David Cassidy on the Web
Flares for sale at Cassidy auction
Tuesday November 14, 2006
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Seventies heart-throb David Cassidy is selling off treasured memorabilia from his pop career.
Fans can snap up his white polyester jumpsuit, flared dungarees, and even his metal lunchbox and Thermos flask emblazoned with pictures of The Partridge Family.
Cassidy, now 56, was at London's Hard Rock Cafe to promote the auction, which takes place at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles on December 16.
In his heyday, he had a bigger fan club than the Beatles or Elvis Presley. Hysterical teenagers mobbed him wherever he went.
In 1973 he famously performed for Top of the Pops on the tarmac at Heathrow Airport because police could not guarantee his safety if he ventured into central London.
Estimates for the items are relatively modest.
The white jumpsuit studded with rhinestones, which Cassidy wore on stage in 1972 and 1973, is expected to fetch 800-1,200 dollars.
The dungarees, embroidered with a parrot, a ram and an alligator, worn on stage at Australia's Melbourne Cricket Ground in 1974, have the same estimate.
And the lunchbox with Thermos could be yours for 200-400 dollars.
The most expensive items up for auction are Cassidy's guitars. A customised Gibson electric guitar which the star took around the world during the 1970s is expected to fetch 8,000-10,000 dollars.
