Tagged: Auction

Lot 318 Gerald Scarfe Pink Floyd – The Wall The Teacher and the Mincing Machine, oil on canvas

Sotheby’s Auction of Pink Floyd’s The Wall Original Paintings – See the Artwork up close

Gerald Scarfe created the iconic album artwork that accompanied The Wall album. His style is instantly recognisable and brought an already vivid album to life. Whether it was the wraparound simple image of the actual Wall, the marching hammers, the Teacher pushing those poor children to their psychological limits, or that flower doing you know what! Good news for those with incredibly deep pockets, or willing to sell their car/home to finance their spending spree. Sotheby’s auction house in London have several lots coming up which are once in a lifetime purchases. It is part of their Made In Britain online auction, it runs from 10am GMT on 9th to 16th March 2021, there is something for every price point as the non-Floyd stuff starts at £200! These 8 examples below range from £3,000 to £60,000 so I hope you have been saving hard! Take a look at the listings...

Early Morning Henry featuring Pink Floyd 1967

Early Morning Henry featuring Pink Floyd Found – Listen Now!

Pink Floyd collectors will be very excited to learn that a recording, thought lost forever, probably featuring Pink Floyd as a backing band, has been found after many years. It will be available for auction on 16th October in Wessex, England at 12pm BST. The recording is Early Morning Henry, the auction house is Wessex Auction House, the songwriter/artist is William “Billy” Butler and the backing band was none other than Pink Floyd. It was recorded on 23rd October 1967 at Abbey Road Studios. The recording sheet is below showing Pink Floyd were recording Set The Controls for the Heart of the Sun at the time. The recording was produced by Norman “Hurricane” Smith who was a former RAF Pilot, worked with the Beatles and Pink Floyd. After the recording session, it is noted in the recording sheet above that the recording went off with Norman never to be seen...

David Gilmour Podcast Christies Auction June 2019

David GIlmour Three Part Blog Listen Now

Pink Floyd guitarist and vocalist David Gilmour has a three part podcast available to coincide with the Christies auction later this month. You can listen to the first one today, with the other two being made available soon – more details below. The auction is to raise money for charity by selling most of his pretty epic guitar collection which is basically the history of music right there in guitars. For more info on the guitars, take a look at our in depth article on the auction items. The auction is in New York on Thursday 20th June 2019, Anyway, episode 1 of David Gilmour’s podcast is available here for you to enjoy. Please leave a comment to share your thoughts on the forum. Episode 2 will be available on 6th June Episode 3 will be available on 14th June