Elton John's Diamond and Sapphire Brooch Up For Auction

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed)
Sep 24th 2008 at 11:01AM

The flashy piece shown above is a sapphire-and-diamond brooch worn by singer Elton John and now up for auction. Sir Elton wore the 1930s Art Deco piece in his 1988 music video "I Don't Wanna Go on With You Like That." A photograph of him wearing this clip during the filming of the video accompanies this lot. The piece will be auctioned at Bonhams in London on Thursday, September 25 and is estimated to sell for £12,000 - 15,000.

UPDATE: The brooch did not sell at the auction.

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