Whether it’s because he’s retired from touring and doesn’t need it anymore we’re not sure, but what we can tell you is that Elton John has just sold a Yamaha grand piano - a C6F PE model from 1992, to be precise - at auction in the US.
Part of a sale known as ‘The Collection of Sir Elton John: Goodbye Peachtree Road’, at Christie’s, the piano sold for a not insignificant $201,000, way above its estimated price of between $30,000 and $50,000. As such, you could say that around $150,000 of the value is based on who the owner is/was.
