Vintage Cool Takes Place in Goodwood

A Bonhams auction on Sunday will celebrate 20th-century cool.

The sale takes place during this weekend's "Vintage at Goodwood," a festival of popular music and fashion from the 1940s to the 1980s at the West Sussex estate of the Earl of March. The festival, which is being held for the first time this year, is the brainchild of British fashion designers Wayne and Gerardine Hemingway of the "Red or Dead" label, in conjunction with Lord March.

The Bonhams sale offers an iconic hodgepodge of cars, motorbikes, watches, guitars, posters, photographs, jewelry, furniture and film props covering 1940-1990. Celebrated names associated with the items include the Beatles, Rolling Stones, The Who and Eric Clapton.

A top highlight is a Challen upright piano from Studio Three, Abbey Road, used by the Beatles for a number of recordings, including John Lennon's "Tomorrow Never Knows" (1966); and by Pink Floyd for the band's album "Wish You Were Here" (1975). The piano is expected to fetch L100,000-L150,000.

A charcoal-gray wool jacket with a velvet collar that was custom-made for Rolling Stone Brian Jones is a major lot in the fashion section (estimate: L12,000-L15,000). It is offered alongside one of the iconic, crocodile Kelly bags by Hermes from 1988 (estimate: L10,000-L15,000); and a triple-strand simulated-pearl necklace worn by Jacqueline Kennedy in the early 1960s (estimate: L25,000-L35,000).

Swinging London lives again in British photographer David Bailey's "Box of Pin-Ups" (1965), a set of images of the legendary figures of the time, including Mick Jagger and model Jean Shrimpton (estimate: L3,000-L5,000). An enameled City of Westminster street sign for Carnaby Street, one of the coolest shopping destinations in 1960s London, is expected to fetch L800-L1,200.

The Lambretta motor scooter was a style icon of the 1960s, favored by the fashion-conscious Mods, a pop subculture primarily in Britain. A circa 1968 Lambretta SX 150 covered with the Union Jack carries an estimate of L4,000-L5,000.

Source: www.wsj.com