Tony Bennett's family is auctioning off a trove of the late crooner's personal items, including letters from Amy Winehouse and Lady Gaga.
were cutting a duet in a recording studio, mere months before her death. “Amy was freaking out and the tape was running,” recalls Danny Bennett, who was managing his father. “She was ready to flee at any moment.”
What we don’t see in the doc is the moment when Danny Bennett approached Winehouse and, at his father’s request, asked her to sign a copy of the sheet music they used to sing the standard “Body and Soul.” “Happy 85th /You handsome legend you,” Winehouse wrote. “Your biggest fan. , Amy XX.” For somewhere between $1,000 and $1,500 , that collectible could soon be in the hands of a Bennett or Winehouse fan. Along with hundreds of other items, it will be part of an upcoming auction, “Tony Bennett: A Life Well Lived,” of items from Bennett’s personal archives.last July at 96, Danny Bennett realized the extent of memorabilia his father had left behind in a storage space in New York. “Tony never had any awards in his house,” Danny tells. “We never grew up that way.
At Julien’s Auctions on April 18 and 19, hundreds of those collectibles will be up for grabs, including some of the suits Bennett wore onstage. “He wasn’t Elton John,” Danny Bennett says, “but we have a handful of them.” After Bennett and Stevie Wonder cut a duet of Wonder’s “For Once in My Life,” Wonder bestowed Bennett with the Hohner harmonica he’d played in the studio .
As for the future, Bennett says he’s working on an exhibit of his father’s art and other legacy projects. Later this year, Paramount Plus will finally premiere, a documentary about Bennett’s friendship with Gaga that’s been in the works for several years. First off, though, is the auction and its contents. “It’s better than having it all in a closet somewhere,” Bennett says. “It belongs to the people.
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