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Robbie Williams paid £20,000 for Eric Morecambe's glasses

Robbie Williams paid £20,000 for Eric Morecambe's imitation tortoiseshell glasses and pipe, significantly exceeding the £2,000 to £4,000 estimate.
Williams described crying 'happy, childlike tears' after winning the auction, which took place while he was in Los Angeles.
The auction offered over 700 lots of Morecambe's belongings, following the death of his widow, Joan, in March.
Morecambe's daughter, Gail Stuart, stated they wanted to give fans a chance to own some of his belongings after her mother's passing.

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Spiegel

Robbie Williams buys glasses from Eric Morecambe's estate for almost 24,000 euros

With striking glasses and a pipe in the corner of his mouth Eric Morecambe coined the early British entertainment television. And Robbie Williams' youth. For a memory, the musician took a deep hold in his pocket.

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The Independent

Robbie Williams shed ‘childlike tears’ after buying Eric Morecambe’s glasses

Former Take That singer said he views late comedian as an ‘uncle of sorts’

14 days ago·London, United Kingdom

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BBC News

Robbie Williams paid £20,000 for Eric Morecambe's glasses

The singer says he won Eric Morecambe's glasses at auction and regards him as an "uncle of sorts".

14 days ago·United Kingdom

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Sky News UK

Robbie Williams explains why he paid £20k for Eric Morecambe's glasses

The Angels singer paid more than 10 times the estimate for the imitation tortoiseshell glasses by Metzler.

14 days ago·United Kingdom

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Metro News

Robbie Williams revealed as mystery £20,000 bidder for Eric Morecambe's glasses

Eric Morecambe’s glasses collected a five-figure sum… thanks to Robbie Williams (Picture: BBC/Instagram) A pair of glasses worn by comedy legend Eric Morecambe was sold for £20,000 at a memorabilia auction in Hertfordshire last month… and now the mystery bidder has been revealed. The late comic, who died in 1984, aged 58, was part of an iconic and hilarious duo with his comedy partner Ernie Wise, who died in 1999. Morecambe and Wise ruled the ai…

14 days ago·London, United Kingdom

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