JIMMY PAGE's William Morris Tapestry Fails To Sell At Auction
April 5, 2008, 16 years ago
The following report is courtesy of Margaret from The Earthly Paradise:
"Several of you asked about what JIMMY PAGE's William Morris tapestry (designed by Edward Burne-Jones) sold for at auction last month. I've been checking back at Sotheby's regularly and it turns out that it didn't sell.Although many other items in the auction sold for several times their value, the tapestry failed to sell for its reserve price, and will remain in LED ZEPPELIN guitarist Jimmy Page's collection.
Page purchased the tapestry back in 1978 and is only the third person to have owned it. He put it up for auction because the mammoth art piece (it's 24 metres wide)is to heavy for him to hang on the oak panelings at his new home near the Thames. Perhaps he will be lending it to a museum since he can't display it at home.
For more info, check out the Guardian's report here."
