The Estate of the late Syd Barrett 2006-11-29 Auction - 77 Price Results - Cheffins in uk
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738: A HOME-MADE BREAD BIN, CONSTRUCTED FROM PLYWOOD688: ROGER KEITH (SYD) BARRETT (BRITISH, 1946-2006)672: ROGER KEITH (SYD) BARRETT (BRITISH, 1946-2006)
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Cambridge, United Kingdom
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The Estate of the late Syd Barrett

We are delighted to offer for sale the primary contents of the Late Syd Barrett’s Cambridge home and would like to thank his family for all the help and advice they have given us with cataloguing his effects. Roger Keith (Syd) Barrett January 1946 - July 2006 was one of the most important and influential musicians in London’s underground music scene of the late sixties. He was a founding member of, and the original songwriter for, Pink Floyd. Roger grew up in a happy family in Cambridge. As a teenager, he was given the nickname ‘Sid’ after the drummer Sid Barrett, he personalised it by changing the spelling to ‘Syd’. In 1964 Syd enrolled at Camberwell Art School where he proved a talented artist. It was in 1965 that his road to fame began, when he joined a band that, after several changes of name and line up, became Pink Floyd. As the band became increasingly famous he began to suffer the pressures of this fame and the associated rock star lifestyle. After just two years he left the band and withdrew from the public eye. Syd found contentment when he returned to Cambridge to live an anonymous and generally solitary life where he was able to continue with his painting. Syd’s desire to live firmly in the present left him baffled by the unbidden interest paid to him by journalists and fans alike. This, and his total disinterest in materialism, had a profound affect on his art. He would paint and, having finished a painting, photograph it and destroy the canvas. This makes the few paintings in this sale of great significance. Syd also entertained a keen interest in DIY which is evidenced in many of the lots offered here; although it is apparent that, while Syd was keen to make and customise functional pieces, he was also, perhaps, ready to treat them with some humour at the expense of craftsmanship. It is planned that some of the monies raised from the sale of Syd’s effects will be used for educational development within the art world.
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667: A HOME-MADE AND PAINTED TABLE: A home-made and painted table, the white painted ractangular plywood top supported on a green frieze and red painted rectangular section legs, 107cm long This table was removed from the sitting
0667A: 667: A HOME-MADE AND PAINTED TABLEEst. £100-£500
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668: A MODERN PAINTED KITCHEN CHAIR, 88CM: A modern painted kitchen chair, 88cm high Customised by Syd with an all over pink paint finish.
0668A: 668: A MODERN PAINTED KITCHEN CHAIR, 88CMEst. £100-£500
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670: A PAINTED AND ADAPTED CHEST OF THREE DRAWERS: A painted and adapted chest of three drawers, of plywood construction, each drawer with different knob handles, raised on home-made block feet, 56.5cm high Removed from the front bedroom upstairs.
0670A: 670: A PAINTED AND ADAPTED CHEST OF THREE DRAWERSEst. £100-£500
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671: A MODERN PERSONALISED SANYO MICRO COMPONENT: A modern personalised Sanyo Micro Component system, including CD drawer, tuner, and tape deck with two speakers 'Syd' has personalised it by painting a green circle to the top of the unit and each
0671A: 671: A MODERN PERSONALISED SANYO MICRO COMPONENTEst. £100-£500
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673: TWO A5 SPIRAL BOUND NOTEBOOKS: Two A5 spiral bound notebooks, one entitled 'Garden' but containing just one page of hand written notes, the other entitled 'Art' containing nine pages of hand written notes (2) Removed form the
0673A: 673: TWO A5 SPIRAL BOUND NOTEBOOKSEst. £100-£500
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676: A PAINTED CHEST OF FIVE DRAWERS : A painted chest of five drawers, customised by painting the sides in pink and the drawer fronts and top in bright yellow, Removed from and upstairs bedroom where it sat next to the red and silver
0676A: 676: A PAINTED CHEST OF FIVE DRAWERS Est. £100-£500
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677: A MODERN DESK LAMP, PAINTED BY 'SYD' : A modern desk lamp, painted by 'Syd' in all over blue Removed from the downstairs bedroom
0677A: 677: A MODERN DESK LAMP, PAINTED BY 'SYD' Est. £100-£500
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679: A HOME-MADE PLYWOOD SHELVING UNIT: A home-made plywood shelving unit, crudely screwed together with soft wood re-enforcements, 122cm high Removed from the sitting room, this housed 'Syd's' tools and art materials.
0679A: 679: A HOME-MADE PLYWOOD SHELVING UNITEst. £100-£500
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682: 'SYD'S' ARTIFICIAL CHRISTMAS TREE : 'Syd's' artificial Christmas tree and decorations, comprising mostly of tinsel and baubles Removed from the back bedroom upstairs.
0682A: 682: 'SYD'S' ARTIFICIAL CHRISTMAS TREE Est. £100-£500
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687: A MODERN PAINTED CHEST OF THREE DRAWERS: A modern painted chest of three drawers, the carcass painted in off white, the drawer fronts painted in purple, 63.5cm high Removed from an upstairs bedroom.
0687A: 687: A MODERN PAINTED CHEST OF THREE DRAWERSEst. £100-£500
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689: A HOME-MADE LIGHTBOX: A home-made light box, of rectangular MDF construction and removable glass panel, 30.5cm wide The light box was removed from atop of a chest of drawers in an upstairs bedroom.
0689A: 689: A HOME-MADE LIGHTBOXEst. £100-£500
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