Rumor has itMick Fleetwood’s set of hanging wooden balls can now be yours — for a pretty penny.
The drummer, 75, is selling the pair of balls he wore on the cover of the classic 1977Fleetwood MacalbumRumoursat an upcoming auction, and they’re estimated to fetch up to $200,000.
Fleetwood famously stands like a swashbuckler on the album cover with the set dangling from his waist, as he hoists one leg onto an ottoman and holds hands with a cloakedStevie Nicks.
The sale is part of a bigger auction calledFleetwood Mac: Property from the Lives and Careers of Christine McVie, John McVie and Mick Fleetwoodthat’s to take place through Julien’s Auctions starting Dec. 3.
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There are already bids for $40,000 for the set, which hang on a black leather cord and come in a small pouch that reads “Open Sesame.” The winning bidder will also receive a signed print that reads, “Born with them!! Leave with them!! Always love Mick Fleetwood,” along with a small doodle.
Fleetwood opened up about the origins of the balls in a 2009 interview withMaui Times, and revealed that the original pair were “lavatory chains” he stole from a toilet while drunk.
“I came out—and I must admit I had a couple of glasses of English ale—and came out of the toilet with these, I ripped them off the—you know, I was very destructive—I ripped them off the toilet and had them hanging down between my legs,” he said.
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“In truth, I started off as a blues player. The whole ethic of a lot of blues music is slightly suggestive, might I say,” he said. “And suitably, I walked out on stage with these two lavatory chains with these wooden balls hanging down, and after that it just stuck.”
He added: “The original, original ones I do not have — but the ones that I have are very, very old. I won’t say they’re as old as me. But—it starts getting into X-rated commentary here— my balls are quite old.”
“That has always been my vision and I’m flatly confident that we can do that,” hetoldRSin March 2021. “We owe it to the fans.”
source: people.com
