Wednesday, October 08, 2008

Jacques on the block ...

... AUCTIONING OFF THE REMAINS OF A CHANTEUR'S LIFE. (Hat tip, Nigel Beale.)

... a remarkably comprehensive sale of Brel's manuscripts, recordings, photographs and personal belongings, which include his pilots' licence, his wallet, and his pipe. Sotheby's refuses to identify the seller, but it is clearly an intimate of Brel's who believed that his reputation would last a lot longer than that of an ephemeral pop singer.

An intimate intimate enough to have his pilot's license.

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