The Scotsman, Wednesday, June 15, 1994
GOING, going ... one tasteful pair of gents' peacock feather trousers, as displayed on stage by the late, great Jimi Hendnx.
Or, if that doesn't grab you how about the late Marc Bolan's tambourine, the late Elvis's autograph or exclusive souvenir posters of the Beatles playing Scottish dates?
Music buff Roy Deane, 36 who lives in Perthshire, no longer has enough room at home to store his massive archive of rock and pop memorabilia.
So, after devoting 15 years to transforming his semi detached into a shrine, he is handing the whole lot over to Christie's.
"Everything has to go - I can't cope with it any longer," he said. "Two rooms of the house are crammed with stuff. It is totally out of hand."
Rock of ages: Roy Deane in the inner sanctum of his Perthshire home overfiowing with mementoes of his
musical heroes. Picture: Fotopress Dundee
Roy, who trawls the country seeking out collectors' items makes a full-time living out of buying and selling his hoard.
He has now handed it over to Christie's, who plan to sell it off in London in September.
He hopes his Rockmine Archive will not have to be broken up. A consultant is looking into the possibility of keeping it in Scotland and using it to educate young people about the history of the music industry.
The collection is expected to sell for £125,000, a figure Roy dismisses as "pennies".
"I would get a lot more by selling off every individual item, but to try to do it piece by piece would take forever.
"I would far rather get rid of it, clear the house, and start again . . . "