Ａ・ワインハウスさんのドレス、２７６０万円で落札　予想額の１６倍

【ＡＦＰ＝時事】２０１１年に死去した英歌手エイミー・ワインハウスさんが生前最後のコンサートで着用したドレスが７日、米カリフォルニア州で競売に掛けられ、予想落札額の１６倍に相当する２４万３２００ドル（約２７６０万円）で落札された。（写真はワインハウスさんが生前最後のコンサートで着用したドレス）
　黒地に竹が描かれたドレスは、ワインハウスさんが２０１１年にセルビアの首都ベオグラードで開いたコンサートで着用したもの。その１か月後、７月２３日にワインハウスさんは急性アルコール中毒で亡くなった。２７歳だった。
　６日と７日に行われた競売には、ドレスやブラジャー、ＤＶＤ、書籍など、ワインハウスさんの両親が提供した身の回りの品８００点余りが出品された。ワインハウスさんが英国最大の音楽賞「ブリット・アワード」の２００７年授賞式で使用したオーダーメードのモスキーノのハート形ハンドバッグには、２０万４８００ドル（約２３２０万円）の値が付いた。
　主催した米競売会社ジュリアンズ・オークションズによると、コレクションの落札総額は当初予想の２倍となる４００万ドル（約４億５４００万円）に上った。
　オークションの売り上げは、依存症に苦しむ若者を支援するエイミー・ワインハウス財団に寄付される。【翻訳編集ＡＦＰＢＢＮｅｗｓ】
〔ＡＦＰ＝時事〕（2021/11/08-16:48）

The dress singer Amy Winehouse wore for her final performance sold Sunday for $243,200, 16 times its estimated value, as part of a trove of memorabilia from the late diva's life auctioned in California.
Winehouse wore the green and black bamboo print dress at a concert in Belgrade in 2011.
A month later, on July 23, she died from acute alcohol poisoning. She was 27.
Her death was the culmination of a lengthy -- and often very public -- struggle with alcohol and drugs.
The dress was the highlight of an 800-item collection of personal effects, ranging from bras and DVDs to books and make-up that were sold by Winehouse's parents, Mitch and Janis.
The entire collection brought in $4 million, twice the original forecast, according to auction house Julien's, which managed the sale that ran from Saturday to Sunday.
Of course, there are fans and museums and collectors all over the world that will want to own some of these items, care for them, show them at museums, keep her legacy and her memory alive and at the same time raise some money for the foundation, Martin Nolan of Julien's said ahead of the auction.
The proceeds will go to the Amy Winehouse Foundation, which supports vulnerable young adults struggling with addiction.
All of these dresses represent Amy -- fantastic musician, songwriter, but also a fashion icon, Nolan said.
Multi-Grammy-winning Winehouse, whose seminal and soulful 2006 album Back to Black, is counted as a modern classic, often spoke of her personal experiences battling alcohol and drug addiction.
Another highlight of the sale was the heart-shaped handbag custom-made by Moschino that Winehouse used at the 2007 Brit Awards, which sold for $204,800.
Many of the other dresses she wore in performances sold for between $12,500 and $150,000.
The 400-plus-page catalogue put together by Julien's was a walk-through of the singer's influences and career, but also her distinctive retro style that made her a fashion icon.