A modern painted kitchen chair£400$780€ 592
Lot 706A modern wheelbarrow£400$780€ 592
Lot 675An adapted kitchen cupboard£380$741€ 562
Lot 676A painted chest of 5 drawers£360$702€ 533
Lot 670A painted and adapted chest of three drawers£340$663€ 503
Lot 687A modern painted chest of 3 drawers£340$663€ 503
Lot 726A homemade white painted wall cabinet£340$663€ 503
Lot 694A homemade and painted cupboard£300$585€ 444
Lot 705A homemade and painted open fronted cupboard£300$585€ 444
Lot 691A modified pine bedside chest of drawers£280$546€ 414
Lot 704A homemade painted walking stick stand£280$546€ 414
Lot 685A modern painted and modified chest of 3 drawers£240$468€ 355
Lot 686A modern painted and modified chest of 5 drawers£220$429€ 326
Lot 702An adapted kitchen unit of 3 drawers£200$390€ 296
Lot 730A painted and adapted bedside unit£200$390€ 296
Lot 679A homemade plywood shelving unit£190$371€ 281
Lot 693A modern low set of pine open bookshelves£180$351€ 266
Lot 695A homemade and painted open fronted box£180$351€ 266
Lot 696Syds homemade single bed frame£170$332€ 252
Lot 697A homemade blanket box£170$332€ 252
Lot 722An Ikea Billy bookcase£160$312€ 237
Lot 708A homemade and stained garden table base (no top) and a bird table£140$273€ 207
     

Sources: [ NPF, Cheffins, Astral Piper]