British model and photographer Pattie Boyd is selling handwritten lyrics and personal letters that reveal her relationships with musical icons, George Harrison of The Beatles, and guitarist and singer Eric Clapton. Boyd, who turns 80 on March 17, was married to both musicians, inspiring songs such as Harrison’s Something and Clapton’s Wonderful Tonight and Layla.
More than 100 lots, including jewellery, clothes, photographs, handwritten lyrics and drawings by Harrison, are for sale in The Pattie Boyd Collection, which runs for auction online at Christie’s until March 22. “If I had one big treasure chest that explained me and my life, all these items here would be in it... these are all examples of the wonderful life I have been living,” Boyd said during a press preview on March 1