A pair of platform boots belonging to Elton John are part of a unique auction of rock and pop memorabilia being offered for sale in an auction on eBay to help raise funds for Amnesty International’s human rights work.
The striking black-leather, knee-high, six-inch platform-soled boots - signed “With love, Elton John x” and decorated with a giant gold piano motif around the platform (photograph available) - are part of a collection of items donated to Amnesty by musicians in recent years.
The boots are being offered for auction along with a signed photo of Elton John, as well as two free tickets to see the legendary performer headline the Bestival festival on the Isle of Wight on 8 September.
Other items in the auction include a signed Coldplay platinum album of the band’s critically-acclaimed and enormously successful LP A Rush Of Blood To The Head (signed by all four members of the band and complete with a commemorative plaque and album artwork), a drum-skin signed by members of Genesis, a signed copy of cult band The Cocteau Twins’ last-ever 12” single Violaine, a signed pair of drum sticks from The Lightning Seeds, as well as signed t-shirts from the likes of Lily Allen, Kid Creole, John Martyn, and Mr Hudson And The Library.
The items in the Amnesty auction are now available on eBay (http://amn.st/166GaT8) for ten days (with bids closing on 1 September). All of the money raised from the auction will go directly to Amnesty’s human rights work.
