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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Lanre Bakare Arts and culture correspondent

David Bowie’s Aladdin Sane could become most expensive album art ever sold

David Bowie shirtless with red hair, eyes shut and red (with blue edge) lightning bolt across one half of his face
The original dye transfer print artwork for the album cover. It is among 35 items from the Duffy archive being sold by Bonhams. Photograph: Bonhams

The original image for David Bowie’s Aladdin Sane album could become the most expensive album artwork ever sold when it goes under the hammer with an estimate of £300,000.

The famous picture of Bowie with a lightning bolt across his face could beat the record set by Led Zeppelin’s debut album artwork, which sold for $325,000 in 2020.

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