Famous London Savoy Hotel sells off many of its memorabilia and fixtures!!

[PADDY]

Yes, right now you could go to the auction and bid on beds that Marilyn Monroe, Elizabeth Taylor; Charlie Chaplin or FDR slept in. Because London's Savoy is having a major multi million pound refurbishment and is selling off many of its' fittings and fixtures. Find out more in the weblinks below!!

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/12/15/nsavoy115.xml

http://www.viewlondon.co.uk/whatson/savoy-hotel-auction-article-5181.html

http://www.ukauction.info/2007/12/18/first-day-of-savoy-hotel-sale-exceeds-expectations/

 

[wedding belle]

Ah, if only

I had the money *sigh*. I think it's a little sad thatthey are selling it all off - wonder what the new look will be?

 

[Fletch]

A shame that there must be a new look.

I've never been upstairs, but when I am in London I always make a point of stopping in at the Savoy for a drink or two. The atmosphere in the lobby rooms, at least in 2004 when I was last there, is as strongly Golden Era as anyplace I've been.

And how can you not love a hotel with a G R E E N neon sign?

 

[Smithy]

I just hope they don't turn The Savoy into yet another stainless steel and glass minimalist monstrosity.

They have much of the famous pink edged Royal Doulton crockery up for sale for reasonable prices.

 

[imoldfashioned]

It looks like they pulled many of the best art deco pieces from the Parlour Bar and other locations at the last minute; maybe they came somewhat to their senses? Seems to me they should have kept some of those pieces and publicized them better (the piano Frank Sinatra played, the bed Marilyn Monroe slept in). And redecorating that ballroom is a crime!

If I were rich as Rockefeller I'd have gone for some of those clerk's desks myself. There were some lovely mirrors and wall panels too.

 

[jake_fink]

If there was ever a place that looked fine being left well enough alone....

 

[Fletch]

They see a need to be (quoting the Telegraph) "stylish," without realizing they always were.

 

[jake_fink]

They see a need to be (quoting the Telegraph) "stylish," without realizing they always were.

"stylish" meaning "trendy", right.

Square chairs and neutral tones, little bowls of pebbles on the table... and then in three years, oops, that's no longer the style.

Every hotel bar but two in my sad little city has been vandalized by designers updating the image from classic to zeitgeisty. Yuk.

 

[volatile]

The auction is online at http://www.bonhams.com/savoy/